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more about #riding more comments → frigg: I always hate Swarovski anything. Except, I have to say, these kind of look cool. At least some of them. Like the one the 3rd in from the left. And th... more » Curves: If someone actually goes snowboarding on one of these, they deserve the butt whipping and taunting they will get from the real boarders. more » weatherman: I'm happy to be corrected by any pro, but I agree with blam about the dubious claims of reduced surface area. It's pretty widely known that a longer b... more » polyprog: Uhm. As far as i know friction isn't dependent on surface area (Larger surface means lower pressure) so I can't really see the point of the giant hole... more » Jrsy Devil's Advocate®: A bike for lazy people! Now if they can only get it to pedal itself... more » strider_mt2k: That's the bike's way of saying, "You're too old for this ride." Next thing you know we'll see a story about some poor soul who's passed away on his b... more » -
#snowboards
These Swarovski Snowboards Will Get Stolen If You Bring Them to Snowmodo
Heading into the lodge for a midday hot cocoa? Adorable. Plan on leaving your Nidecker Swarovski-studded snowboard in the rack alongside the "normal" boards? Better not. Have a portable vault handy instead. More » -
#minimalist
Nulla Minimalist Bike Concept Dispenses With Spokes, Most of Frame
Designer Bradford Waugh came up with Nulla (meaning "nothing") as a way of making bikes more stylish and lightweight. And visually stunning of course. Lacking spokes, it uses a direct-gear-chain drive system, which leaves the bike looking like a simple set of open curves. Whether or not it would ride well would be immaterial, methinks: rock up to a cycling meet on this thing and you'd have an instant bunch of admirers. Just a concept... but who knows, it looks exactly sort of thing we're riding in twenty years time. [Tuvie] -
#sad
Ridemaster Pro Horseriding Simulator Is Just Sad
Seriously. I don't care how high-tech this mechanical horse—which apparently allows you to "simulate" horse riding—may be, but really, if I like to ride, I want to do it outside, on a real horse, experiencing the thrill, and feeling the wind on my face. And if I was a pro, I would like to practice on a real horse. In other words: there's only one kind of riding to be done indoors. And this ultra-expensive $10,000 contraption is not it. Update: we found a video of it—and yes, it's actually sadder than we imagined. More »
