Feb 29 2008Skywalker Bike Would Hurt/Kill You To Fall Off
The 12-foot tall SkyWalker TallBike is way up there. A little too far up there if you ask me. I know several kids around town that have five and six-feet tall bikes, and even those things seem ridiculous. This one is so tall it has a ladder system built-in so you can actually get on the thing. And apparently they're rugged.
According to Koolkat, the 12-foot SkyWalker is so strong that it can easily take a 500-pound pilot, a little trivia fact that makes me imagine a Fantasia hippo driving one.
Sure I believe that it can hold a 500-pound rider, but what I want to see is a 500-pounder that's crazy (and nimble) enough to get up there. And could you imagine someone crashing and falling off this thing? That would be pretty awesome wouldn't it? Yeah, it would. How awesome?
A. So freaking awesome!
B. Bad to the ass!
C. Gnar Gnar Gnarly!
4. Pow Pow Powerwheels!
G. Huh?
F. Dude, that's not right, it could really hurt somebody.
G. I am so fucked up right now, somebody please put on some music.
If you answered D. "I once saw a guy try to grind a handrail on rollerblades but fell and busted his sack open and one of his balls unraveled onto the concrete" then you are 100% correct.
Another picture and video of the bike in action after the jump.
12-Foot SkyWalker Bike Looks Tough to Ride [techeblog]
Reader Comments
1. Cam - February 29, 2008 8:40 PM
Holy Crap
that is awesome and yes, i picked D :P
2. Michael Brown - February 29, 2008 10:00 PM
dude you are so stoned, the stuff you come up with sometimes blows my mind
3. Tap - February 29, 2008 11:00 PM
I think George Lucas gonna sue somebody!
4. Liam - March 1, 2008 12:02 AM
So, death star hotel, C-3PO paper art, and skywalker bikes.
Just go and watch the movies already!
5. Alche - March 1, 2008 1:52 AM
I can't even ride a bike without holding the handle and then this dude climbs the bike as it is rolling!?!?!?!?! and no helmet!?!! and the only way to steer is by leaning or some shit!!!!?? and could someone please turn on some music cause I'm about to get fucked up?
6. Canned Ham - March 1, 2008 6:09 AM
Tall bikes actually have a history of being used to light street lamps in cities before electric lamps. Just cool that an old tool has become a recreational toy.
@ Alche
The bar that he holds on to at the top has steering on it, and since it runs down the sides, allows him to steer even as he climbs up. Something I haven't seen tall bikes do before. All in all a very cool tall bike.
7. Holly - March 1, 2008 11:33 AM
this is the most ridiculous thing i've seen in a while - novel yes, but totally impractical - i assume you always have to get off the bike by climbing down while its still moving, as braking would be a disaster - you'd just topple off being unable to steady the bike at that height, also wouldnt be able to see things on the ground that could topple the bike. I'm assuming some amusing videos of people really hurting themselves to surface on youtube soon
8. JapperSpice - March 3, 2008 2:11 PM
EEEEWWWW! Thanks for reminding me of that video of that guy busting his sack open! That was the grossest thing I have ever seen! I'm going to have nightmares tonight...