Un Petit Tour Dans Paris from Maxime Baudin on Vimeo.
Ten out of ten for clever, beautiful, sweet, satisfying.
(Via PetaPixel.)
Un Petit Tour Dans Paris from Maxime Baudin on Vimeo.
Ten out of ten for clever, beautiful, sweet, satisfying.
(Via PetaPixel.)
Would you buy an electric vehicle from ‘Wally Hotvedt’? | MinnPost
I watched the 1997 documentary “Trekkies” again last night and found myself Googling around for the “Where Are They Now?” on some of the people. I later became a fan of Rich Kornfelt as “Wally Hotvedt” on the super-funny bowling show “Let’s Bowl.”
Turns out Rich is now building electric cars (or at least he was in 2013). It looks like a neat idea: an electric car charged in part by bicycle pedals.
I like this sort of idea. I’ve been tempted to buy an “electric assist” motorized bike. It looks like and works like a normal bike, but when the onboard computer senses that you’re really pushing hard (like when you’re grinding up a long hill) the motor kicks in and “helps” you. Or, you can just open the throttle and take a break from pedaling altogether. I have an old bike, but almost never ride it. When I walk, I can pick up the pace or slow down as needed, but always be moving forward with my heart rate up. On the bike, there comes a point where I’m on a hill and I’m just dying and I need to dismount. It makes me feel not unlike a loser.
The trouble with these assist bikes is that they cost a couple of grand and that’s more than I can afford to lose if it gets stolen, or if someone chooses to smash it up because they weren’t allowed to use a toilet without a parent present until they were fourteen years old or something else that explains psychotic behavior. If I were regularly commuting ten miles to work, or regularly wound up going places where I know my bike would be safe…
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Well, it’s still be two grand, which is probably more valuable than my (old but beloved) car. But I’d be tempted.