Comments on: A tricycle that doubles as a lawnmower http://boingboing.net/2010/07/13/a-tricycle-that-doub.html Brain candy for Happy Mutants Mon, 20 May 2013 02:46:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: EH http://boingboing.net/2010/07/13/a-tricycle-that-doub.html#comment-833281 EH Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-833281 the blade part should have gears, too, but it looks like it's just a direct drive. anybody else loving BB's constant login prompts as much as me? the blade part should have gears, too, but it looks like it’s just a direct drive.

anybody else loving BB’s constant login prompts as much as me?

]]> By: irksome http://boingboing.net/2010/07/13/a-tricycle-that-doub.html#comment-833300 irksome Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-833300 I suppose wheelies are counter-productive. I suppose wheelies are counter-productive.

]]> By: thecheat http://boingboing.net/2010/07/13/a-tricycle-that-doub.html#comment-833313 thecheat Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-833313 This looks like it almost might work. The ratio to the pedals is very low and it seems the ratio to the blade is quite high. This seems like something that Junior could "use" as dad is mowing. Probably before safety and consumer groups crying about saving the children. It clearly has a label that says "caution" what more do you need? This looks like it almost might work. The ratio to the pedals is very low and it seems the ratio to the blade is quite high.

This seems like something that Junior could “use” as dad is mowing. Probably before safety and consumer groups crying about saving the children. It clearly has a label that says “caution” what more do you need?

]]> By: Gilbert Wham http://boingboing.net/2010/07/13/a-tricycle-that-doub.html#comment-833323 Gilbert Wham Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-833323 I had to log in just to say yes... I had to log in just to say yes…

]]> By: MrsBug http://boingboing.net/2010/07/13/a-tricycle-that-doub.html#comment-833334 MrsBug Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-833334 That's a seriously narrow cutting width. I guess you'd get your exercise! That’s a seriously narrow cutting width. I guess you’d get your exercise!

]]> By: Antinous / Moderator http://boingboing.net/2010/07/13/a-tricycle-that-doub.html#comment-833342 Antinous / Moderator Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-833342 <blockquote>anybody else loving BB's constant login prompts as much as me?</blockquote> There seems to be a disturbance in the force. We're checking.

anybody else loving BB’s constant login prompts as much as me?

There seems to be a disturbance in the force. We’re checking.

]]> By: floraldeoderant http://boingboing.net/2010/07/13/a-tricycle-that-doub.html#comment-833602 floraldeoderant Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-833602 God. Okay. I just rolled out of bed, and still bleary-eyed, I read the header as "A tricycle that doubles as a flamethrower." I really need to stop readin this site when I've just woken up. ...Or ALWAYS read this site when I've just woken up. God. Okay. I just rolled out of bed, and still bleary-eyed, I read the header as “A tricycle that doubles as a flamethrower.” I really need to stop readin this site when I’ve just woken up.

…Or ALWAYS read this site when I’ve just woken up.

]]> By: Tdawwg http://boingboing.net/2010/07/13/a-tricycle-that-doub.html#comment-833347 Tdawwg Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-833347 Ah, a fixed-gear bicycle that doesn't look completely silly! Or a completely silly fixed-gear bicycle that has a purpose other than blowing out the knees of twentysomething wannabes? Either way, progress! Ah, a fixed-gear bicycle that doesn’t look completely silly! Or a completely silly fixed-gear bicycle that has a purpose other than blowing out the knees of twentysomething wannabes? Either way, progress!

]]> By: Lars Haeh http://boingboing.net/2010/07/13/a-tricycle-that-doub.html#comment-833348 Lars Haeh Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-833348 The scary thing is that it looks to have been made in quantity: The chain cover looks too nice, though it may be a commercial belt cover. The positioning of the top tube on the head tube leaves no space for a down tube that would have been cut if this were converted from a regular bicycle. The blade cover is smaller then any I've seen from a power mower, and does not look hand made. The connections to the chain cover from the rear triangle do look to big, but that is the only amateurish thing I can see on it. Even the gear shift looks custom. I don't know who thought this would be a good idea to manufacture: If I were a kid with this thing, my first action would be to put it upside down, spin the blade as fast as possible and toss stuff into it. Maybe make bets with friends to see who can stop the blade with their hand the fastest. The scary thing is that it looks to have been made in quantity: The chain cover looks too nice, though it may be a commercial belt cover. The positioning of the top tube on the head tube leaves no space for a down tube that would have been cut if this were converted from a regular bicycle. The blade cover is smaller then any I’ve seen from a power mower, and does not look hand made. The connections to the chain cover from the rear triangle do look to big, but that is the only amateurish thing I can see on it. Even the gear shift looks custom.

I don’t know who thought this would be a good idea to manufacture: If I were a kid with this thing, my first action would be to put it upside down, spin the blade as fast as possible and toss stuff into it. Maybe make bets with friends to see who can stop the blade with their hand the fastest.

]]> By: nox http://boingboing.net/2010/07/13/a-tricycle-that-doub.html#comment-833355 nox Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-833355 Natural selection :) Natural selection :)

]]> By: Kakiman http://boingboing.net/2010/07/13/a-tricycle-that-doub.html#comment-833361 Kakiman Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-833361 Thanks for posting, Lisa. I want to try one! Thanks for posting, Lisa. I want to try one!

]]> By: Halloween Jack http://boingboing.net/2010/07/13/a-tricycle-that-doub.html#comment-833622 Halloween Jack Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-833622 Cute idea, and rather an elaborate set-up, but I can't see this working for a number of reasons, not the least of which is: do you really want to ride your bike back and forth all over your lawn? Assuming you weigh more than, say, 120 lb. or so? A regular reel mower will give you plenty of exercise, require little maintenance and no fuel, etc. Trying to cut straight rows with a bike without missing spots would get real tiresome after a very short time. Cute idea, and rather an elaborate set-up, but I can’t see this working for a number of reasons, not the least of which is: do you really want to ride your bike back and forth all over your lawn? Assuming you weigh more than, say, 120 lb. or so?

A regular reel mower will give you plenty of exercise, require little maintenance and no fuel, etc. Trying to cut straight rows with a bike without missing spots would get real tiresome after a very short time.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2010/07/13/a-tricycle-that-doub.html#comment-833374 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-833374 Coincidentally I was just watching "Mon Oncle" last night, and made this connection as well. Yes, the neighbor is furiously pedaling a little red self-powered lawnmower. Also, on another humorous note, my CAPTCHA is "that buttock". Coincidentally I was just watching “Mon Oncle” last night, and made this connection as well.

Yes, the neighbor is furiously pedaling a little red self-powered lawnmower.

Also, on another humorous note, my CAPTCHA is “that buttock”.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2010/07/13/a-tricycle-that-doub.html#comment-835170 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-835170 I can see from the grass in the picture that it works very well.... I can see from the grass in the picture that it works very well….

]]> By: seedroller http://boingboing.net/2010/07/13/a-tricycle-that-doub.html#comment-833438 seedroller Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-833438 The trike looks like f***all, but look what a beautiful lawn it's produced! The trike looks like f***all, but look what a beautiful lawn it’s produced!

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2010/07/13/a-tricycle-that-doub.html#comment-833191 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-833191 http://www.treehugger.com/files/2007/09/the_cutting_edg.php Lots more! http://www.treehugger.com/files/2007/09/the_cutting_edg.php

Lots more!

]]> By: i_prefer_yeti http://boingboing.net/2010/07/13/a-tricycle-that-doub.html#comment-833193 i_prefer_yeti Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-833193 Hey! Kid! Get back on my lawn! And make sure to do the edging while you're at it! Hey! Kid! Get back on my lawn!

And make sure to do the edging while you’re at it!

]]> By: Xenu http://boingboing.net/2010/07/13/a-tricycle-that-doub.html#comment-833197 Xenu Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-833197 Does it also kill the lawn? Does it also kill the lawn?

]]> By: flatfive http://boingboing.net/2010/07/13/a-tricycle-that-doub.html#comment-833205 flatfive Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-833205 Needs moar Briggs & Stratton. Needs moar Briggs & Stratton.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2010/07/13/a-tricycle-that-doub.html#comment-833213 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-833213 Jacques Tati's 1958 film, "Mon Oncle," showed the snooty neighbor pedaling a "lawn tractor" around her miniscule yard. As with so much of Tati's work, the click-click-click sound effect was part of the joke. Jacques Tati’s 1958 film, “Mon Oncle,” showed the snooty neighbor pedaling a “lawn tractor” around her miniscule yard. As with so much of Tati’s work, the click-click-click sound effect was part of the joke.

]]> By: Grey Devil http://boingboing.net/2010/07/13/a-tricycle-that-doub.html#comment-833219 Grey Devil Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-833219 I think the wheels on the trike would need to be wider to avoid digging into the grass. I was also expecting to see one of those manual push grass cutters (or whatever you call those) on the back two wheels of the trike. I think that would be decent configuration, and your feet are nowhere near the blades when compared to the pictured trike. I think the wheels on the trike would need to be wider to avoid digging into the grass. I was also expecting to see one of those manual push grass cutters (or whatever you call those) on the back two wheels of the trike. I think that would be decent configuration, and your feet are nowhere near the blades when compared to the pictured trike.

]]> By: SpaceGhost http://boingboing.net/2010/07/13/a-tricycle-that-doub.html#comment-833224 SpaceGhost Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-833224 I'm actually mildly shocked this was never introduced earlier (as far as I know anyway). It makes me feel like a chump for ever using a push mower. I’m actually mildly shocked this was never introduced earlier (as far as I know anyway). It makes me feel like a chump for ever using a push mower.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2010/07/13/a-tricycle-that-doub.html#comment-833225 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-833225 A proper tricycle lawnmower should actually work: http://www.recumbentjournal.com/news/gear/item/101-recumbent-lawn-mower-a-cut-above-the-rest.html A proper tricycle lawnmower should actually work:

http://www.recumbentjournal.com/news/gear/item/101-recumbent-lawn-mower-a-cut-above-the-rest.html

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2010/07/13/a-tricycle-that-doub.html#comment-833510 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-833510 It's a better idea than riding a fixie with no brakes in city traffic. It’s a better idea than riding a fixie with no brakes in city traffic.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2010/07/13/a-tricycle-that-doub.html#comment-833256 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-833256 Hmm, small children biking around with a razor sharp blade spinning right below their feet... sounds like a lawsuit to me! Hmm, small children biking around with a razor sharp blade spinning right below their feet… sounds like a lawsuit to me!

]]> By: fencesitter http://boingboing.net/2010/07/13/a-tricycle-that-doub.html#comment-833260 fencesitter Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-833260 Here's the push mower bike http://www.inhabitat.com/2008/07/16/mowercycle-human-powered-lawnmower/ I've also seen that at the Maker Faire. Here’s the push mower bike
http://www.inhabitat.com/2008/07/16/mowercycle-human-powered-lawnmower/

I’ve also seen that at the Maker Faire.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2010/07/13/a-tricycle-that-doub.html#comment-833271 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-833271 If the condition of the turf is a result of using the mower sitting on it, then epic fail. If the condition of the turf is a result of using the mower sitting on it, then epic fail.

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