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Title: Why?
Post by: TooFastTim on September 07, 2012, 07:27:30 am
(http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2012/09/06/article-0-14DD440D000005DC-281_634x423.jpg)
Title: Re: Why?
Post by: albrid-3 on September 07, 2012, 07:58:33 am
 ??? ??? ???
Title: Re: Why?
Post by: Canam370 on September 07, 2012, 08:02:51 am
School project I bet.
Title: Re: Why?
Post by: Tahitian_Red on September 07, 2012, 09:05:43 am

Hey it worked for Fred Flintstone.  :D
Title: Re: Why?
Post by: Viper79 on September 07, 2012, 09:10:21 am
Maybe he was sick of his pants getting caught in the chain.....
Title: Re: Why?
Post by: maico police on September 07, 2012, 09:19:29 am
Mabe he was sick of his pants getting caught in the chain.....

 :D :D
Title: Re: Why?
Post by: John Orchard on September 07, 2012, 09:40:47 am
Let's see him do a wheelie!  LOL
Title: Re: Why?
Post by: KTMaico on September 07, 2012, 10:02:09 am
Possibly to stop saddle rash or for hemorrhoid cyclists.

Kevin
Title: Re: Why?
Post by: cyclegod on September 07, 2012, 10:18:39 am
At least there are no "flexi-grip handles"

(http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_fH_uu56gphc/TRIl0WFAq4I/AAAAAAAABkk/xs0C4cRmCmE/s640/Garrison_Tron.png)
Title: Re: Why?
Post by: brent j on September 07, 2012, 11:21:00 am
Mabe he was sick of his pants getting caught in the chain.....

The pants should be fine but I can see a foot being run over!
Title: Re: Why?
Post by: Tony T on September 07, 2012, 11:34:31 am
I got this information out of the photo's metadata.
And I still don't get it............  ::)

Ferrari Press Agency
Ref 4796
FLIZ Bike 1
05/9/2012
See Ferrari text

A bicycle with no seat or pedals is a pushover to ride.

Called the FLIZ, it needs the user to build up speed by running and then lifting their legs to settle on foot rests at the hub of the rear wheel.

Momentum then sends the rider and bike on their way, a little like cartoon  stone age man Fred Flintstone’s car.

The bike , created by German designers Tom Hambrock and Juri Spetter , is fixed to the rider with a belt system suspended from the machine’s frame under which the rider is fixed into pace.

Amazingly, the bike is an entry into the annual James Dyson Award for technology , innovation and design open to international students and   founded by the Dyson vacuum cleaner inventor.

FLIZ comes from the German word “flitzen“ and means speeding... with your feet.

The concept is to provide  healthy, ecological mobility in overcrowded urban spaces.


OPS: The FLIZ pedal and seatless cycle
Title: Re: Why?
Post by: vandy010 on September 07, 2012, 11:45:26 am
well, the good news is there's plenty of space to drop in that spare TT500 motor ;)
Title: Re: Why?
Post by: Nathan S on September 07, 2012, 11:58:23 am
I got this information out of the photo's metadata.
And I still don't get it............  ::)

Ferrari Press Agency
Ref 4796
FLIZ Bike 1
05/9/2012
See Ferrari text

A bicycle with no seat or pedals is a pushover to ride.

Called the FLIZ, it needs the user to build up speed by running and then lifting their legs to settle on foot rests at the hub of the rear wheel.

Momentum then sends the rider and bike on their way, a little like cartoon  stone age man Fred Flintstone’s car.

The bike , created by German designers Tom Hambrock and Juri Spetter , is fixed to the rider with a belt system suspended from the machine’s frame under which the rider is fixed into pace.

Amazingly, the bike is an entry into the annual James Dyson Award for technology , innovation and design open to international students and   founded by the Dyson vacuum cleaner inventor.

FLIZ comes from the German word “flitzen“ and means speeding... with your feet.

The concept is to provide  healthy, ecological mobility in overcrowded urban spaces.


OPS: The FLIZ pedal and seatless cycle

I for one, am bitterly disappointed that the words "symbiosis", "synergy", "harmony" and "futuristic" are not in the media release.
Without those words, it's almost like they're taking it seriously...
Title: Re: Why?
Post by: EML on September 07, 2012, 12:05:24 pm
Shit Vandy-have you got a spare TT500 motor??? :D
Title: Re: Why?
Post by: Mike52 on September 07, 2012, 12:38:39 pm
Shit Vandy-have you got a spare TT500 motor??? :D

Vandy ole mate.  :P :P :P
Title: Re: Why?
Post by: Freakshow on September 07, 2012, 02:25:19 pm
its prity easy ? its got a belt on it round his waist so once he has speed up he lift his legs up and glides along,superman style,  be great for down hills at least.
Title: Re: Why?
Post by: Tex on September 07, 2012, 03:30:18 pm
Pfffft! That design is sooooo 2011! I am about to release an even more revolutionary design. Picture this for the ultimate in futuristic bicycling harmony: no seat, no pedals, no wheels, no frame of any kind. Ladies & gentlemen I present the Walk.

(http://www.blogcdn.com/www.thatsfit.com/media/2010/01/woman-walking-beach456wy010410.jpg)

I'm still working on the press release...

"Walk comes from the English word 'walk' and means walking... with your feet."

I'm also looking for a multi-million dollar sponsor. All offers considered.

Tex

Title: Re: Why?
Post by: EML on September 08, 2012, 09:35:07 am
The pre production model certainly looks the goods :D
Title: Re: Why?
Post by: chrisdespo on September 10, 2012, 09:38:01 am
i tried that comming home from the pub on day, didnt really like it much i think i would rather ride me bike..
ill just have ten less beers....i recon that fritzen needs a built in helmet or was that Helmut rideing or should i say fritzening it...............Bawhahahahaha :-\