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Ein neues Deutsch bike

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Permalink Reply by Thunder Snow on August 29, 2012 at 12:38pm

Interesting concept, it may exercise different leg muscles than a pedal driven bike.  It's likely not nearly as efficient for transportation as a modern chain/pedal/geared bike.  I'm liking the dual disc brakes, but I would feel like a bat in his cave hanging from the frame.  In any case, the Germans came up with a non-strap-hanging version of this non-pedaling bike almost two hundred years ago, the "draisine" or "dandy horse".

Permalink Reply by Thunder Snow on August 29, 2012 at 12:54pm

Yeah, Serge, the Germans tend to repeat themselves: World War I, World War II....

Serge Lubomudrov said:

You mean, Germans came up with it AGAIN . . . as Freiherrn Carl von Drais was, obviously, a German :)

Permalink Reply by Thunder Snow on August 29, 2012 at 12:57pm

Excellent point.

Serge Lubomudrov said:

If only it was Germans who tend to start wars . . . I wouldn't through rocks in a glass house.

Permalink Reply by Kevin C Dormant on August 29, 2012 at 1:16pm

The last U.S. declaration of war was June 5, 1942. We're very big on police actions and military actions authorized by the United Nations Security Council or Congress. But "Wars?"-not so much. ;-) 

Thunder Snow said:

Excellent point.

Serge Lubomudrov said:

If only it was Germans who tend to start wars . . . I wouldn't through rocks in a glass house.

Permalink Reply by Kevin C Dormant on August 29, 2012 at 1:43pm

See? Our record remains intact.

Serge Lubomudrov said:

Yeah . . . You can add to this "military actions" (with direct or indirect involvement of the U.S. armed forces) NOT authorized by either the UNSC or Congress. At least one of those was even condemned as illegal by the ICJ.

Kevin C said:

The last U.S. declaration of war was June 5, 1942. We're very big on police actions and military actions authorized by the United Nations Security Council or Congress. But "Wars?"-not so much. ;-)

Permalink Reply by Josh.E on August 29, 2012 at 4:57pm

ummm why have dual disc brakes can't you just stop walking to stop or just the fact that if you have a helmet on turning your head may be a bit of a problem. 

Permalink Reply by Thunder Snow on August 29, 2012 at 6:16pm

If you were coasting at high speed down a mountain road in the Swiss Alps, you *might* need the disc brakes.  Other than that, I doubt you can get this contraption to go fast enough to need anything more than a Fred Flintstone foot drag.  Another video on the same topic:

One of the YouTube commenters suggested that guys ride this thing if they are getting too many dates from women--this will put a stop to that immediately.  Lol!

Permalink Reply by Thunder Snow on August 29, 2012 at 7:05pm

Don't worry about the video, it only shows the rider coasting down a shallow incline.  I'm just surmising as to why dual disc brakes were included.  And you're right, the only way up would be to run uphill at top speed, or else take the bike up the mountain on a ski gondola or in a van.  It's basically absurd however you work it.

Permalink Reply by Dovah Cat on August 29, 2012 at 7:53pm

I'd give it a shot riding down the street or something, but am I the only one who loves being able to stretch (stand up, move about) without unbuckling myself after even so much as an hour on a bike? I can't imagine this being comfortable for longer than that. My shoulders ache in sympathy. 

Permalink Reply by Dragonborn on August 29, 2012 at 8:13pm

This is the most stupid thing I have ever seen in the world of bicycling. Unless someone here can show me something more stupid in bicycling, the FLIZ bike is the heavyweight champion of the world (for being most stupid).

If you try to lock that up in Chicago or NYC, just lock up the wheels. Nobody with half a brain would go after the frame.

Permalink Reply by Kevin C Dormant on August 29, 2012 at 8:25pm

?????

And best of all, you don't have to lock it up. It fits in your pocket.

Dragonborn said:

This is the most stupid thing I have ever seen in the world of bicycling. Unless someone here can show me something more stupid in bicycling, the FLIZ bike is the heavyweight champion of the world (for being most stupid).

If you try to lock that up in Chicago or NYC, just lock up the wheels. Nobody with half a brain would go after the frame.

Permalink Reply by Dragonborn on August 29, 2012 at 8:34pm

No way, Kevin. Fliz bike still retains the gold belt! lol

One can expect the tiny pocket bike to be a novelty. With the Fliz bike, the creators are actually taking it seriously, which I find bizarre.

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