Now, think about it folks. When you’re cruising across the rocks, roads and roundabouts on your normal bicycle, you never know when a gaping water hole is going to open up right in front of you. Certain doom.
Fortunately, this bicycle concept, could save you from landing face down in a muddy channel plus make you look kinda cool. It’s making the rounds and just about everyone is saying, check.. this… OUT.
The Di-cycle concept, created back in 2005 and on display at the Designhuis Bike Show (22 June – 5 Oct 08), is from GBO Design and Engineering in Helmond, Netherlands.
It was developed as an idea to navigate the varying land and water common to Helmond. Here’s what Tom Schreuder of GBO Design had to say about the design.
The Di-Cycle was designed using Rhino. The rendering on the website is of the original Rhino-model. The full-scale model you see on the pictures was created in Unigraphics.
Yep, sorry, not done in SolidWorks. But I believe GBO does use SolidWorks for some of their design. The faster this thing goes, the cooler I imagine it would be to ride it. What do you think?
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Seems to me that it would become very drippy and maybe even a bit splashy in a moist environment. Basically i think the wheels will kick up a lot of muddy water all over me and my new white di-cycle. Any ideas on how spotty stain tragedy could be avoided?
this is pretty cool man – I love how it looks – I don't imagine would be half as much fun actually riding this thing – the tyres are pretty narrow, and imagine trying to park the mother..
I picturing mud-flaps. big ones with BACK OFF written on them.
Does seem like it would be clumsy. the wheels would really need to turn independent of each other in order to make those tight turns. it needs rudders and a propellant system and stickers.
STICKERS! WHAT THE FUCK ARE YOU A FUCKING QUEER?! STICKERS WOULD LOOK LIKE SHIT IT LOOKS FINE THE WAY IT IS! i like the mud flap idea tho.
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