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Bryce
10-29-2003, 02:47 PM
http://www.sidewaysbike.com/

even worse than scooter-commuters



Grimace
10-29-2003, 02:54 PM
Originally posted by Bryce
http://www.sidewaysbike.com/

even worse than scooter-commuters
http://www.sidewaysbike.com/images/pic13.jpg


is it as bad as the sideways commuter scooter in the background?
lol
wickedmcdougle
10-29-2003, 02:54 PM
that looks a bit unstable
Putty
10-29-2003, 02:58 PM
Originally posted by wickedmcdougle
that looks a bit unstable

that's like saying elton john is a bit ghey.
Curtis
10-29-2003, 02:58 PM
Darwin award, finalist. What a POS.
Rosscofat
10-29-2003, 03:11 PM
:O I saw that on discovery channel very smart
cookedbananas
10-29-2003, 03:19 PM
:lol: that looks pretty stupid. whats the point of it anyways? why not just ride forward like the rest of the biking population? looks harder to ride too. a lot.
Cheese
10-29-2003, 03:39 PM
how ya liking the .243 bryce??
stillgoing
10-29-2003, 03:39 PM
Originally posted by cookedbananas
:lol: that looks pretty stupid. whats the point of it anyways? why not just ride forward like the rest of the biking population? looks harder to ride too. a lot.

I'll agree it looks like a very bad design - unstable, dangerous, ugly, etc. However, I question your statement: "why not just ride forward like the rest of the biking population?" . I wonder if anyone ever said that when snowboarding first came along? I mean really - isn't is just a little silly to go flying down a hill sideways instead of forward like the rest of the skiing population?

:D
cookedbananas
10-29-2003, 03:49 PM
:lol: good point. maybe we'll all start to see guys on sideways bikes all over the trails.
BAC5.2
10-29-2003, 03:52 PM
Originally posted by stillgoing
....instead of forward like the rest of the skiing population?

:D

THAT'S what i've been doing wrong. I have been skiing backwards all of these years.
Heatmizer
10-29-2003, 04:08 PM
Thing I don't like about it - presumably if you're gonna commute with this thing (cause you'd die on the Shore :eek: ) you're gonna have a real sore neck from looking over your shoulder while you ride with your head 90 degrees to your body.

Snowboarding you are constantly moving and changing direction, hence so is your head.

Although on that thing you may just be looking down all the time waiting for it to fall apart:D
c2skyrida
10-29-2003, 04:10 PM
Easier to eject off skinnies!:P
Zu
10-29-2003, 04:24 PM
what happens if you fall backwards :eek:
dirttorpedo
10-29-2003, 04:45 PM
Holy Mind Fu@k Batman.......what's the point of that? That baby is definitely on an evolutionary short side branch to extinction.
Keefer
10-29-2003, 04:47 PM
I was jsut gonna say, I wouldn't wanna turn on my backside...
Oldfart
10-29-2003, 05:49 PM
I've ridden sideways lots of times. Always followed by a big time BIF. It just ain't right.
Shore Rydah
10-29-2003, 06:24 PM
the only way that would be cool, was if you could pedal along forwards...
cookedbananas
10-29-2003, 06:42 PM
wait im lost... does he go the way his body is facing, or does he have to turn his neck all weird??? :???:
Scott
10-29-2003, 06:44 PM
i saw that guy riding around during the boston bike battel...he can ride in circles really well
D00b3r
10-29-2003, 09:12 PM
What...The....Fu.......... O_o
Trini-dad72
10-29-2003, 09:24 PM
You know what? I was going to post something on that Trikke 8 thing a-ma-bob, but thats ok. That POS takes the cake. You've all seen it I'm sure. It's Fugly (http://trikkes-scooter.com/trikke8scooter.html)
BURKE PHANTOMS
11-28-2003, 05:52 PM
snowboarding was derived from succesful sports like surfing and skateboarding that bike looks dangerous could you imagine falling on your back its no wonder he is wearing a helmet in the parking lot. I mean kudos to him for figuring it out as I like engineering but again that looks stupidly dangerous. Not to mention crossing the road you would have to look at least 180 to see if traffic was coming
OptionaL
11-28-2003, 10:57 PM
Originally posted by stillgoing
I'll agree it looks like a very bad design - unstable, dangerous, ugly, etc. However, I question your statement: "why not just ride forward like the rest of the biking population?" . I wonder if anyone ever said that when snowboarding first came along? I mean really - isn't is just a little silly to go flying down a hill sideways instead of forward like the rest of the skiing population?

:D

Difference being snowboarding's cool, that is ghey.
Kevan
11-30-2003, 05:56 PM
I could see that evolving just like snowboarding....seriously.....in a way its almost like a snowboard with wheels and now breaks but bigger OH RIGHT......mountain boards.....already is evolved. shucks.