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Moto Board => General Monster Forum => Topic started by: bwebbster on May 17, 2008, 10:40:19 PM

Title: The ultimate city bike....
Post by: bwebbster on May 17, 2008, 10:40:19 PM
Strange at first, but something very cool about this concept.  Take a look...

http://nonobjectbook.com/nUCLEUS/

BTW, just landed here after running from the banner infested "new" DML....this place is a breath of fresh air. 

Bill




Title: Re: The ultimate city bike....
Post by: duc996 on May 17, 2008, 10:50:25 PM
Wow!!! i would get that to put in my living room. ;D looks like a coffee table.
Title: Re: The ultimate city bike....
Post by: long haired lout on May 17, 2008, 11:11:12 PM
Methinks it would be interesting on a windy day . Would be easy to keep clean, nice flat panels .
Title: Re: The ultimate city bike....
Post by: Grappa on May 17, 2008, 11:43:40 PM
Can I get one in Tricolore?
Title: Re: The ultimate city bike....
Post by: silentbob on May 18, 2008, 12:37:25 AM
QuoteWhy motorcycles mirror ferocious animals from the wild?

Ooh motorcycles are scary.  I'll drive a non threatening refrigerator box instead.  Somehow I don't think this will take off.
Title: Re: The ultimate city bike....
Post by: T-byrd on May 18, 2008, 06:46:41 AM
The top of the tank looks like a modern toilet.  [laugh]

T
Title: Re: The ultimate city bike....
Post by: Count Desmo on May 18, 2008, 07:00:34 AM
I get the impression that it's supposed to make me feel warm an IZ_.  It doesn't.
Title: Re: The ultimate city bike....
Post by: Monsterlover on May 18, 2008, 07:15:10 AM
Me neither.

In fact

I hate it.

;D
Title: Re: The ultimate city bike....
Post by: kenrok1 on May 18, 2008, 08:03:09 AM
and I though the 696 was ugly  :o

now this phone thing from that site looks cool http://nonobjectbook.com/Tarati/
totally useless, but cool

oh yea - and the spoon thing, I'd buy the spoon http://www.nonobjectbook.com/1001/
Title: Re: The ultimate city bike....
Post by: El Matador on May 18, 2008, 08:38:18 AM
That's ummm interesting... not in a good way...
Title: Re: The ultimate city bike....
Post by: Scottish on May 18, 2008, 08:46:04 AM
Interesting web site. Glad you managed to find us. As for the bike it's intrigueing, you'd have to lift the skirts a little higher though. THat thing would have less cornering clearence than a HD as is. That doesn't make it city friendly for commuting through tight areas to me. It is a interesting concept though!  [thumbsup]
Title: Re: The ultimate city bike....
Post by: Ohmic on May 18, 2008, 10:04:36 AM
The iBike  [roll]
Title: Re: The ultimate city bike....
Post by: PizzaMonster on May 18, 2008, 12:54:39 PM
Can you say "Dangerous and Impractical" design nightmare?   Ever try to hold a 4X8 sheet of plywood up in a 70mph headwind? 

There is a reason that "motorcycles mirror ferocious animals from the wild" and not sailboats !!  Someone please shoot these new-earth designer types for me. [roll]

Why I'd even take a 696 over that.   ;D
Title: Re: The ultimate city bike....
Post by: Rameses on May 18, 2008, 01:25:56 PM
No thanks.

But that phone does look pretty f'in sweet.
Title: Re: The ultimate city bike....
Post by: Grampa on May 18, 2008, 04:14:15 PM
I would list it on ebay, and let the highest bidder put their logo on the side of it for a month. Then.... I would go to walmart and cruise for hot chicks.
Title: Re: The ultimate city bike....
Post by: johnster on May 18, 2008, 04:21:35 PM
**ahem**....


huh??  ??? ??? ???

It looks like you're riding a wall down the street....

Title: Re: The ultimate city bike....
Post by: NAKID on May 18, 2008, 04:27:33 PM
Well, they made sure to show that the bars can move, but what about the shifter and the rear brake pedal?
Title: Re: The ultimate city bike....
Post by: Triple J on May 18, 2008, 05:09:20 PM
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Title: Re: The ultimate city bike....
Post by: Rameses on May 18, 2008, 05:29:20 PM
Quote from: NAKID on May 18, 2008, 04:27:33 PM
Well, they made sure to show that the bars can move, but what about the shifter and the rear brake pedal?


Why would you need to do that? ???
Title: Re: The ultimate city bike....
Post by: PizzaMonster on May 18, 2008, 08:58:38 PM
Quote from: NAKID on May 18, 2008, 04:27:33 PM
Well, they made sure to show that the bars can move, but what about the shifter and the rear brake pedal?

It probably runs on a big electric-hybrid motor, has no transmission and uses regenerative braking.   [roll]
Title: Re: The ultimate city bike....
Post by: J3 on May 19, 2008, 05:45:40 AM
wow  [roll]

Products for hypocrites that want to be anti-mainstream, anti-consumerists so they can emulate the eclectic elite...  While the designs certainly are unique looking, there is a good reason that so much capital has been poured into evolving the designs of the more traditional products that are currently on the market.
Title: Re: The ultimate city bike....
Post by: Big Troubled Bear on May 19, 2008, 06:02:50 AM
Fugly [bang]
Title: Re: The ultimate city bike....
Post by: Hank on May 19, 2008, 06:11:02 AM
this sums up that entire company
(http://www.dougbelshaw.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/07/unique.jpeg)
Title: Re: The ultimate city bike....
Post by: ODrides on May 19, 2008, 06:23:03 AM
Quote from: bobspapa on May 18, 2008, 04:14:15 PM
I would list it on ebay, and let the highest bidder put their logo on the side of it for a month. Then.... I would go to walmart and cruise for fat chicks.

Fixed it for you  [cheeky]
Title: Re: The ultimate city bike....
Post by: il d00d on May 19, 2008, 10:15:40 AM
Right angles.  Comfortable!  Design should first serve a purpose.   That purpose should never be "to look awesome."  Fail.  It is not even that interesting to look at.
Title: Re: The ultimate city bike....
Post by: Duck-Stew on May 19, 2008, 10:28:21 AM
I'd paint up the sides like bricks and then park it next to a brick wall just for fun.

I'd own it.  I'd ride it but it would have to be (as they quote) around town because freeway speeds would be flat-out scary should you encounter a side-wind!

Nice that some designer is thinking outside the (wait for it) box, but it's appearant the designer DOESN'T ride a motorcycle.  At all.  At any time.  Ever.
Title: Re: The ultimate city bike....
Post by: Evil_Ductator on May 19, 2008, 11:01:15 PM
At the bottom of the page they state that they're looking for investors.  I bet people are just chomping at the bit to invest in that wonderful idea.

I'd love to see what happens when a good sidewind gust hits you.  Actually I'd hate to see that.
Title: Re: The ultimate city bike....
Post by: m0t0g0th on May 19, 2008, 11:14:08 PM
Quote from: Duck-Stew on May 19, 2008, 10:28:21 AM
Nice that some designer is thinking outside the (wait for it) box, but it's appearant the designer DOESN'T ride a motorcycle.  At all.  At any time.  Ever.

the same type of twat designed the super miracle building i work in.  it's a make the beast with two backsing nightmare.  retard graduates with nice drafting skills need to play with 3D items before getting shit like parking lots and workspaces built.. or motorcycles.

it's going to cost us over 30K to change the lights in a 7 story stairwell, because, although fully glass and delightfully lit during the day the stairwell is dead dark at night now that half the bulbs have burned out.  the bulbs burned out, you say?  but aren't they the super-eco-nifty small fluorescents?  why yes they are, however they were never spec'd to go 24/7 with the heat of the sun and their own heat pent up in the spiffy little tiny niche under-stair pots they're in.  they have to go 24/7 because they're in a stairwell which is a main emergency egress.  there's no way to reach them, easily, because the designers were SURE the bulbs would go for 10 years.  state of california says "NO LADDERS ON STAIRS" so we can't sneak them out one-by-one, even.  more than half are out, we're contemplating the work order for the scaffolds, and running string lamps down four floors to provide emergency illumination.
RAHR, make the beast with two backsing ARCHITECHTS!