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I like to think of myself as rather well-versed in the stranger things in life. Very few circumstances really throw me for a loop, or make me just scratch my head and go "huh". But then I see something like this:
Piccolo by Sillgey
I don't really know anything about the company beyond the fact that they're based in Irvine, CA, they build their shit in Taiwan and they use some proprietary "757" double-butted tubing. They do build some decent-looking full sized frames, but those 20" fixed gears look wacky! I kinda want to ride one now. If nothing else, it'd give y'all fixed gear free-stylers a stronger platform to beat the hell out of. 20" wheels would be bombproof for slow-paced tricks and tiny drops, would make bar-spins a breeze, and would mean the end of those nasty arrospok malfunctions. Plus you could run HUUUUUGE gear ratios and impress all your friends when you tell them "Yeah, I push 52x13. It's no big deal." Think about it, ya'll...
The invisible kickstand
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robbo
... as the invisible bike!.
Still, photoshopping out kickstands ... does that save the weight? Think of all the money you could save! Rather than buying expensive but somewhat lighter CF stuff, you just photoshop things down. Rack weigh too much? Don't remove it from the bike -- just photoshop it off! You've got 40 lbs of love handles? Exercise and dieting work, sure, but photoshop is faster!
I think they went even more lo-tek than that. Basically have a friend hold the frame up. Let go and back up as you snap a pic. Catch the bike before it falls and crop out any errant hands or shadows. BAM, floating bike.
This looks like their version of a minivelo. They are regular no-folding frames on 20" to save space. They're very popular in Japan where space is a premium. One of the authors at BikeHugger has been obsessed with minivelos and went to Japan to pick one up last month.
if you read more about that "aerospoke malfunction" it said in the forums that it only broke because it got run over by a truck and the hub twisted off. They are made for mountain bikes after all.
Track bikes with stayer gear ratios are the new brakeless! pass it on.