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Crowd Funding For Crank Physics
BuzzSkyline writes "A new design for bicycle cranks violates basic principles of physics, but that's not stopping the inventor of Z-Torque cranks from trying to raise thousands in start-up capital through crowd funding." The picture looks intriguing for a fleeting moment before it looks silly. Covered in similar style at a site I'm glad to discover exists, the Bicycle Museum of Bad Ideas.
...can quite comfortably fit outside it.
If computers were people, I'd be a misanthrope.
A variable length crank that grew longer or sorter and avoided ground contact would be a wonderful way to over engineer a bicycle.
You seem to regard science as some kind of dodge... or hustle.
Can I get twice the funding?
Automatically?
I think: "TIME CUBE"!
"Flyin' in just a sweet place,
Never been known to fail..."
I always slow way down when the guy up front is farting. Don't have to breathe as much of it that way.
Just take a look at those infomercials that try to tell you that 1) for your entire life you've been wobbling around about to fall over
The solution to that is to become a Weeble, because Weebles wobble but they don't fall down.
One measly zig? That's not going to efficiently couple my torque rotation constant. I want a crank with a minimum of five zigs and, for fuck's sake, a bare minimum of *three* zags... and that will be the "intro" model. The "pro" crank will come with seven zigs and five zags. The "custom" option will end the zigzags with a loop.
Throw in enough, and the bike will basically pedal itself. All I need to figure out now is how to perfect my shake weight handlebars. Still having problems with the braking on those things.