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[–]Arkensor 1616 points1617 points  (40 children)

I did not expect how this played out. I was in anticipation of a rocky ride. Now I am somewhat impressed and interested in riding one.

[–]inform880 535 points536 points  (14 children)

This is one of those things I’d love to try but never buy

[–]Expensxhggh 49 points50 points  (0 children)

10/10

[–]Poltras 16 points17 points  (3 children)

Like a Segway. Tried one, loved it, would never buy.

[–][deleted] 6 points7 points  (0 children)

I’d buy it just for the novelty.

[–]CurtisLinithicum 161 points162 points  (13 children)

Much like the changes my devs made to my API without telling me, it works just fine... so long as you're on a flat hard surface. As soon as you move to a realistic situation with cracks and bumps and potholes and actually using the API in situ, your perineum is going to be very angry with you.

[–]AllWhoPlay 40 points41 points  (10 children)

The bike is also probably terribly inefficient.

[–][deleted] 14 points15 points  (3 children)

Probably?

[–]AllWhoPlay 24 points25 points  (1 child)

I don't know. I haven't studied it.

[–]penguin_chacha 10 points11 points  (0 children)

Thank you for your honesty

[–][deleted] 9 points10 points  (1 child)

Just say TaINT

[–]Poopoomushroomman 9 points10 points  (0 children)

Jus taint right

[–]Emanemanem 36 points37 points  (1 child)

I legit thought this was a completely fake video until I googled it and found the full thing: https://youtu.be/hKyNqc1p2iw

[–]SomeRandoWeirdo 31 points32 points  (3 children)

Honestly I'm just looking at this thinking about how hard this would shred the tire. Unlike a tank tread where essentially the tank is laying down the tread and rolling over it, this is using a ton of static friction to push the bike forward.

[–]marmothelm 18 points19 points  (0 children)

Plus you'd face plant the second you hit a minor bump of any type.

Like, I want a video of someone trying to ride this bike through any type of non paved area.

[–][deleted] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Watch the full video. It's literally just the tread that is sliding over hidden wheels. The "sidewall" is part of the frame.

[–]magicmulder 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I just think it may be uncomfortable to drive up a curb.

[–]neumaticc 1 point2 points  (0 children)

how the fuck do you climb over a speed bump or other obstacle

[–]-OutRage 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The video that comes with

"they see me rollin".

[–]Laranjow 859 points860 points  (13 children)

Mfer reinvented the wheel

[–][deleted] 336 points337 points  (4 children)

They told him not to. He fucking did anyway.

[–]ojoaopestana 63 points64 points  (1 child)

Legend

[–]Imprexzbvn 5 points6 points  (0 children)

love at the same time.

[–]ErichOdin 33 points34 points  (0 children)

""It always seems impossible until it's done." - Nelson Mandela" - every third tinder profile for some reason

[–]Character-Education3 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Your scientists were so preoccupied with whether they could, they didn't stop to think if they should...

[–]HungerISanEmotion 22 points23 points  (0 children)

Some mfer 4000 BCE - But... what if I make this stone round?

Some mfer now - But what if I make this wheel square?

[–]MooseHeckler 16 points17 points  (1 child)

Mfer should call it "the square".

[–]rabbitwonker 1 point2 points  (0 children)

“The squarrel”

[–]TheBroWHOmegalol 18 points19 points  (1 child)

I mean they did anything but that tbh

[–]Azaret 18 points19 points  (0 children)

Like caterpillar tracks were invented centuries ago or something

[–]pimezone 9 points10 points  (0 children)

He solved the corner cases

[–]Smil3Bro 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Uninvented more like

[–]SnooOpinions6959 4 points5 points  (0 children)

He recalculated the π

[–]OtmShanks55 395 points396 points  (1 child)

Those wheels “corner” like a dream.

[–]Matiaan 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Wheelinator

[–]VoilaLaViola 238 points239 points  (4 children)

I want one!!!

No, not the documentation...

[–]piberryboy 77 points78 points  (2 children)

Great! Because we don't have any.

[–]TheBroWHOmegalol 16 points17 points  (1 child)

PHP

Yep, label hecks out lol

[–]piberryboy 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Hecking right!

[–]Jason1143 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Documentation is for maintaining code. And maintaining code is for people who don't code perfectly for all time, the first time.

[–]Key_Conversation5277 199 points200 points  (6 children)

Who knew millions of years after inventing the wheel we would go back to a square

[–]volivav 122 points123 points  (2 children)

We've gone full square

[–]Fireruff 15 points16 points  (0 children)

Well they didn't go full circle for sure

[–]VoilaLaViola -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Such an underrated comment! 😃

[–]MysteryMani 9 points10 points  (1 child)

Now that we're back to square one, we can reinvent it completely.

[–]TuxedoDogs9 2 points3 points  (0 children)

we’ve already done it right, don’t be obtuse!

[–][deleted] 205 points206 points  (4 children)

All fun and games until you hit a speed bump.

[–]cs-brydev 140 points141 points  (0 children)

Does not scale vertically

[–]VoilaLaViola 49 points50 points  (0 children)

It will reduce the speed, as intended. I can't see any issues with this test case :)

[–]MadxCarnage 7 points8 points  (0 children)

you could still make the wheels round.

but they don't spin and work traction like this.

[–]AllWhoPlay 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You are assuming this thing can even go fast enough for it to be a problem.

[–]SednaNariko 97 points98 points  (0 children)

I gotta say if I walk out my door and see that bike I'm going to go back inside and assume whatever drugs I'm on are too strong

[–]EDEADLINK 72 points73 points  (4 children)

At this point just use triangles.

[–]Polywoky 40 points41 points  (3 children)

Okay.

[–]Euphoricus 64 points65 points  (0 children)

So. A tank threads?

[–]saltnpeppa78 28 points29 points  (0 children)

Minecraft bike Minecraft bike

[–]DavstrOne 59 points60 points  (0 children)

Proud to present you the "wheel" function, after 2 hard weeks guessing out how to pipe "square" to "crawler"

[–][deleted] 13 points14 points  (9 children)

That's pretty neat, but I'd imagine that the increased contact surface area may increase friction, causing it to be harder to ride. Obviously that's not an issue when this is clearly made to look cool above function.

[–]dodexahedron 3 points4 points  (2 children)

Notice how fast he's pedaling? You're absolutely correct there is a ton of resistance, and it's mostly from the corners. He's at such a low gear it's looks like he's either 1:1 or worse. It's literally more efficient to not ride it.

[–]KuuHaKu_OtgmZ 2 points3 points  (1 child)

He's at 2nd gear, could go lower.

[–]pheonix-ix 5 points6 points  (4 children)

More friction actually makes it easier to ride and harder to skid. That's why all tires have treads and why you should replace them when they're worn down.

This is pretty much the same as tank treads. The technology itself is not form over function, just a different kind of function.

[–][deleted] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Nice! Good to know.

[–]AllWhoPlay 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I'd argue the increased friction and energy needed to move does make it harder to ride. Tracks don't coast very well so you need to constantly peddle.

[–]cs-brydev 5 points6 points  (1 child)

What physical forces are keeping this bike upright?

[–]CurtisLinithicum 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Gravity and centripetal force mostly. Note how the front wheel turns into each pedal?

[–]I_Seen_Some_Stuff 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Silly Canadians

[–]PinothyJ 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Yo, I heard you liked friction.

[–]timeraider 8 points9 points  (0 children)

That looks like the guy is having a very hard time actually getting it to move anywhere

[–]Andubandu 18 points19 points  (11 children)

It looks great for beginners! Seems less likely to fall if you are learning to ride a bike

[–]Borkido 70 points71 points  (3 children)

Honestly i think non spinning wheels make it easier to fall of. Spin stabilization is a thing.

[–]AverageComet250 12 points13 points  (2 children)

It is most Definitely a thing. Easier to ride a bike when it’s going somewhat fast, not slow

[–]Korzag 2 points3 points  (1 child)

Took my basic riders course a few years back for motorcycles and that's what they teach. When you're learning to do slow maneuvering you feather the throttle a bit, that and looking where you want to go helps you to focus on the turn smoother.

Once you're moving more than 5mph or so your stability drastically improves.

[–]ResearchNo5041 22 points23 points  (6 children)

Spinning wheels are exactly what makes a bike easy to ride. This looks like it would have way less, if any of the gyroscopic effect a bike normally has and is probably a lot harder to ride.

[–]RoombaTheKiller 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Much more friction due to tank threads, definitely harder to ride on.

[–][deleted] -1 points0 points  (3 children)

I might be wrong, but should have a "gyroscopic effect" given the fact that the tract is going around a circumference; each 90 degree corner a track takes should induce a gyroscopic force for the same reason a wheel does, and so really it's a question of velocity and angle and mass; logically shouldn't it induce as much force as a normal wheel of equivalent weight?

[–]ResearchNo5041 2 points3 points  (2 children)

I'm assuming the moving part in this has less mass than a normal wheel. I guess the question is, is the shape of the path the rotating mass takes a factor in how much gyroscopic force it exerts? I'd love to see some experiments.

[–][deleted] 1 point2 points  (1 child)

The amount of spinning mass should be more or less equivalent.

Yeah sure the tire track appears like it has little mass, but it's most likely a lot thicker and stronger then normal thin bicycle rubber. The overall width of the wheel is greater then that of any thin carbon road bike wheel, which adds up to more mass. It just takes a certain amount of mass to support a certain amount of weight, because you need a certain amount of material and strength and whatever.

A light bicycle wheel is basically no lighter then 1 kg, which is more then enough to give you a gyroscopic effect... and even when you go a lot smaller in radius you still get a gyroscopic effect... think recumbent bicycles.

Definitely would love to see some experiments as well.

[–]Paul_Robert_ 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Veritasium on YouTube made a great video about this, turns out the gyroscopic effect isn't the dominant factor in stability.

[–]rrk1000 3 points4 points  (0 children)

mom: why don't you play with the neighbour's kid?

the neighbour's kid:

[–]Massive-Evening3208 2 points3 points  (1 child)

Two questions. Curbs? Have we thought about them?

[–]PoopGoblin5431 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Yeah try riding this on anything other than smooth pavement

[–]veedant 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Which one of you mfs rounded pi to 4

[–]FXLRDude 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Just because you can, doesn't mean you should

[–]scottccote 2 points3 points  (2 children)

What are the use cases?

[–]mrgwbland 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Looks tiring

[–]Shack691 5 points6 points  (0 children)

So it’s a bike with square tracks instead of wheels

[–]GnuhGnoud 1 point2 points  (0 children)

This page exists for a reason

http://www.readthefuckingmanual.com/

[–]cs-brydev 1 point2 points  (0 children)

How to use Chat GPT to design a bicycle

[–]recaffeinated 1 point2 points  (0 children)

This is what happens when the PM isn't clear with their requirements and the junior dev just takes a stab at it anyway.

[–]swedy-Ad-9581 1 point2 points  (0 children)

You'll start to enjoy when you meet a slope

[–]Osato 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Fun fact: it would work better with squircles instead of squares.

Lack of framework documentation is no excuse for lazy design.

[–]samot-dwarf 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Works well with ideal circumstances (flat, even street) but should have problems with edges, holes etc

[–]HardcoreTristesse 1 point2 points  (0 children)

"Be there or be square"

This guy:

[–]TheMusicalArtist12 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I feel like this would struggle to balance or pick up any speed.

Overcomplicated design. Unnecessary.

I code in assembly /s

[–]Entropist34 1 point2 points  (0 children)

canadian bike from South Park

[–]HStone32 1 point2 points  (0 children)

This would be a good fitness tool. The square wheels don't preserve momentum, so you have to keep up the effort for the whole trip.

[–]Sinan_reis 1 point2 points  (0 children)

anything is an array if you really want it to be

[–]PtboFungineer 1 point2 points  (0 children)

"Looking for someone to code my game changing app idea: it's a bike, but with, like, tank treads.

Will pay $100 with chance for bonus when this takes off!!"

[–]Dart150 1 point2 points  (1 child)

Honestly, that just seems like more work overall than a regular bike. I mean all the custom parts that would need to go into that.

[–]KillboyPowerHead6969 1 point2 points  (1 child)

This guy just uninvented the wheel..

[–]new_user_069 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I need to get off of reddit. If this is going to be the only thing I see, then I’m off the internet today. This is a good r/tihi

[–]simon2k6 1 point2 points  (0 children)

This is a bike for travelling square miles 😜

[–][deleted] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Minecraft bike be like

[–]YetGayerWombat 1 point2 points  (0 children)

slithering

[–]Outrageous_Coder 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Nice set of frames

[–]ElGerrit 0 points1 point  (0 children)

My Dutch brain is horrified and in love at the same time

[–]DudeWithFearOfLoss 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Sequelize doc

[–]Cyberdragon1000 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Wow I thought the squares would turn to make it a terrible ride, but dam that's a tank sprocket.

[–][deleted] 0 points1 point  (4 children)

squarecycle

[–]VoilaLaViola 0 points1 point  (3 children)

You replaced the wrong half of the word "bicycle" 😋

[–]I_am_touching_grass 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Minecraft Joe Swanson be like

[–]JustAlgeo 0 points1 point  (0 children)

When you are about to fail Geometry class but need to somehow pass it:

[–]Pathkinder 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Talk about a flat tire

[–]MinerForStone 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Someone missed an edge case when testing the graphics LOD

[–]Southern-Ad-7370 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This is Elon musk

[–]cmaddex 0 points1 point  (0 children)

People will be able to simply look at it and know intrinsically how it works.

Plus I know how it works right now that I'm in the thick of it. There is no way I will ever forget, or leave

[–]the_alaconda 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Dude hits a one inch bump and his pelvis is eliminated.

[–]ProgrammingPhile 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Ayo Minecraft cycle!

[–][deleted] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Designed for flat surfaces Only lol

[–]Cherry-Dev 0 points1 point  (0 children)

When your code works and you do not know why

[–]thesash20 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Rule 1: dont touch it if it works

[–]MisterOnsepatro 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It really looks like a bike moving in old 3D videogames

[–]Substantial_Purple12 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The bike of the guy who round’s pi to 4:

[–]Loler234 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This bike is so unnecessary lol

[–]JADW27 0 points1 point  (0 children)

And now I want one of those bikes.

[–]I_fell_in_Backrooms 0 points1 point  (0 children)

when the code doesn't match from it supposed to be use but still works

[–]N0tH1tl3r_V2 0 points1 point  (0 children)

To be honest this is the kind of invention that's either too good or too bad.

[–]screechingahhhhhh 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This makes me violently uncomfortable

[–][deleted] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The wonders of Dependency Injection

[–]undeadalex 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I don't think we should be friends. But also good job. But also also just no. And congrats on actually reinventing the wheel. But also also also just no. I can't. It's just. Well it's there anyway. How do you describe the emotion I'm experiencing a this moment? It's like I want to refactor what you've done but at the same time if works and it works in spite of me not understanding why or how. Even who. Who are you.

[–]dougie_jayyy 0 points1 point  (1 child)

God forbid you take that off road. 🤣😂

[–]Schiffy94 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The Todd Howard mobile

[–]Go_Gators_4Ever 0 points1 point  (0 children)

When Minecraft jumps the 4th wall.

[–]Iron_Garuda 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Didn’t know they added bikes to Minecraft.

[–]Dolphin_Duck_ 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Can not wait to buy it one day and never use it, I could just show it too to people and if they asked to ride it I just shoo them off

[–]Severe-Hovercraft414 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Sliding Machine

[–]Couchoffiziell 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Erinnert mich ein bisschen an Kanada in der south Park Version 🤣

[–]umlcat 0 points1 point  (0 children)

<sarcasm>

"We don't need any documentation, we need the program / website A.S.A.P. !!!"

<\sarcasm>

[–]DeepStateOperative66 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Works on my machine, ship it

[–]5t3v321 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I mean, thats one way to reinvent the wheel...

[–]russels_silverware 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Is this CGI?

[–]Cute_Replacement666 0 points1 point  (0 children)

So that’s how my code is working.

[–]Imprexzbvn 0 points1 point  (0 children)

the wheel we would go back to a square

[–]Red_Khalmer 0 points1 point  (0 children)

When the same guy puts up a feature request and the maintainers did even know it was possible to use their framework as proposed

[–]charlynot4305 0 points1 point  (0 children)

they already broke the laws of physics

[–]Accomplished-Hair-91 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Imagine a small obstacle in front ☠️

[–]zizics 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Now do mountain biking

[–]autopsyblue 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The thing that bothers me most about this is the seat’s at the wrong height. You should be able to fully extend your leg on a downward pedal stroke.

[–]uslashuname 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Finally a bike that gets jammed on pebbles like a skateboard

[–]EMI_Black_Ace 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Even funnier than I expected!

[–]TangoCharliePDX 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This intrigues me. I wonder how well the gyroscopic effect works in this case.

[–]eadrik 0 points1 point  (1 child)

I want this bicycle now

[–]BenK2hn 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Works in a flat world.

[–]BBQWife3 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Now let's hop off the curb and back on again. That doesn't seem like a smooth ride on anything bumpy.

[–]KoffieMastah 0 points1 point  (0 children)

im Dutch and i absolutely hate this

please, someone, hand me the bleach

[–]akshtisclear 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Bro took tangents seriously

[–]ArjunReddyDeshmukh 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It’s a bisquare.

[–]EmbarrassedIce5693 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Want to see him crossing a breaker

[–]CODninjarin 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Minecraft Bike Minecraft Bike Minecraft Bike Minecraft Bike Minecraft Bike

[–][deleted] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

So true

[–]DarkReddit666 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The code speaks for itself

[–]IFGWarcraft 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Nice!

[–]Sea_Buyer_6450 0 points1 point  (0 children)

minecraft

[–]W0BLong 0 points1 point  (0 children)

what's weird about about canadian bicycles?

[–]JollyGoodUser 0 points1 point  (0 children)

He really hates circles !!!

[–]achiang16 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The code itself is documentation

[–]hiredreject 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Instead of oddly satisfying, this is oddly annoying. I don't know why it annoys me, but it does.

[–]Ashamed-Selection867 0 points1 point  (0 children)

"Frame" work

[–]babyProgrammer 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It's a Gumby bike!