Comments on: Utility Bikes from Another Dimension

By: Are these bikes? « In The Spin

Are these bikes? « In The Spin — Wed, 19 Nov 2008 14:19:14 +0000

[...] Utility Bikes from Another Dimension [...]

By: David

David — Tue, 18 Nov 2008 07:23:28 +0000

I like them a lot.

By: Rapps

Rapps — Mon, 17 Nov 2008 22:14:13 +0000

These videos are the best explanation about why I like biking!

By: Ghost Rider

Ghost Rider — Mon, 17 Nov 2008 19:44:04 +0000

I should add that I really want to know more about those homemade shotguns…I could use a pair of those for my Xtracycle!

By: Ghost Rider

Ghost Rider — Mon, 17 Nov 2008 19:40:41 +0000

I’m pretty sure all those engineering drawings and narration were meant to be farce — impressive on their face, of course. How I read it is that it is SUPPOSED to be impressive in its engineering, but when you look at the full assembly, you’re left scratching your head.

Are you familiar with the Japanese concept of “chindogu”? It’s an art/engineering form: useless inventions that are supposed to be whimsical.

It’s also kinda like when the band Tool did that song “Die Eier Von Satan”…the narrator speaks in a menacing German voice, but the lyrics, when translated, are merely a cookie recipe. It’s all about the perception, or something…

By: db

db — Mon, 17 Nov 2008 19:30:52 +0000

Understood, but is it supposed to be “art”? The explanation of the engineering details, down to the wheel-base and condiment slots, makes it seem like it’s intended to be a working vehicle.

If the narration is supposed to be satirical or farcical, then I just missed that.

But hey, hot waffles. Never a bad thing. Even if they’re protected by two shotguns, a machete, and live chickens.

By: Ghost Rider

Ghost Rider — Mon, 17 Nov 2008 15:20:39 +0000

db, you could just as easily ask “why NOT?”

Art doesn’t have to have any context or meaning behind it — art for art’s sake…bizarre contraptions that defy logic are some of my favorites!

By: db

db — Mon, 17 Nov 2008 15:08:24 +0000

Damn, Waffle Bike sure could use a bit more context. There’s a lot of “why” in there that goes unanswered.

On the plus side, that video made me, for the first time in my life, feel sorry for chickens.

By: Ghost Rider

Ghost Rider — Mon, 17 Nov 2008 14:51:05 +0000

That tank is AWESOME! Sign me up for one of those, too…

By: ragged claws

ragged claws — Mon, 17 Nov 2008 13:42:12 +0000

After seeing the different interpretations of a utility bike above, I could not help thinking that a bicycle tank might be useful for cutting through rush-hour traffic with the SUV crowd in Spring Hill. The video is from a kinetic art parade they have back in Phillie (my home land), and if there is any justice in the world–and there isn’t–I will get one of these things for x-mas.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yY4ilSegqyo