this might work better with lower gearing

Pretty sure Dr Seus has a patent on that, just wait for the lawsuit :)

On the bright side, you could ride this on a rainy day and it is highly unlikely you would get the typical tire spray. Then again, it is highly unlikely you would get further than a block no matter what the weather is.

Would love to see the video of the buddies all sitting around doing (smoking) whatever it was and coming up with brilliant ideas like this. I suspect there were some even better concepts floated around involving trampoline hooters.

Don't forget to tie all of the laces, or you're going to die a terrible death.

I would opt for more spokes and smaller sneaks. Ditch the laces for velcro models. And add some gearing...

Bet some FBI guy would go nuts trying to figure who ran away from the scene of the crime!

Whimsy!

Whimsy I say!

Gives a whole new meaning to giving somebody a "flat tire"...

(That's when you walk behind someone and step on the back of their show, making their foot slip out of the shoe, and then saying "flat tire") It's not as funny without the explanation, since I know people will ask.

wouldnt want to step on dog poo

No wonder the thing is hard to ride: the front is all right feet and the rear all left.
(when you're an engineer, these things stick out...)

If you put hiking boots on it, would it become a mountain bike?

25 feet! fuckin A. I want one.

@SigmundTheSeaMonster:

multiple perps in PERFECT single line formation.

Hal sings...

"Daisy, Daisy,
Give me your answer do!
I'm half cra zy,
All for the love of y ou!
It w on't be a sty lish marri age,

I ca n ' t af ford a ca rri age

B u t you 'll l oo k l o o k s wee t up on the se at

Of a bi cy cl e ma de o f .......

s...
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/click.out.

@tonyn84:

Roses are red
Violets are blue
Dr. Suess is ****ing
suing you!!!

Also, omg high rolling resistance, ew.

today two darwin award winning gentlemen had a brilliant idea to reinvent the wheel...

I wonder if he alternated using left and right shoes.

Keds? Sure.
Jordans? Blasphemy.

No-one, as of yet, has flat out stated the only good thing about this and it's making me tired.

Didn't they describe something like this in SnowCrash?

Best part of the vid is the guy with the Indian accent saying, "Keep on going....Keep on going..No?"

Nice, it's a fixie too.

@ANoel: As I read through it, I was wondering what the point was of a presenting a verbatim transcript...then I got to the punchline. Very nice.

Of course, not only is that song now stuck in my head, I'll never be able to watch that scene in 2001 again without giggling.

I would buy this... if it was a unicycle version. Then I'd wear my RoadRunner costume and try to ride my uni really fast. meep meep.

@SigmundTheSeaMonster: baby shoes would be better, and probably cheaper too, plus wouldn't require any modifications to fit between the forks.

@bosskev:
Thanks.
Neither will I.

=^|

don't walk the walk if you can't talk the talk....
I'm not sure I can talk THAT much.....

@faabshaam:
It's not funny with the explanation. But I'd never heard of the step-on-the-back-of-a-shoe-and-yell-flat-tire game, so thanks for the explanation.

Great idea. Shitty video.

I can't understand how is it possible for people to still make such crappy videos doing stuff like filming at night with no lighting and stuff like that on the "YouTube age".
That and people who still can't understand the concept of camera focus, editing, and other basic stuff.
I mean, c'mon! Not that hard!

The hobo-transportation device of the future

Dear Br. Biker Man,

Please be sure to tie all shoes. I would hate for you to trip.

Sincerely,

Atsumi

@gallasm: best post evar! I lol'd!