Just further proof that the skill of innovation derived from childhood flights of fancy is alive and well! Any of the over 40 crowd remember the unadulterated pleasure of sitting down with a good book? You know, those odd bound paper things with words in it? One of these from my youth provided me with hour upon hour of escape into a fantastic surrealescape. Jan Wahl's "The Furious Flycycle"
As the title hints, it's a bicycle that flies!
Well apparently I was not the only child infused with the love of cycling and the freedom it offered and they DID get theirs off the ground!
A recent article I read initially credits ET as the inspiration for the first flying bicycle, but towards the end of the article half heartily admits that it was indeed NOT the creators inspiration, but "a book no one has ever even heard of". Obviously this author is some young snot nose who is limited to only those titles offered on his IBook!' SHEESH! I do so miss the heady days before the advancement in tech that breed these "readers". Yes, they can be a handy alternative to accessing hard to locate reads, but what about the joy of digging through musty dusty bins and boxes at your local cluttered book shop?
ANYWAY!
A trio of Czech engineers have created a 6 prop flying bike operating off an electric motor. The prototype shown hear
took its first flight recently with the aid of a plastic dummy (operated by remote control) in Prague and has a limit of 5 Minuets flight time. Hopefully they will find a way to extend it. Unfortunately this is merely an attempt to fulfill a childhood fantasy and more then likely will not be showing up at your local bike shop.
Shame.
Speaking of creativity! Sometimes my kids do things that surprise me. in a good way! The other day while Kaleb was separating parts he got a hold of a pile of scrap parts and came up with this...
Perhaps there is hope for some of this generation..
But it does beg the question, "will the IBook and I pad generation ever have the juice to utilize their imagination and creativity to fulfill their dreams when technology all ready does that?"
MOVING ON!'
Speaking of "dream realizations!" have we got some dreams for you!! Put out FIVE newbies yesterday, but before you start to drool over them the Trek Verve 3 we had sold in 7 minuets! So sorry to all the folks calling last night about it, but shes gone. And what a steal the buyer got to boot! BUT we have the other four remaining! So check 'em out below and I need to get at it!
It's Saturday! Get on up here!
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| FINALLY A CRUISER! ONLY $65.00!! |
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| YEH. THIS DIDN'T LAST AT ALL! |
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| ON CONSIGNMENT! 26" MTB ONLY $85.00!! |
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| CUSTOM BMX! ONLY $95.00!! |
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| SCRATCH BUILT SCRAP FIND! CLASSIC MONGOOSE BMX! ONLY $80.00!!! |
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