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Walking Bike, Perfect Use For Old Keds, Jordans

phreakincool — Wed, 02 Apr 2008 21:29:11 EDT

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

phreakincool

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Atsumi — Wed, 02 Apr 2008 20:31:23 EDT

Dear Br. Biker Man,

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

Sincerely,

Atsumi

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Riane — Wed, 02 Apr 2008 20:21:46 EDT

The hobo-transportation device of the future

Riane

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Bokusatsu_Tenshi — Wed, 02 Apr 2008 16:16:16 EDT

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!

Bokusatsu_Tenshi

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packetsniffer — Wed, 02 Apr 2008 15:49:31 EDT

@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.

packetsniffer

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Zander — Wed, 02 Apr 2008 13:42:56 EDT

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

Zander

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ANoel — Wed, 02 Apr 2008 13:40:37 EDT

@bosskev:
Thanks.
Neither will I.

=^|

ANoel

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Fierock — Wed, 02 Apr 2008 13:25:43 EDT

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.

Fierock

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bosskev — Wed, 02 Apr 2008 13:00:35 EDT

@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.

bosskev

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jibbly — Wed, 02 Apr 2008 11:53:15 EDT

Nice, it's a fixie too.

jibbly

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Geisrud — Wed, 02 Apr 2008 11:49:22 EDT

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

Geisrud

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lostarchitect — Wed, 02 Apr 2008 11:48:48 EDT

@Cisco-Kid: You beat me to it. Yeah, in Snow Crash there is a skateboard and a motorcycle with wheels that are segmented like this. They extend outward based on the terrain, allowing them to maintain speed even if the footing is poor. there is a reference in the book to the motorcycle being able to do 120 on rubble.

lostarchitect

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Cisco-Kid — Wed, 02 Apr 2008 11:38:50 EDT

Didn't they describe something like this in SnowCrash?

Cisco-Kid

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Collins1 — Wed, 02 Apr 2008 11:35:49 EDT

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

Collins1

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92BuickLeSabre — Wed, 02 Apr 2008 11:30:40 EDT

Keds? Sure.
Jordans? Blasphemy.

92BuickLeSabre

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sold2early — Wed, 02 Apr 2008 11:22:14 EDT

I wonder if he alternated using left and right shoes.

sold2early

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BigViper — Wed, 02 Apr 2008 11:20:05 EDT

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

BigViper

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cyborgtroy — Wed, 02 Apr 2008 11:12:55 EDT

Also, omg high rolling resistance, ew.

cyborgtroy

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cyborgtroy — Wed, 02 Apr 2008 11:12:02 EDT

@tonyn84:

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

cyborgtroy

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ANoel — Wed, 02 Apr 2008 11:05:11 EDT

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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.........
.................. s..."

/click.out.

ANoel

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mtopper — Wed, 02 Apr 2008 11:03:55 EDT

@SigmundTheSeaMonster:

multiple perps in PERFECT single line formation.

mtopper

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mtopper — Wed, 02 Apr 2008 11:02:39 EDT

25 feet! fuckin A. I want one.

mtopper

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gallasm — Wed, 02 Apr 2008 11:01:22 EDT

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

gallasm

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DJrock3k — Wed, 02 Apr 2008 10:56:04 EDT

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...)

DJrock3k

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Arelar — Wed, 02 Apr 2008 10:54:15 EDT

wouldnt want to step on dog poo

Arelar

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faabshaam — Wed, 02 Apr 2008 10:51:30 EDT

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.

faabshaam

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strider_mt2k — Wed, 02 Apr 2008 10:44:49 EDT

Whimsy!

Whimsy I say!

strider_mt2k

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SigmundTheSeaMonster — Wed, 02 Apr 2008 10:35:58 EDT

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!

SigmundTheSeaMonster

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Munch the BanNail — Wed, 02 Apr 2008 10:32:17 EDT

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

Munch the BanNail

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Monty — Wed, 02 Apr 2008 10:31:56 EDT

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.

Monty

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tonyn84 — Wed, 02 Apr 2008 10:28:48 EDT

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

tonyn84

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smoovebert — Wed, 02 Apr 2008 10:28:15 EDT

this might work better with lower gearing

smoovebert