Unnecessary tinkering

[Andy_R]

http://www.gizmag.com/transport-hubless-bicycle-with-trunk/29611/

 

[Koga]

would have been better under the saddle !

 

[ianrauk]

Another idea that won't take off...

 

[numbnuts]

Another idea that won't take off...

It's a bike not an aeroplane

 

[Over The Hill]

Bikes are as they are because they are good as they are.

I can just imagine getting a bit of grit in the rotating inner storage bit and it then tipping your luggage in the road for the back wheel to run over.

 

[Alex H]

"Unfortunately, while it may look nice, the current prototype isn't actually rideable. Since they didn't have much of a budget for their project, the designers were forced to build the bike mainly from plywood and glue, with only a handful of steel supports in particularly breakable areas."

 

[Deleted member 23692]

I hope there are drainage holes in the bottom

 

[Andy_R]

One of the posts in the article sums it all up, "A bicycle is such an amazing thing because form follows function."

 

[Davidc]

I'll carry on using my panniers, thanks.

 

[Puddles]

I hope there are drainage holes in the bottom

Nope!

They've also mentioned possibly remaking the compartment out of a wire mesh, to cut down on crosswind resistance and allow rainwater to drain from it.

 

[Accy cyclist]

I remember watching Tomorrow's World in the 1960's and 70's.This reminds me of those inventions that we never saw again after the programme.

 

[snorri]

No mudguards.

 

[Shaun]

It'd be like cycling around with a washing machine drum on the front of your bike ... oh ... wait, hang on, does anyone know if the front compartment rotates?

Now that could be a brilliant new idea no one has thought of before - doing your washing whilst on the commute!! We could call it the ... wait for it ... Spin Cycle!!

 

[Crackle]

It'd be like cycling around with a washing machine drum on the front of your bike ... oh ... wait, hang on, does anyone know if the front compartment rotates?

Now that could be a brilliant new idea no one has thought of before - doing your washing whilst on the commute!! We could call it the ... wait for it ... Spin Cycle!!

Now if you could connect a tube to your mouth at the same time so you suck the air out and create a vacuum, the clothes would dry at a lower temperature so you could make it a tumble drier too

 

[winjim]

Another idea that won't take off...

It will in a side wind.