W.A.C.K.E.D.-Tired of Tires

One of the greatest weaknesses in a bicycles design is the wheel.  One sharp bite from a stray shard of glass, thorn, or metal, and it can ruin your ride.  Even the more prepared that carry extra tubes or flat repair patches and such still lose the time spent.  Fragile spokes, complicated wheel building, and rims that even with a good tire can get wrecked at the edge of a water filled pothole, curb or tree root.  It is not uncommon to see a bike accident due to a tire, or wheel failure.  Hopefully those days soon will be over...

What A Concept 12: Corroded Concept

Happy Friday!  What a concept brings us a weathered idea this week that surely will fascinate.  Some things are always more interesting when designs meander off the beaten path, but that doesnt always mean it is a good idea, or bad either.  Isn't that definitive! Lets check out this weeks installment of the What A Concept! K.ed Volume 12.

What a Concept 9: Forever Bicycles

It's Friday!   Due to technical difficulties posting this week has been made difficult and as such delegated to be concentrated into this weeks what a concept post.  My apologies.  Although this week the concepts take a turn from the typical to something familiar, but different all the same.

What a Concept 5

Issue 5 of the What a Concept Post.  There is always something fantastic or ridiculous on the drawing boards of conceptual designers, artists, and engineers.  As always it is only a matter of time before those aimed at cycling end up here to be reviewed with honest unbiased focus on relevance and usefulness. Here are this weeks contestants.

What A Concept 3

The 3rd Edition of the What a Concept post brings us to three concepts.  Not all concepts I come across are bad, just the majority, so the following may be surprisingly good... or not.  Either way it goes enjoy!

What a Concept 2

I have decided to make the  "What the ____! The "What a Concept" Post" into a weekly offering.  Not just because of its success, but due to the fact that I run across bad ideas, good ideas, and plain scary ones constantly.  So every Friday a new concept, or maybe two will be offered.

Another feature of the concept post is going to be a rating scale.  Simple really, it will be from 1-6 on the Hipster scale.  The more Hipsters on the scale, the more ridiculous, more Einstein, the more brilliant.  See the scales below, then continue on for the 2nd edition of the "What a Concept" post.

Ridiculous!

 Brilliant!

What the ____! The "What a Concept" Post

While Riding around on the internet, I have seen some odd stuff.  As have we all.  One such thing is the Conference bike.  The concept is interesting enough, and I suppose it is a good thing for individuals like the blind or handicapped to get in on the cycling fun, anything else just looks odd.  Why is the main picture for this thing look like a Wiggles bikeathon??

The Wiggles... no wait even they would find this embarrassing.