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Collection of creative and unusual bicycle designs from around the world.
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Creative-and-unusual-bike-designs
Collection of creative and unusual bicycle designs from around the world.
A-Bike
Innovative folding bike that weighs only 5.5 kilograms (12 lb) and folds to 67×30x16 cm - small enough to fit in a backpack.
Gismo Rocket Powered Bicycle
It is powered by two 75lb. Thrust Hybrid Rocket Motors. The frame is made of lightweight T6-6061 aircraft aluminum. “Gismo” features a unique front suspension system designed by Michaelson.
Plus Bicycle
Plus bike designed by Fabio Bortolani and Ermanno Righi from Dovetusai - the frame actually contain the front and back lights.
Unique Wooden Bicycle
Jens Eichler got himself some sheets of beech plywood, along with a strong glue and some power tools. After a few months of playing with the concept, he set to work in August 2006 on what would become a tandem bicycle he calls “Renovatia.”
Urban Bicycle Concept
Unique foldable bike with no chains (or even chain equivalents like drive shafts). Instead, it is hydraulic powered. No chain = no grease, no hanging bits as you fold bikes, fewer parts and less maintenance.
Tong City Bicycle Concept
This bike features all-in-one housing for the brake system, drivetrain, shock absorbers and gears, where integrated light tubes (customizable in any color you like) are located on the bike itself to increase your visibility.
Olympic Rings Bicycle
A Beijing resident was promoting the Olympic games by cycling around the city on his own unique bike, decorated with the five Olympic rings.
Polygon Bike Concept
Polygon bike design concept inspired by a music player.
Sandwich Bike
Currently in prototype stage, the bike frame is made of two wooden plates, and four identical ’smart cylinders’. It ships flat and can be assembled at home with a single tool.
Oryx Bicycle Concept
Oryx is an innovative time trial bike with a one-sided fork and chain-stay. Due to its Y-frame shape, it’s comfortably shock-proof without loosing ground contact.
Taurus Bicycle Concept
The Taurus bike has a unique design that always keeps the body in a leaning forward position. The bike seems perfect to tone legs with innovative pedals. Pedaling these is more like climbing stairs than anything else.
One - Folding Bicycle Concept
When open, ‘One’ is a comfortable stylish bicycle that not only offers all the benefits of cycling, but with its revolutionary power assist system the user can cruise around with ease. When folded, ‘One’ turns into a smooth, light and compact case free of all dirty and protruding parts.
Walking Bike
Creative walking bike that actually works.
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This is a story by David McClure from the Dallas News Community Opinion page.
I found this funny as this could SOOOOOO be my husband!
$5.37. That's what the kid behind the counter at Taco Bueno said to me. I dug into my pocket and pulled out some lint and two dimes and something that used to be a Jolly Rancher. Having already handed the kid a five-spot, I started to head back out to the truck to grab some change when the kid with the Emo hairdo said the harshest thing anyone has ever said to me. He said, "It's OK. I'll just give you the senior citizen discount."
I turned to see who he was talking to and then heard the sound of change hitting the counter in front of me. "Only $4.68" he said cheerfully. I stood there stupefied. I am 48, not even 50 yet – a mere child! Senior citizen?
I took my burrito and walked out to the truck wondering what was wrong with Emo. Was he blind? As I sat in the truck, my blood began to boil. Old? Me?
I'll show him, I thought. I opened the door and headed back inside. I strode to the counter, and there he was waiting with a smile.
Before I could say a word, he held up something and jingled it in front of me, like I could be that easily distracted! What am I now? A toddler?
"Dude! Can't get too far without your car keys, eh?" I stared with utter disdain at the keys. I began to rationalize in my mind. "Leaving keys behind hardly makes a woman elderly! It could happen to anyone!"
I turned and headed back to the truck. I slipped the key into the ignition, but it wouldn't turn. What now? I checked my keys and tried another. Still nothing. That's when I noticed the purple beads hanging from my rearview mirror. I had no purple beads hanging from my rearview mirror.
Then, a few other objects came into focus. The car seat in the back seat. Happy Meal toys spread all over the floorboard. A partially eaten doughnut on the dashboard.
Faster than you can say ginkgo biloba, I flew out of the alien vehicle. Moments later I was speeding out of the parking lot, relieved to finally be leaving this nightmarish stop in my life. That is when I felt it, deep in the bowels of my stomach: hunger! My stomach growled and churned, and I reached to grab my burrito, only it was nowhere to be found.
I swung the truck around, gathered my courage, and strode back into the restaurant one final time. There Emo stood, draped in youth and black nail polish. All I could think was, "What is the world coming to?" All I could say was, "Did I leave my food and drink in here?" At this point I was ready to ask a Boy Scout to help me back to my vehicle, and then go straight home and apply for Social Security benefits.
Emo had no clue. I walked back out to the truck, and suddenly a young lad came up and tugged on my jeans to get my attention. He was holding up a drink and a bag. His mother explained, "I think you left this in my truck by mistake." I took the food and drink from the little boy and sheepishly apologized.
He offered these kind words: "It's OK. My grandfather does stuff like this all the time."
All of this is to explain how I got a ticket doing 85 in a 40. Yes, I was racing some punk kid in a Toyota Prius. And no, I told the officer, I'm not too old to be driving this fast.
As I walked in the front door, my husband met me halfway down the hall. I handed him a bag of cold food and a $300 speeding ticket. I promptly sat in my rocking chair and covered up my legs with a blanky.
The good news was I had successfully found my way home.
Al Gore, along with a former Goldman-Sachs executive, David Blood, formed a non-product carbon credit company selling carbon credits to companies wanting to continue emitting carbons rather than complying with EPA regs promoted by savior Gore.
....huh?
Saint Gore, who would save the world, intends to line his thieving pockets... Read more....
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