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The Conference Bike
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."
I've seen them on the sidewalks/boardwalks here in San Diego. They're huge, and take up plenty of space. I can't imagine they're allowed to go on the streets. Odd how the video doesn't show anyone wearing a helmet, when even Segway clips show people in helmets. I also feel bad for the person at the front (facing back)- they can't see where they're going.
Looks like a lot of fun but the current price of 9,500 euro's which is currently $11,852 is a bit rich for me. There is also tax, duty, and shipping to be paid as well.
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You work at one of those .COM's don't you. I suspect well see that bike on e-Bay soon enough.
heh.
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This thing needs a kegholder.
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Great, now your shortsighted supervisor can not only run the company into the ground, but he can also crash the bike (which he will inevetably be steering) while you furiously peddle away.
Great. Just great.
Mod me Flamebait all you want, but that's about the dumbest thing I've ever seen.
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I can't wait to see the first accident with that bike. CNN is reporting that "the Microsoft Board of Directors have been ran over by a semi during a meeting on how to destroy Linux. Police are searching for the hit and run driver. According to witnesses, the culprit was a penguin.
that they made a CONFERENCE bike instead of a COMMITTEE bike. The committee bike would never have gone anywhere, except, maybe in a circle or spun in place.
If "disco" means "I learn" in Latin, does "discothèque" mean "I learn technology"?
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Holy shit.. its the monkees on a weird bike.
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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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Only in America?
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According to the website, they're based in the Netherlands
http://www.conferencebike.com/contact/frameset-
Very firmly in Europe!
When will cities be redesigned to accomodate this land vessel?
If this contraption is supposed to convey the "meeting experience", shouldn't all the riders have their own steering wheel attached to their wheel, so it would end up spinning around in aimless circles with no obvious goal? At least that would bring it closer to how our meetings seem to end up...
Code, Hardware, stuff like that.
"There are now 40 conferencebikes in the world"
Well, even Segway does better. Using a Segway made you look like an alien on wheels. Using this make you look a pack of dangerous fools.
"this thing will change your life"... already heard that before.
Besides this, do they care of people using PDAs or lynx ?
They're also not allowed in if they're not wearing perfume and willing to pose for a picture that looks like the makings of a mechanical orgy.
Oh wait. Did I say conference?
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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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Yeah, I'm thinking the SUV's of bicycles.
I'm waiting for seven fat fuckers going down one of those badass hills in SF to find out that the brakes simply can't cope.
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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..
I'm sure it will be a real ice breaker at the next company meeting when the two people riding backwards puke on their coworkers!
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.
From the link: ...lights up smiling...It lowers inhibitions...it's a party on wheels...
Buy a 12 pack and drive around. Same effect.
But I decided against posting it here because it was so stupid. I guess others have no such compunctions...
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I'm waiting for seven fat fuckers going down one of those badass hills in SF to find out that the brakes simply can't cope.
That sounds remarkably like a dotcom I worked for...
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Yeah man! Get in there and trick six fat asses into shooting a fast hill and blowing through the intersection at the bottom. The good thing is you'll have enough momentum to fuck up a car, and you'll be really obvious so the cars should avoid you. The bad thing is you'll have no control whatsoever, and the terrified screams of your passengers can be distracting.
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