No need to "learn to ride a bike" anymore(Must see)

[underpants]

The days of Mom and Dad running anxiously behind their child’s first bicycle may be over.

A new trike-bike design lets kids learn to ride on their own by giving them three-wheel stability at low speeds, while letting them experience the balanced freedom of a two-wheeler at high speeds.

At rest, the thing looks like a tricycle with crooked wheels. But as the rider gains speed, the back wheels fold in to become more like one wheel. As the rider brakes, the 16-inch rear wheels open back up to prevent tipping over.

Shim, a consumer electronics researcher, developed the toddler bike – called SHIFT – with two of his students. The design won the $15,000 first prize at the 9th International Bicycle Design Competition in Taiwan, beating out 853 entrants from 56 countries.

Other entries included a bike that converts into a shopping cart, another that moves by a skiing motion, and one for walking the dog – with a foldout seat when the pooch gets tired.

http://www.livescience.com/technology/050429_bike_trainer.html

[TheMightyFavog]

1. I didn't even have training wheels!

Kids these days are fucking lucky.

[underpants]

3. Did you have to learn riding uphill?

Both ways?

I had training wheels but learning to push off came from my grandmother-she put me on the bike and leaned me against a wall and said, "Well either learn to push off and get your feet on the pedal or fall down the wall" She promptly sat down and waited. I got the courage and figured out how to to do it.

[kick-ass-bob]

2. 46.

:grr:

[underpants]

4. LOL

Very funny.