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Oh… oh my. This is a running-powered bicycle (although technically, it's a tricycle, which gives it even less dignity). There are no pedals; instead, you run with the seat jammed up in your crotch and hop on the foot holds when you get enough speed going to coast. It is amazingly ridiculous, and it only gets funnier when you see the video of some dude running on it with, as I said, the seat jammed up in his crotch.
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The Running-Powered Bike is Pure Ludicrousness
2:30 PM on Fri Apr 4 2008
By Adam Frucci
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Armstrong's future walker?
Fred Flinstone's winning Tour de France entry?
Random thoughts:
Low sperm count
What happens up a steep hill?
Take my lunch money
The music is friggin' hilarious! Perhaps steampunking it up a bit would give it some street cred?
Sheezus. NORMAL bikes are a good way to get testicular bruising. That is just insane.
On the bright side, riders will take themselves out of the gene pool.
wow. just wow.
I get a better ride out of a shopping cart.
I am imagining this same unit, but built instead with one of those bicycle wheels made of shoes...
It is actually great for people with knee or back injuries
We can rebuild him, make him stronger... faster... but I don't want to pay too much.
Come on! Where are the handle bar streamers, front basket and a-woo-ga horn! Might as well go all out if you are going to look this stupid.
'Woz should really consider trading in his segway for this.
@MrBlahBlah: why?. just why?.
@bosskev: That would be awesome.
If I hear right, that music is John Anderson's "When It Comes To You", anyone know who is performing the version on this video?
it must hurt like hell for a guy, but a little vibration on the seat and it shouldn't be too bad for women
Meet the Flintstones!
At least you dont have to worry about bothering to put a bumper sticker on it that says "DORK".
Not that there is a place to put it anyway.....
@laFanfaSkali: But so is a regular bike.
Looks like it might be good for going down really steep hills and that is all I can really think of.
From what I understand, back when they were inventing bicycles, this is pretty much how they worked. It's snazzed up some, but I dig it in a sort of homage-throwback sort of way.
i swear for a second I thought that was Fidel Castro :)
@SchruteBuck: Best post ever.
@Ghede: Agreed.
@Cisco-Kid: We can only hope.
doesnt look any more uncomfortable than a regular bicycle seat. doesnt look any harder to operate than a regular bicycle. if anything its just a scooter with a seat.
just because its different doesnt mean "LULLZZZ LOOK AT THIS BOZOOOO!!!@111!1 LOLZZZ!!1!!!!!!"
@froggy: After damning his brother for giving Cubans cellphones, he is going to get in shape and make a comeback... again.
Isn't that the "pregnant man"?
They already have a running powered bike, its called a scooter. It has two wheels handle bars and a skateboard deck in the middle to jump on after you gain enough speed. I rode my scooter all the time while growing up in the 90's. My favorite was loosining the handle bars, then bending them down so I could ride down hill while sitting on the deck. FUN!
WANT
While you certainly look like a tool on this thing, it looks like a low-impact version of jogging/moonwalking. I bet it's very fun.
It's a bike for people who never learned how to ride a bike.
Without a doubt, THE most ridiculous invention I have ever seen, by FAR!!
All I can think of when I look at how he has to sit on the thing is that episode of South Park where everyone rode on those one-wheeled vehicles Mr. Garrison invented.
If I see anyone riding this thing, I will run them over.
wow, so stunned by how stupid this is I can't even muster up a sarcastic comment...
Uphill sure must suck.
Correct me if I'm wrong, conceptually this looks like a scooter with a hole in the middle. Overly complex. Just get a freakin scooter.
Yet another inventor with a stupid-weird idea who has family and friends who are unwilling to tell him how stupid-weird this idea really is.
Finally, a real solution to global warming.
We take away every male's automobile and replace it with one of these. Sperm count will decrease dramatically, and the number of children born will be but a small percentage of what it was originally. With less population, we will be putting significantly less CO2 into the air, and the human race will finally be saved from itself.
Of course, it might be easier to just nuke a certain percetage of human beings. But, that would be considered even more cruel than this device, so this is a much better option.
I think most bikes employ the technology required to allow the user to put his feet down.
free impotence!
@TheAdAgency: Not 100% sure, but it sounds a lot like Mark Knopfler of Dire Straits fame.
@froggy: More like Steven Spielberg.
Why?....no really...why?
@pradster: whoever said it was gonna be free?
@ripfire4: I don't know about that; it's hard to get a good skip or bounce going with a shopping cart. That said, this thing looks both fun and ridiculous, so I would definitely have a go.
Didn't Mr. Garrison invent this?
perfectly good example of the future is gonna look like!
ppl are getting moronic by the day!
why break two things tht work perfectly(running&cycling) to sumthing this stupid?
Is there video of people taking this thing off any sweet jumps?
@Ghede: Can we make a rule on Gizmodo to never, EVER allow the phrase "testicular bruising" to be used again?
@badhatharry: His was BJ powered.
Ha, looks like fun. I'd love to run in those big moon-bouncing strides wherever I went--big grins all around.
I see this more as an assisted running device than some type of scooter or bike. Would be great somewhere flat, like FL.
man. epic soundtrack that's for sure. i look forward to wasting more of my time on posts like this.
@TheAdAgency: Not positive, but it sounds like Mark Knopfler (from Dire Straits)
The only market for this is people who have inner ear problems and have no sense of balance but want to feel like they are riding a bike.
Would fit right in in Cambridge, MA. I see people driving weirdly configured bikes all the time there. And they always, ALWAYS, look just like this guy: grey hair/beard/glasses. They usually wear helmets though.
Eiderwulf: funniest comment I have ever read here.
This is a scooter that massages your naughty bits.
It's pretty much a Trikke8 with a reach-around.
+ Watch video
This is what happens when you act on those weird dreams that you have, I'm sure!
thats a good idea... ok, not the seat, but the concept. if they find a way to not jam something... up there... i would like one
I just can't wait until we get X-treme running-powered biking or even RP-BMX. But in all seriousness this looks extremely painful and no more effective than riding on the back of a grocery cart.
@TheAdAgency:
The song is sung by Mark Knopfler the old singer of Dire Straights, remember "Money For Nothing:? I want my MTV....?
Faslane
It does look ridiculous, but probably great for posture....and yes, just like most of the people on American Idol, someone should tell this guy how ridiculous it looks, friends or family. Everyone of The American idols (okay, MOST of them), should be warned by their true friends and family that they suck and shouldn't go under national TV to be humiliated in front of the world, seriously!
Faslane
@dhcaldwell:
It is indeed Dire Straits. "When It Comes To You" can be found on their 1991 album, "On Every Street".
I'm imagining a porn flick with a women riding that thing to her "work place".
i have an idea! lets reinvent something that makes it so you don't have to run,except we'll make it completely running powered!
This is one of the saddest things I've ever seen. The nth degree of funny!
The song reminded me of JJ Cale a little, actually.
As for this contraption, I'll take LEGObike instead. Once a suitable-sized version is available.
Ok, so I looked at the video now. Its not as stupid as I thought it was........still basically dumb though.
at badhatharry: You completely beat me to it--EXACTLY what I was thinking! Heres a clip of IT: [www.southparkstudios.com]