The Circular Bike, a.k.a. "Vicious Cycle"
by Michael Graham Richard, Gatineau, Canada on 07.10.08
Circular Bike made from Salvaged Parts
Yeah, it's pointless and not necessarily green, but once in a while you just gotta have fun with bike culture. We'd rather see this than "pimp my car". As one commenter on reddit sait:
- [ ] useful
- [X] want one
Or as another one said: "I would like to suggest the name 'Vicious Cycle'".
More photos and details on the creator below.
More Info on the Circular Bike
The circular bike was made by Robert Wechsler in the Spring of 2003 at UCSB.
"Nine salvaged bikes were reassembled into a carousel formation. The bike is modular and can be dismantled and reassembled. It is normally left in public places where it can attract a variety of riders."
Original Circular Bike Photo, via reddit
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Haha, awesome!
hook it to an alternator and power up!
could be fun with multiple riders trying to get it to top speed ... possible improvement if it tilted as speed was increased as to counter centrifugal force.
"possible improvement if it tilted as speed was increased as to counter centrifugal force."
Don't you mean centripetal force?
;)
http://xkcd.com/123/
Here's a cartoon you might find on point:
http://xkcd.com/123/
And the text for those who don't trust links:
Bad Guy: How do you like my centrifuge, Mister Bond? When I throw this lever, you will feel the centrifugal force crush every bone in your body.
Bond: You mean centripetal force. There's not such things as centrifugal force.
Bad Guy: A laughable claim, Mister Bond, perpetuated by overzealous teachers of science. Simply construct Newton's laws in a rotating system and you will see a centrifugal force term appear as plain as day.
Bond: Come now, do you really expect me to do a coordinate substitution in my head while strapped to a centrifuge?
Bad Guy: No, Mister Bond. I expect you to die.
That looks freakin' fun as heck!
Yes, the distinction between centripetal and centrifugal force depends on your frame of reference. Centrifugal forces are not fundamental forces, which is why they are referred to in physics classes as "fictitious forces" along with the coriolis effect and one or two others. Rather, that is the way centripetal forces, along with friction and the normal force of a surface pushing back on a body, are experienced in a rotating frame of reference. Hence a gravitron works. :)
Looks like a representation of newspaper advancement models.
- Green Mullet.
it's a cyclic cycle
This would make a great bicycle for the Bush committee studying Climate change . . .
you physics snobs need to get down from you Autoscopic high horses and chill out in the rotating reference frame with the rest of us!
It reminds me of the children's toy versions they have with multiple wheels attached to a larger turnign thing.
john, anonymous, david, anthony -
don't you mean centriPEDAL force?
*double wink*
I think something like this could make a simple spinning class a lot more fun. But I'm pretty sure nausea will kick in some time soon:(
Also, I'm glad to see some fellow geeks commenting:P
Don't have any picture, unfortunately, but a circle bike like this used to be a very popular playground "toy" for children here in Sweden back in the 60s and 70s. Little kids that would just go round and round and round.
The bike was also on a rail so it wasn't possible to move it in any direction than forwards or backwards in the circle. But it was fun :-)