• Fandangalo@lemmy.world
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    5 months ago

    As far as I can tell, this product never panned out. It was backed by 132 people to cover 150k GBP in 2017. It was called the “Cyclotron Bike”.

  • EmperorHenry@discuss.tchncs.de
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    5 months ago

    That looks like it would be extremely unreliable and needlessly expensive to maintain. Maybe even impossible for the average person to maintain it

      • Aganim@lemmy.world
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        5 months ago

        Yup, that went well for Van Moof owners in the Netherlands. Also hipster bikes, the latest model turned out to be of dubious quality and was built using all custom parts. They had fun times getting their ridiculously overpriced bikes repaired after the company went belly up.

  • Hildegarde@lemmy.world
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    5 months ago

    Imagine designing a bicycle without triangles. Every joint needs to be overbuilt, because there’s no structure from the geometry. But you make sure it still has a top tube, so its just as hard to mount and dismount as a normal bike. Incredible!

    • Kecessa@sh.itjust.works
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      5 months ago

      Right? Who would be crazy enough to do that?

      Next you’re going to tell me someone will make one without a top tube?

      • pyre@lemmy.world
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        5 months ago

        doesn’t that prove their point? they all look overbuilt, as the original commenter said.

        • Kecessa@sh.itjust.works
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          5 months ago

          Carbon fiber, aerodynamics…

          For this one it’s used as suspension (not carbon fiber)

          Not that rare in old mountain bikes either, pretty sure my old steel Raleigh was similar

          • Natanael@slrpnk.net
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            5 months ago

            Carbon fiber has very limited lifetimes when used for something with a lot of hard impacts, so if you’re not sticking to smooth surfaces the bike can literally split apart with little warning

              • Natanael@slrpnk.net
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                5 months ago

                I Googled “motorcycle carbon fiber wheel” and autocomplete immediately suggested adding “failure” and doing that search has endless relevant results

                • Kecessa@sh.itjust.works
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                  5 months ago

                  And if I do a research for “Toyota Tercel engine failure” I find tons of results as well even though it’s one of the most reliable car ever built.

                  Crazy how search engines show you results for what you’re looking for, right?

  • anar@lemmy.ml
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    5 months ago

    Eh, I’m waiting until the seat is simply hovering in the air without any bars