The mad Viks GT singlespeed inspired by a Lamborghini supercar

robertoegg wrote:

I'd like a mini one as a pizza cutter! 

Bah - pizza cutters with a cutting wheel are massively overrated.

Pizzas should be cut with a pair of scissors (decent scissors - not the ones your 4 year old child uses to cut paper) - so, so much more effective.

If you've never cut pizza that way, try it - you'll find it hard to go back to those ineffective cutter wheels.

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Regarding the bike.  I like that people freely try fun stuff with bike design, but seriously, this one has had way too much coverage!

Tjuice wrote:

 

Pizzas should be cut with a pair of scissors [...]

If you've never cut pizza that way, try it - you'll find it [...]

burns your fingers on the hand holding the pizza. A proper pizza, cooked correctly, will slice nicely with a wheel.

Fugly bike, though.

Batchy wrote:

So why didn't they make that double tube at the front end into a mudguard? ? ? 

Because the kind of latte slurping, goatee sporting hipster that would buy something like this would never take it out in the rain.

bumble wrote:

"this ... bike is very unique"

Unique means 'one of a kind' - something can’t be *very* unique.

Cool bike, crappy writing.

Depends whether you read it as an adverb or an adjective.

The former, we laugh with you.

The latter.... <points and sniggers>

robertoegg wrote:

bumble wrote:

"this ... bike is very unique"

Unique means 'one of a kind' - something can’t be *very* unique.

Cool bike, crappy writing.

 

Depends whether you read it as an adverb or an adjective.

The former, we laugh with you.

The latter.... <points and sniggers>

Eh? Surely 'unique' an simply an adjective. How can you "read it as an adverb"? 

This impacts on my work, so I'm genuinely interested.

Ta.

ColT wrote:

robertoegg wrote:

bumble wrote:

"this ... bike is very unique"

Unique means 'one of a kind' - something can’t be *very* unique.

Cool bike, crappy writing.

 

Depends whether you read it as an adverb or an adjective.

The former, we laugh with you.

The latter.... <points and sniggers>

 

Eh? Surely 'unique' an simply an adjective. How can you "read it as an adverb"? 

This impacts on my work, so I'm genuinely interested.

Ta.

You're right. Unique is an absolute and the wrong use of this word is one of my bugbears too

I Googled the dictionary definition and this is what I got.

unique
juːˈniːk/
adjective
adjective: unique

1.
being the only one of its kind; unlike anything else.
"the situation was unique in British politics"

synonyms: distinctive, individual, special, especial, idiosyncratic, quirky, eccentric, isolated; More
single, sole, lone, unrepeated, unrepeatable, solitary, exclusive, only, one and only, in a class by itself;
rare, uncommon, unusual, peculiar, novel, strange, odd;
sui generis;
informalone-off
"each archaeological site is unique"

antonyms: common, ordinary

belonging or connected to (one particular person, place, or thing).
"a style of architecture that is unique to Portugal"

synonyms: peculiar, specific, particular, found only in; More
characteristic of, typical of
"the two species are unique to the island"

particularly remarkable, special, or unusual.
"a unique opportunity to see the spectacular Bolshoi Ballet"

synonyms: remarkable, special, singular, noteworthy, notable, signal, outstanding, extraordinary; More
unequalled, without equal, unparalleled, unmatched, matchless, peerless, nonpareil, unsurpassed, unexcelled, incomparable, beyond compare, superior, inimitable, second to none;
rareunexampled
"a unique insight into the history of this beautiful region"

antonyms: unremarkable

noun
archaic
noun: unique; plural noun: uniques

1.
a unique person or thing.
"some of Lamb's writings were so memorably beautiful as to be uniques in their class"

For what it's worth I think the bike's pretty ugly too and like a previous poster, I'd be concerned about the stress concentrations in that sharp angle joint behind the front wheel.

bumble wrote:

"this ... bike is very unique"

Unique means 'one of a kind' - something can’t be *very* unique.

Cool bike, crappy writing.

Beat me to it.

unconstituted wrote:

Gorgeous. Very me 

If that's the case, you can be 100% certain I'll never try chatting you up in a bar.

It's fookin hideous.

Jack Osbourne snr wrote:

unconstituted wrote:

Gorgeous. Very me 

If that's the case, you can be 100% certain I'll never try chatting you up in a bar. It's fookin hideous.

Whatever bro, if you saw my Gucci loafers you'd be on my nuts for sure.