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Offline eskimo2

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Stupid Invention of the Day: Treadmill Bike
« on: January 19, 2008, 06:39:17 PM »
This is just about the most retardely inefficient thing I’ve ever seen:



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7hmVQc91yVE

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

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« Reply #1 on: January 19, 2008, 06:50:17 PM »
If the guy wants to walk or run somewhere, you don't  need a bike to do it.   Just jump off the thing and get going.
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« Reply #2 on: January 19, 2008, 06:58:12 PM »
I wonder what would happen if that treadmill was able to match the speed the runner was running.....
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« Reply #3 on: January 19, 2008, 07:06:06 PM »
I like this stupid invention though:


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« Reply #4 on: January 19, 2008, 07:17:34 PM »
What happens if you put an airplane on the treadmill bike?
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« Reply #5 on: January 19, 2008, 07:38:43 PM »
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What happens if you put an airplane on the treadmill bike?


You squish the treadmill bike.  :D
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« Reply #6 on: January 19, 2008, 07:38:55 PM »
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What happens if you put an airplane on the treadmill bike?



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« Reply #7 on: January 19, 2008, 08:41:23 PM »
Live, from New York.... It's Saturday Night!!!


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Offline Mark Luper

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Re: Stupid Invention of the Day: Treadmill Bike
« Reply #8 on: January 19, 2008, 09:06:48 PM »
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Originally posted by eskimo2
This is just about the most retardely inefficient thing I’ve ever seen:



I will say I think it is one of the most useless forms of transportation yet devised.

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Offline Holden McGroin

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« Reply #9 on: January 19, 2008, 09:17:57 PM »
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If the guy wants to walk or run somewhere, you don't  need a bike to do it.   Just jump off the thing and get going.


Try coasting down hill next time you go for a run.
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« Reply #10 on: January 19, 2008, 09:55:58 PM »
Exercising was never about energy efficiency but still, why not just run or bike?
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« Reply #11 on: January 19, 2008, 10:44:48 PM »
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Try coasting down hill next time you go for a run.


How would you like to run downhill on that stupid bike and not be able to keep up?
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« Reply #12 on: January 20, 2008, 12:13:49 AM »
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How would you like to run downhill on that stupid bike and not be able to keep up?


Be prepared to loose some perkie points and be called a ace pilot by whoever you crash into on the way down.
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« Reply #13 on: January 20, 2008, 12:17:57 AM »
Well..it has merits.

I just don't know what any of them might be.

:)

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« Reply #14 on: January 20, 2008, 12:32:42 AM »
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How would you like to run downhill on that stupid bike and not be able to keep up?


On my bicycle I have brakes and a freewheeling (coasting) abliity.  The treadmill might have that ability as well.

Still, I think that I will stay with my bike.
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