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Perhaps the most useless thing ever invented.

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Old 08-25.-2006
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I always thought a chocolate teapot would be pretty useless but now
there's this....

http://www.bikeforest.com/tread/index.php

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Old 08-26.-2006
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Default Re: Perhaps the most useless thing ever invented.

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Originally Posted by Humbug
I always thought a chocolate teapot would be pretty useless but now
there's this....

http://www.bikeforest.com/tread/index.php

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Old 08-26.-2006
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On 26/08/06 at 16:38:59 monsterman somehow managed to type:

<snip>

> unfcknblvble


I especially liked the bit (in the video) where "you can take it on a
bus"...:-)


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Old 08-26.-2006
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"Humbug" wrote:
> On 26/08/06 at 16:38:59 monsterman somehow managed to type:
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> <snip>
>
>> unfcknblvble

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> I especially liked the bit (in the video) where "you can take it on a
> bus"...:-)


Hawhawhawhaw.....

And the rather disturbing idea that you can 'take it off some sweet jumps'
!!!

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Old 08-26.-2006
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Peter Signorini wrote:
> "Humbug" wrote:
> > On 26/08/06 at 16:38:59 monsterman somehow managed to type:
> >
> > <snip>
> >
> >> unfcknblvble

> >
> > I especially liked the bit (in the video) where "you can take it on a
> > bus"...:-)

>
> Hawhawhawhaw.....
>
> And the rather disturbing idea that you can 'take it off some sweet jumps'
> !!!


If someone gave me one I'd probably throw it off a precipice too, is
that what they meant?

Travis

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Hawhawhawhaw.....

And the rather disturbing idea that you can 'take it off some sweet jumps'
!!!
How about a series of kicker jumps, going the reverse direction, into the caldera?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e6pYBW0gB9A

Or another scenario, although I don't think the "linkage" or local beer supplies, could withstand a similar reenactment.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LDnravd-eVs
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Default Re: Perhaps the most useless thing ever invented.

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I always thought a chocolate teapot would be pretty useless but now
there's this....

http://www.bikeforest.com/tread/index.php

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I also 'like' their couch bike:
http://www.bikeforest.com/cb/index.php
and the hulabike:
http://www.bikeforest.com/hulabike.php

These people are full of 'great' ideas.
Or maybe they're full of something else?
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Old 08-27.-2006
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On Sun, 27 Aug 2006 23:26:21 +1000, peterlip
<peterlip.2d7ap0@no-mx.forums.cyclingforums.com> wrote:

>> Today is Pungenday, the 19th day of Bureaucracy in the YOLD 3172I also 'like' their couch bike:

>http://www.bikeforest.com/cb/index.php
>and the hulabike:
>http://www.bikeforest.com/hulabike.php
>
>These people are full of 'great' ideas.
>Or maybe they're full of something else?


They're jokes which fits their mission statement of FUN.
I followed one of their more serious links to
http://www.python-lowracer.de/projects.html
some limitations but an interesting design.
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Old 08-28.-2006
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"Humbug" <bah@deep.bit.bucket> wrote in message
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> I always thought a chocolate teapot would be pretty useless but now
> there's this....
>
> http://www.bikeforest.com/tread/index.php
>


I knew I should have put a patent on that idea......I suggested a treadmill
operated bike a few years ago as a tounge-in-cheek dig at the guys/girls at
the gym at work who walk on the treadmill in front of the TV for an hour or
so when it is a beautiful morning outside and work is located across St
Kilda Rd from "The Tan" which is a great track just under 4km around that
circumnavigates a huge expanse of gardens here in Melbourne. "Imagine,
being able to combine the benefits of the treadmill and fresh air without
actually having to go for a walk/run".......not sure if they caught the
sarcasm or not??

I wonder if I could buy one and then convert it to a fixie??? Would make
downhills pretty interesting!!!

Gags


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Old 09-02.-2006
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On Sat, 26 Aug 2006 09:24:27 +1000, "Humbug" <bah@deep.bit.bucket>
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>
>I always thought a chocolate teapot would be pretty useless but now
>there's this....
>
>http://www.bikeforest.com/tread/index.php



I don't know about that, it made me cack myself laughing


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