I wonder why it never caught on...

[PaulB]

I see that even the lunatic intrepid test pilot in the photo wasn't stupid enough to take his left hand off the conventional grip.

He's not even riding the thing either, clearly keeping it upright when stood alongside is challenge enough.

That's Henry Cooper.

 

[Drago]

That looks dangerous.

Which means kids will be queing up to buy one.

 

[Ming the Merciless]

I see that even the lunatic intrepid test pilot in the photo wasn't stupid enough to take his left hand off the conventional grip.

He's not even riding the thing either, clearly keeping it upright when stood alongside is challenge enough.

The test pilot hasn’t even got on the bike. You can see they are stood upright...

 

[Ming the Merciless]

That looks dangerous.

Which means kids will be queing up to buy one.

View: https://youtu.be/G9rG90RRndo

 

[rockyroller]

To be fair, this is a question that many of us have wanted answers to

as a kid, at a family picnic, I took a length or rope, threw it around a branch, tied a loop in one end, & proceeded to demonstrate to a friend my genius way to climb a tree, meaning to pull on the loose end, with my foot in the loop. well. my foot went up as my head went crashing down apparently I knew just enough about ropes to be dangerous.

meanwhile many years later a mountain/rock climber invented a device that lets one do something similar. FFWD to 3:36 for the mechanical ascender in action


View: https://youtu.be/u785RZPrM-c

 

[twentysix by twentyfive]

as a kid, at a family picnic, I took a length or rope, threw it around a branch, tied a loop in one end, & proceeded to demonstrate to a friend my genius way to climb a tree, meaning to pull on the loose end, with my foot in the loop. well. my foot went up as my head went crashing down apparently I knew just enough about ropes to be dangerous.

meanwhile many years later a mountain/rock climber invented a device that lets one do something similar. FFWD to 3:36 for the mechanical ascender in action


View: https://youtu.be/u785RZPrM-c

Yebbut he's got his helmet on

 

[PaulB]

My uncle was telling me a story about when he was doing his national service and the bet one fellow recruit made. He said he could get two pints in a one pint glass. He rebuffed all questions about what these pints should be composed of. After getting enough gambling action, this genius took an empty pint glass and filled it up with sand. He then took a pint milk bottle, filled it with water and then showed the rest of the barrack just how easy it was to trick physics by pouring the water into the sand!

 

[postman]

Inventor "Whacko Bob" Funkhauser, (pictured shortly after his maiden test ride) said it went exactly as his friends predicted it would.

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Bob you were wearing the wrong gloves.Cycling cycling.

 

[CanucksTraveller]

That's Henry Cooper.

No sheet Sherlock. I genuinely thought it was Crazy Bob Funkhauser. Who doesn't exist.

 

[classic33]

as a kid, at a family picnic, I took a length or rope, threw it around a branch, tied a loop in one end, & proceeded to demonstrate to a friend my genius way to climb a tree, meaning to pull on the loose end, with my foot in the loop. well. my foot went up as my head went crashing down apparently I knew just enough about ropes to be dangerous.

meanwhile many years later a mountain/rock climber invented a device that lets one do something similar. FFWD to 3:36 for the mechanical ascender in action


View: https://youtu.be/u785RZPrM-c

Jumar Clamp or prussic loops?

 

[deptfordmarmoset]

Jumar Clamp or prussic loops?

Now there's a question you don't often see.

 

[classic33]

Now there's a question you don't often see.

Someone had to ask.

 

[postman]

Prussic loops the new breakfast cereal.Ideal with milk hot or cold.Never start a ride without a bowl full.Energy from a box.

 

[roley poley]

Jumar Clamp or prussic loops?

always make sure you can pull yourself up by your bootlaces 🧗‍♂️

 

[Fnaar]

Jumar Clamp or prussic loops?

you can get a cream for those