Originally published at: https://boingboing.net/2020/04/10/this-is-a-social-distancing-bi.html
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Man relabels “tall bike”, calls it social distancing. (These have been a fad among bicycle enthusiasts and makers in some areas for a long time.
Cute though.
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And I shall just rain my respiratory particulates upon all ye peons beneath me.
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I’m always blown away by what he can get away with doing in the UK. Like all the fireworks and rockets and the pulsejet engine powered bicycles and such. I guess he must have a good relationship with the cops and civil authorities.
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Now that’s what I call lateral vertical thinking!
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What the fuck are you supposed to do if you hit something and tip over? Just break a leg in hoping it cushions the fall for your head??
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I came to say that less eloquently.
What it therefore needs is a snorkel that exhausts inches from the ground.
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Also, man makes anti-social device calls it social. This is the two story out house version of social distancing. Droplets drop. Social distancing for him, the exact opposite for everyone below him.
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Well, we’re talking about it, which was the goal in the first place.
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I’d say the goal of any Colin Furze video is clicks for Colin Furze, not any social good.
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Yeah I’m a bit done with jokes at the moment.
Basically yeah, that’s unfortunately pretty accurate - I’m aware of at least two serious tall bike injury incidents, (involving permanent damage).
Oh, this ties in - just found out successor to the penny farthing was the eerily familiar safety bicycle
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I’d think a high wheel/penny farthing would be a lot safer than a “tall bike” because of the higher pivot point of the front whee. Tall bikes seem engineered for catastrophic headers.
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My original comment was dismissive. Let’s not drag it down by playing the “no shit” olympics.
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This is a good first start. He’s separated from all pedestrians by 2 meters. However, he needs 2-meter outriggers on the left and right, in the case that he encounters someone else on a similar social distancing bicycle.
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riding tall bike “Eureka! I have assured social dist…” another tall bike approaches
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so, if he had fallen, what would have happened to his noggin?
nothing. he’s wearing a safety tie
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Colin Furze is a national human treasure
All these people like “what if he falls” don’t know this guy rode a jet engine powered bicycle at 60mph with nothing but googles, safety tie, and megalomania.
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