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Bicycle Transforms Mid-Ride

posted by Fnord666 on Thursday November 14 2019, @02:49PM   Printer-friendly
from the great-for-low-branches dept.

MrPlow writes:

Submitted via IRC for TheMightyBuzzard

For those of us who were children in the late 80s and early 90s, we may have dreamed of one day owning a gigantic tractor trailer that could transform into a colossal fighting robot. Or of simply having a toy that could approximate this change from one form into another. As adults, though, we have come to realize that this is wishful thinking. That is, unless we decide to build this transforming bicycle.

You're thirty years late, you bastards.

Source: https://hackaday.com/2019/11/13/bicycle-transforms-mid-ride/, and a video of it in action for those who want instant gratification.

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  • (Score: 5, Interesting) by PartTimeZombie on Thursday November 14 2019, @10:45PM (5 children)

    by PartTimeZombie (4827) on Thursday November 14 2019, @10:45PM (#920526)

    Isn't this sort of thing why we all come here?

    I mean, I get it, you're not really into bikes, and think this project looks a bit dorky, but still.

    Turning a normal bike into a stupid transformer-lite bike is a kind of cool, silly project I might like to do one day, when I have more time.

    There is no need to get all cynical. Is there?

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  • (Score: 2) by FatPhil on Friday November 15 2019, @12:07AM (1 child)

    by FatPhil (863) <{pc-soylent} {at} {asdf.fi}> on Friday November 15 2019, @12:07AM (#920548) Homepage
    Well said - I thought it was great. I'm actually kinda jealous, I'd love one of those now. I pretty much walk everywhere, and the few places I bus to are very convenient for bikes, so it would have a practical side, and not just be cool. I wanted to buy a Sinclair A-bike a few years ago, their website was actively serving pages still, but the shop and email side were dead.
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  • (Score: 2) by MostCynical on Friday November 15 2019, @02:41AM

    by MostCynical (2589) on Friday November 15 2019, @02:41AM (#920593) Journal

    No, there isn't

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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday November 15 2019, @03:27AM

    by Anonymous Coward on Friday November 15 2019, @03:27AM (#920604)

    We want mech suits.

  • (Score: 2) by maxwell demon on Friday November 15 2019, @12:25PM

    by maxwell demon (1608) on Friday November 15 2019, @12:25PM (#920662) Journal

    We all? I don't come for this type of things. But then, I would also not go to the cinema (or to a web site) for a Transformers movie either.

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