Somebody emailed me this article which is a couple of years old. It shows something that appears to have some bike benefits particularly of easy storage and possibly security.
http://www.tuvie.com/collapsible-bicycl ... vin-scott/
Does anybody know if anything commercially ever happenned? Did it get picked up by a bike manufacturer?
What happenned to this bendy bike ?
Re: What happenned to this bendy bike ?
I thought that it was some kind of FE project (but I may be wrong) and that it attracted a raft of reasons why it wasn't a commercial goer, which may have put the designer off.
Re: What happenned to this bendy bike ?
He'll need some brakes too...
A shortcut has to be a challenge, otherwise it would just be the way. No situation is so dire that panic cannot make it worse.
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Re: What happenned to this bendy bike ?
I think he took a corner too fast and wrapped it round a lamp post. 
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Re: What happenned to this bendy bike ?
What's the point of it? Just a design for the sake of designing.
Re: What happenned to this bendy bike ?
whoops wrote:What's the point of it? Just a design for the sake of designing.
Easy locking I think. But all design looks as though it is for the sake of design initially.
With a braze on ring front and back you can lock it up with just a padlock - even if there aren't any convenient stands with attached chains....
A shortcut has to be a challenge, otherwise it would just be the way. No situation is so dire that panic cannot make it worse.
There are two kinds of people in this world: those can extrapolate from incomplete data.
There are two kinds of people in this world: those can extrapolate from incomplete data.
Re: What happenned to this bendy bike ?
[XAP]Bob wrote:whoops wrote:What's the point of it? Just a design for the sake of designing.
Easy locking I think. But all design looks as though it is for the sake of design initially.
With a braze on ring front and back you can lock it up with just a padlock - even if there aren't any convenient stands with attached chains....
I was basing my thoughts on the principal of "Necessity is the mother of invention."