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Aushiker
04-09-09, 09:40 AM
G'day


The bicycle blogosphere is buzzing about the YikeBike, the hottest item being reported on at Eurobike this week (Eurobike is Europe’s biggest bicycle trade show). The YikeBike is part Segway, part “mini-farthing”; a “bicycle” with an electric motor and no pedals that’s ridden like a Penny Farthing....

More including a video at EcoVelo (http://www.ecovelo.info/2009/09/03/yikes/).

Is it a bike? Not so sure, no pedals.

Regards
Andrew
ukalipt
04-09-09, 01:53 PM
just looks so incredibly unstable.
just ride a normal bike!

bloody kiwi's.. lol
singletrack
04-09-09, 02:30 PM
cost $7000 too. lol
keviny
04-09-09, 02:32 PM
Is that Christchurch in the vid?
singletrack
04-09-09, 03:29 PM
Is that Christchurch in the vid?

Sure is.
aussieidiot
05-09-09, 05:26 PM
And the song in the video is by Hera (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9TAtNjdQ9fM) who is the girl who gets a parking fine in the video.
crank
05-09-09, 06:06 PM
That looks like getting doubled on the handlebars and letting the person being doubled do the steering.

I've done that and it ended up with us in the gutter all cut up.
Tomas
05-09-09, 06:17 PM
Good attempt at a difficult problem.
munga
05-09-09, 06:21 PM
dahon
Aushiker
05-09-09, 06:56 PM
And the song in the video is by Hera (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9TAtNjdQ9fM) who is the girl who gets a parking fine in the video.

Thanks for that. I wonder who it was.

Andrew