Bicycle lift - or how to defeat the purpose of cycling

gzoladz

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7j1PgmMbug8

Caroline_ie

lazy norwegians ... that's not a hill

corkandproud

Pretty slow, you'd get up yourself a lot quicker. Not a bad idea though.

Any idea what's at the top of the hill?

dohouch

Now have a look at this, it's in German , but well
http://mediathek.daserste.de/daserste/servlet/content/2797032?pageId=487872&moduleId=427262&categoryId=&goto=1&show=

Jumpy

Erm, having to push your weight back against that footpad would be hard than cycling up the hill.

Jumpy

dohouch wrote: »

Now have a look at this, it's in German , but well
http://mediathek.daserste.de/daserste/servlet/content/2797032?pageId=487872&moduleId=427262&categoryId=&goto=1&show=

I dont care what language that is in, I want one.

kenmc

dohouch wrote: »

Now have a look at this, it's in German , but well
http://mediathek.daserste.de/daserste/servlet/content/2797032?pageId=487872&moduleId=427262&categoryId=&goto=1&show=

That is COOL!

Lumen

kenmc wrote: »

That is COOL!

...with the slight disadvantage that when you stop pedalling you sink - one slipped chain and you're in for a long swim following by a marine salvage exercise.

Perhaps this is why he's not using clipless pedals...

dohouch

Jumpy wrote: »

I dont care what language that is in, I want one.

Just caught this surfing satellite TV last night. This is a one off, and the "wing" is Carbon fibre, maybe someother parts as well. He describes it as flying, not floating, as Lumen says if your not moving you sink.

Raam

He really needs drop bars on it tbh

kenmc

Lumen wrote: »

...with the slight disadvantage that when you stop pedalling you sink - one slipped chain and you're in for a long swim following by a marine salvage exercise.

Same with kiteboarding though, but that hasn't stopped it becoming popular. Would imagine it'd be easy enough to add flotation to the tubes of the bike e.g. fill them with foam. You'd be relatively easily able to reposition the chain again. Presumably with time you'll be able to waterstart it too.

bogman44

Out mountain biking in Ravensdale yesterday evening and while on the way down passed three guys on bikes tied to the back of a car on the way up.
It's a steep enough climb but jasus!

the_syco

That lift thing is cool. Except over here, people would see how long they could balance on it, by standing on it without a bicycle