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[–] [email protected] 10 points 5 months ago (1 children)

May as well be. Gotta dumb down all the other facets of society as it is

[–] [email protected] 7 points 5 months ago (3 children)

Not exactly dumbing down, I guess removing components which are redundant after redesigns

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[–] [email protected] 8 points 5 months ago (1 children)

*The coolest looking concept bike ever created.

Lemmings: hold my beer while I list every complaint I can think of about this design

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[–] [email protected] 8 points 5 months ago (6 children)

Yeah why do we need another bicycle?

Also how does peddling move the wheels...? Missing something.

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

Ok, maybe with a magnetic linear drive?

[–] [email protected] 7 points 5 months ago

You could also cover the spokes or use a spokeless single wall design. I do think a design like this would need to be cleaned a lot.

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

Is there any regime where this is more efficient than spokes? I'd imagine that at high speed there's an aerodynamic advantage (possibly similar to a track/TT disk wheel?), but I can't imagine the bearings being better than current bikes. But bearing loss might (???) just scale linear with speed, so probably a win from aero in the end. But this isn't counting weight, which I imagine is worse (but doesn't matter much at high speed on flat ground).

[–] Kecessa 9 points 5 months ago (3 children)

Is looking cool important?

[–] crazyCat 6 points 5 months ago

In cycling? Super duper important.

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

Broke: How many times will I need to repair this bike over a lifetime of ownership?

Woke: How many people will stare at me as I'm biking?

Bespoke: How many times will this bike get me laid?

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 5 months ago

Yes. The answer to that is yes. Especially for a render

[–] [email protected] 7 points 5 months ago (3 children)

Is this an AI bicycle or a Dyson bicycle?

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

Nah; you just have to jam the stick through the tire itself so it gets caught at the part that is spinning the wheel.

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

Needs blue or orange neon lights

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

The complexity of this design cannot be outspoken.

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