FARK.com: (6912216) All-electric bike goes 35 mph, has a 40 mile range, can haul 300 pounds, and looks like it came out of a box of Legos

		All-electric bike goes 35 mph, has a 40 mile range, can haul 300 pounds, and looks like it came out of a box of Legos (engadget.com)		68
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NowhereMon

2012-01-30 11:04:12 PM

Fat chicks yadda yadda, but I'd hop on and give that baby a spin.

revrendjim

2012-01-30 11:08:40 PM

Oh hell yeah, but $4000? Can't do that.

AdolfOliverPanties

2012-01-30 11:28:56 PM

Copenhagen Wheels?

RobertBruce

2012-01-30 11:29:28 PM

awesome. I need to tear it apart and put the guts on a wheelchair.

NowhereMon

2012-01-30 11:31:48 PM

revrendjim: Oh hell yeah, but $4000? Can't do that.

Same price as a 50cc Vespa. I'm not saying that's a smart way to spend your money, but they have done their market analysis.

TaVaMaN

2012-01-30 11:36:57 PM

AdolfOliverPanties: Copenhagen Wheels?

Love that show!

Podmore

2012-01-30 11:46:08 PM

This would actually be perfect for my work commute, which is less than 5 miles each way on surface streets. Looks like it would comfortably fit in the trunk of a car, too.

markie_farkie

2012-01-31 12:11:02 AM

This diesel motorcycle (new window) would be much more useful and cost-effective..

Scrounge 5 gallons of free used veggie oil refine it a bit, and, you're good to go for 700 miles or so.

gerrymander

2012-01-31 12:19:39 AM

Another quality product from Aperture Science!

/And it even makes the "Aaaa-ah!" voice every time you turn.

rynthetyn

2012-01-31 03:14:43 AM

That costs twice as much as I paid for my 50cc Honda Metropolitan, and I can tote around a whole lot more crap on the Metropolitan than I could on that.

OgreMagi

2012-01-31 03:15:05 AM

The hipsters are going to love this.

/until it goes mainstream

Harry_Seldon

2012-01-31 03:36:30 AM

This thing would cause traffic accidents as people pass by, point, laugh....crash.

relaxitsjustme

2012-01-31 03:37:59 AM

Bazinga In My Pants

2012-01-31 03:42:52 AM

Cool! A link that I already got half a day ago!

Fark, you rock!!!

Uchiha_Cycliste

2012-01-31 03:46:09 AM

paging daRog.
daRog to the electric bike thread.

Red Shirt Blues

2012-01-31 03:55:02 AM

I was wondering what they did with all those huge PC tower cases from the 1990's.

Isildur

2012-01-31 03:57:53 AM

Bazinga In My Pants: Cool! A link that I already got half a day ago!

Fark, you rock!!!

[files.sharenator.com image 588x747]

Parents, please don't let your kids onto Fark until they're older.

daRog

2012-01-31 03:59:22 AM

WTF is that shiat? An iBike?

untaken_name

2012-01-31 04:03:33 AM

I wondered what had happened to all the surplus original X-Boxes. Good to know they aren't just going to waste.

32oz High Life

2012-01-31 04:09:56 AM

Old enough to know better

2012-01-31 04:29:11 AM

I'm guessing that just like an Apple product, half the pricetag goes toward paying the artist who designed its 'unique shape'.

Skyfrog

2012-01-31 04:32:06 AM

Ladies and gentlemen, I give you the XBoxx.

i39.tinypic.com

Doctor Jan Itor

2012-01-31 04:51:03 AM

Skyfrog: Ladies and gentlemen, I give you the XBoxx.

[i39.tinypic.com image 450x407]

Ahhh, I just red-ringed my bike.

/Crash to Pavement

Fett56

2012-01-31 05:17:07 AM

looks like the box the legos came in

Dameson

2012-01-31 05:20:18 AM

Link (new window)

The competition

StrikitRich

2012-01-31 05:39:33 AM

It's like the OCC boyz got drunk and designed a Zippo lighter bike.

Cloudchaser Sakonige the Red Wolf

2012-01-31 05:46:12 AM

I'd rather pay another $400 and get a Kymco GV 250 that has more power and a longer range and can carry more stuff if I wish to do so (and I did)

i273.photobucket.com

Barakku

2012-01-31 07:12:45 AM

untaken_name: I wondered what had happened to all the surplus original X-Boxes. Good to know they aren't just going to waste.

Pft, that's not NEARLY large enough to be an original X box.

Raider_dad

2012-01-31 07:42:45 AM

Skyfrog: Ladies and gentlemen, I give you the XBoxx.

[i39.tinypic.com image 450x407]

And I was thinking it looked like a PC case mod.

dragonchild

2012-01-31 07:53:26 AM

300 pounds? Talk about a niche market. That rules out half of all Americans before they even put on shoes.

wagnerism

2012-01-31 08:08:12 AM

I'll wait for the Chinese knockoff.

PluckYew

2012-01-31 09:24:14 AM

Podmore: This would actually be perfect for my work commute, which is less than 5 miles each way on surface streets. Looks like it would comfortably fit in the trunk of a car, too.

You sound fat.

/takes one to know one etc.

Abe Vigoda's Ghost

2012-01-31 09:27:27 AM

NowhereMon: revrendjim: Oh hell yeah, but $4000? Can't do that.

Same price as a 50cc Vespa. I'm not saying that's a smart way to spend your money, but they have done their market analysis.

www.blogcdn.com

Which one would you rather be seen riding?

basemetal

2012-01-31 09:27:29 AM

That bike is fuggo!

Mildot

2012-01-31 09:39:14 AM

I think I'll be keeping my choice of 2 wheel transportation

www.hdforums.com

StoPPeRmobile

2012-01-31 09:51:05 AM

Two_Noodles

2012-01-31 09:56:18 AM

I lust after the aftermarket kits a bit more. More interchangeable parts, cheaper, lighter and now 45mph! Maybe its a PC/Mac kind of preference.
ElectricRider (new window)
Plus I'm not sure I would want a bike that looks like a stapler.

NoGods

2012-01-31 09:58:56 AM

Mildot: I think I'll be keeping my choice of 2 wheel transportation

[www.hdforums.com image 640x426]

Me too.
forums.randi.org

/Deal's Gap

my_cats_breath_smells_like_cat_food

2012-01-31 10:11:17 AM

I think this bike has a pretty neat idea:

Electric motorcycle with a removable battery pack you can charge anywhere, say under your desk at work or in a city apartment (new window)

I forget how much they cost, but I think it was in the $7,000 area for a bike that can go 55 MPH, and 25 miles on a charge (at top speed, more like 50 miles at city speeds).

my_cats_breath_smells_like_cat_food

2012-01-31 10:13:21 AM

Oh, and the Zero I posted above doesn't look pants-on-head-retarded like the X-Bike/iBike photos in this thread. (can't post pics from work, but the link has plenty)

NowhereMon

2012-01-31 10:13:57 AM

Better looking electric bikes:
Volta:
images.gizmag.com

Honda:

Energetica:
images.gizmag.com

KTM:

Zero S

And whatever the hell this thing is:
images.gizmag.com

mitEj

2012-01-31 10:23:35 AM

I would try one. And maybe get a friend of mine to Air Brush it to look like a speeder.

loser0

2012-01-31 10:33:36 AM

Is this the thread where bikers who refuse to wear helmets shout "LOUD PIPES SAVE LIVES"?

natazha

2012-01-31 10:50:39 AM

Being able to drive them into your place of work and store it in your cubical would be a real plus.

/confused? GSI work, cubical.

GibbyTheMole

2012-01-31 11:21:27 AM

Looks like a USB hard drive with wheels. When the weather cooperates, I ride one of these:
img.petites-annonces-fr.net

Aprilia SR50
125mpg / 53mph

I know... I'm a little sissy girl, 'cause it's not a Harley. Don't care.

Jormungandr

2012-01-31 11:33:00 AM

That is not a bike, that thing is a punch magnet. I feel my fists clench just seeing a picture of the thing and I am a computer geek who rides a bike!
I'm sorry Boxx, but you did it wrong, and now nothing will ever be right again!

Director_Mr

2012-01-31 11:42:37 AM

I could buy used motorcycles for $4000-$5000 that go over 100mph and go 200 miles before I have to fill them up with gas (more than I'd go before I took a break).

Kuroshin

2012-01-31 12:11:29 PM

MOTORCYCLE PORN THREAD!!!

Kuroshin

2012-01-31 12:15:13 PM

Forgot a pic...

Motoczysz E1PC:

www.popsci.com

quizzical

2012-01-31 12:15:32 PM

How large is the hard drive, and what kind of RAM does it take? Will it let me run SCII and drive at the same time?

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