Bendy Bike Wraps Around Poles
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Kevin Scott’s bike bends in the middle, and can be almost tied around a lamppost when locking it up.
The bendable bike has the top and down-tubes replaced by segmented sections, similar in appearance to an armored cable-lock. A ratchet mechanism on the seat-tube cranks the segments tight, stiffening the frame so it can be ridden.
It’s kind of neat, but you’ll still have to carry a lock to secure the bicycle after wrapping it around a pole, and the weight of the complex frame along the bulk of the crank-arm probably outweigh the extra locks they will be replacing.
I’d also worry about vandalism. An already-damaged bike seems to attract kicks and damage faster than an untouched one, and when locked up Kevin’s design looks like it has already received a beating. That’s not to say the bendy bike wouldn’t be useful: It would be easy to fit into a corner of a small apartment, and easy to squeeze around the corners of a tight stairwell.
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