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... trucks.

Here, we used this when they slapped 'luxury taxes' and 'gas guzzler taxes' on full sized sedans and station wagons. Everyone jumped in pickup trucks and SUVs. Once Congress recognized the unintended consequences*, they cancelled the taxes. But nobody switched back.

*They briefly tried raising the GVW needed to qualify as a truck. Enter the Lincoln Navigator and H2 Hummer. 'We'll raise it even more'. Manufacturers built vehicles based on the Kodiak chassis and similar. We can move up scale faster than Congress can write laws. Someone Photoshopped the next possible step and cooler heads prevailed.

There is! One of these would be great exercise.

I'm still waiting for the Kenworth Pilgrimage or Grand Dominator.

Hilarious! I love the Bicycle Forest. Their Couchbike is another nice example of wacky engineering.

Hilarious! I love the Bicycle Forest. Their Couchbike is another nice example of wacky engineering.

If it weren't for engineering for engineering's sake, we'd never have . . .

the treadmill bike!

(PS - you've gotta watch the videos. They're hilarious.)

Brent and Eivind's Couchbike Adventure
good pics on pages 2, 7, 8, 10+

This looks like a good followup (from different people, of course) for the Couch Bike.

Not to mention, gasoline-powered toys are not in fashion these days. I find the couch bike much more fun and enviro-friendly.