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Bendy Bike - Wraps around posts for secure locking

"We've seen a plethora of ways for securing bikes against theft, but this might be the most creative. The whole bike bends around a suitable post to become, in effect, the loop through which the bike is secure.

This out-of-the-box thinking was an idea of Kevin Scott, 21, a British final year Product Design student at De Montfort University."

 

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http://www.treehugger.com/files/2010/07/kevin-scotts-bendy-bike-it-...

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Permalink Reply by A.K.A Paul on August 20, 2010 at 6:45pm
That guy is going to have to bend over backward to get anyone to buy one...
Permalink Reply by knowbody on August 20, 2010 at 7:19pm
...or make ten fold on the initial investment.
Permalink Reply by Shawn C. on August 20, 2010 at 8:48pm
...he is definitely bending a new corner
Permalink Reply by h' Zerocats on August 20, 2010 at 9:49pm
Ooh . . . I tried, I really did, to come up with something that hadn't yet been used, and gave up.
Very nice work.

shapeshifter said:
...or make ten fold on the initial investment.
Permalink Reply by A.K.A Paul on August 20, 2010 at 10:06pm
...Perhaps the factory could be located in South Bend
Permalink Reply by A.K.A Paul on August 20, 2010 at 10:07pm
...Nice to know Howard isnt one to get bent out of shape over this

H3N3 said:
Ooh . . . I tried, I really did, to come up with something that hadn't yet been used, and gave up.
Very nice work.

shapeshifter said:
...or make ten fold on the initial investment.
Permalink Reply by h' Zerocats on August 20, 2010 at 10:45pm
Up until Iggi's second post nobody had repeated a word (twist, bent, flex, etc.) -- pretty impressive.
Permalink Reply by knowbody on August 20, 2010 at 10:46pm
good thing too... wouldn't want anyone to wind up curled around a thesaurus, 'cause that would be tweaked.
Permalink Reply by h' Zerocats on August 20, 2010 at 10:47pm
OK, got one (although the timing has long escaped us):

I hope they can work out the kinks by the time it goes to market!
Permalink Reply by Kevin C Dormant on August 20, 2010 at 11:00pm
RFID will bury them, and it'll be here before you know it.

H3N3 said:
OK, got one (although the timing has long escaped us):
I hope they can work out the kinks by the time it goes to market!
Permalink Reply by h' Zerocats on August 20, 2010 at 11:23pm
Permalink Reply by Shawn C. on August 21, 2010 at 8:59am
...and we've wrapped this one up!

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