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The end of an era? (lemmy.world)

submitted 5 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 26 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (1 children)

As far as I can tell, this product never panned out. It was backed by 132 people to cover 150k GBP in 2017. It was called the “Cyclotron Bike”.

[–] brbposting 12 points 5 months ago (3 children)

[–] [email protected] 14 points 5 months ago

I'd only ride this bike if it formed a wall of coloured light behind me as I rode

[–] [email protected] 6 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Wait, I'm confused. Does it have tires or is that just a big ring of plastic?

[–] [email protected] 7 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (1 children)

From the video it looks like the plastic rings are casings and the wheels are inside them, and the wheels poke out at the bottom. Seems dumb to me.

You can kind of see it here but it looks like they're intentionally hiding a good view of it with angles/lighting:

[–] [email protected] 4 points 5 months ago (1 children)

What happens when you ride through mud?

[–] [email protected] 18 points 5 months ago (1 children)

You ride into the mud. Not so much out of the mud.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 months ago

😞

[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 months ago

What is this bullshit? Bike in post makes more semse than this.