No crash, learn to ride a bike **PIC**

[Baked]

Originally posted by: Otaking
I never had any training wheels. My dad pushed me, and I went straight into a tree; not sure if that was intentional or not. :|

Are you on the life insurance plan? Your old man tried to kill you! :Q

 

[Ronstang]

Originally posted by: KK

Originally posted by: ironcrotch
Ah the new wussy generation indeed

The first wussy generation started in the 1980s.

Maybe even a little earlier.

 

[bootymac]

That looks awesome. I'll definitely get one for the kids

 

[rh71]

Originally posted by: glugglug
The tricycle is not a new invention. This is just a less efficient wobbly-trike. The kid who is caught riding one will get his ass kicked for sure.

read the article... as you gain speed, it turns into a bicycle... and when you slow down, it reforms into the tricycle... it's great for confidence boosting among other things.

 

[newbiepcuser]

I'm still learning every time I go out on the trails.

 

[JDub02]

very cool. i remember learning how to ride a bike in my front yard.

and i still have memories of my first bike being run over by my grandfather's truck (i left it laying behind the truck and he backed over it).

 

[QuitBanningMe]

Originally posted by: SilverTorch
lol, my dad put my on a normal bike and told me to ride it .... 10 min and both of my scrapped knees later I knew how to ride a bike

Same here.

 

Lead designer Scott Shim hopes the design, which won top honors recently at an international bicycle design competition, can help children slowly gain the skill and courage to pedal off on their own.

"So we thought if we could make a tricycle kind of bicycle, it would get that burden off the child's shoulders so he or she could focus on trying to learn to ride."

Whatever happened to "no pain, no gain"

All hail the pussification of the youth. :roll:

Cool little design though.

 

[Mrvile]

Originally posted by: ThisIsMatt
Wow, they invented a tricycle.

:thumbsup: Revolutionary

 

[bjc112]

Originally posted by: ironcrotch
Ah the new wussy generation indeed

 

[Amused]

I posted this 4 days ago:


http://forums.anandtech.com/messageview...atid=38&threadid=1580989&enterthread=y

 

[BrokenVisage]

Originally posted by: Glavinsolo
I thought this generation of kids have those motorized razor scooters. They are too fat and sluggish to pedal anything. Go McDonalds

QFT

 

[NissanGurl]

Originally posted by: Amused
I posted this 4 days ago:


http://forums.anandtech.com/messageview...atid=38&threadid=1580989&enterthread=y

Sorry, missed that.

 

[davew0670]

id rather wreck than have to ride that gay looking bike.

 

[trmiv]

Regardless if you feel it is "pussifying" kids, you have to admit that is a very cool piece of engineering.

 

[StrangeRanger]

Today's kids are such pussies. And what I don't get is that the parents of these pussies aren't from the pussy generation themselves. Like me, I'm 36 with 2 kids. When I was young it was about trying stuff, getting hurt when you did something stupid (and you learned not to do that again very quickly) and getting punished when you really screwed up. My dad was by no means abusive, but he was not against a smack upside the back of the head when I was being an ass. Or manual labor was usually my punishment. But I was allowed, or maybe I should say, able to get away with things that today's would never think to try. They are whimps and lack respect for themselves and others around them. They want everything now and don't want to earn it. A lot of them are spoiled little sh!ts. Most of 'em need a good ole fashioned ass kicking and some time doing yard work.
j

 

[maziwanka]

its pretty lookin

 

[NissanGurl]

Originally posted by: trmiv
Regardless if you feel it is "pussifying" kids, you have to admit that is a very cool piece of engineering.

Agreed :thumbsup:

 

[doublejbass]

That's cool. If they had that when I was a kid I would have actually learnt how to ride one.