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The Conference Bike

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the do-you-get-to-use-the-HOV-lane? dept.

gomaze writes "If you are like me, you don't look forward to conference meetings. Until now. We are going to be getting a Conference Bike. They even have a movie on how you can find love with the bike, very interesting. Great way for everyone to get out of the office and still get work done."

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  1. Comment removed by account_deleted · · Score: 3, Insightful

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  2. Ugh... by mOoZik · · Score: 1, Insightful

    Is this the pinnacle of a stupid product?

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  3. Re:Cool but expensive!! by Coneasfast · · Score: 2, Insightful

    seriously? you see money as the biggest problem?

    be honest, if this bike was $50 ... including shipping, etc, would you buy it?

    PS: good luck trying to find someone who want to ride with you on this thing ;)

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  4. A More Appropriate Metaphor... by rasafras · · Score: 4, Insightful

    The real way meetings work would be reflected in a bike as follows:

    The wheels are arranged in a circle around the rim; all the bike can do is spin. The harder you pedal, the faster you spin, but you still end up going nowhere.

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  5. What a great idea! by anon*127.0.0.1 · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Assuming that you have access to a place with lots of wide, smooth paths with no hills and gentle turns. And no pedestrians.

    Better get someone out front to direct traffic, too. The person who is doing the steering has the whole bike and three people sitting right in front of them, I don't imagine they have much of a view.

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  6. Ummm by MrRuslan · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Those people are not wearing suits...they are wearing something u see clowns ware in the circus. all they need is some makeup and a big red nose..

  7. What kind of conferece would you have on this bike by Hellraisr · · Score: 2, Insightful

    I'm suprised nobody's asked where the documents, laptops, conference phone or network connection is?

    Those are the things you use in conferences, not a lame bike.

  8. Re:Run away! by zorglubxx · · Score: 2, Insightful

    woa, let me guess, you are american uh ? Only an american could so twisted to read a story about a bike and think of different ways to sue somebody else, geesh...

    This bike is cool (though expensive). There is one parked by the canal here in Amsterdam. Fun to see people ridding it. Although I have seen one that is way cooler - it's elongated instead of being round, and on one side there is a beer tap and a bartender that pours beers for those pedaling! I cant think of how many ways this would wrong in the U.S. (get you sued, arrested, deported, etc) ...

  9. Re:Cool but expensive!! by legirons · · Score: 2, Insightful

    "PS: good luck trying to find someone who want to ride with you on this thing"

    To be truly corporate, it should have 7 steering-wheels, and just one set of pedals...