Comments for Minimalissimo http://minimalissimo.com The minimalist's happy place Tue, 09 Mar 2010 17:45:35 +0200 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 Comment on A hubless BMX and a helpless designer by slip http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/CommentsForMinimalissimo/~3/xYGZogH2Gk4/ slip Tue, 09 Mar 2010 17:45:35 +0000 http://minimalissimo.com/?p=4619#comment-593 Why stop just with the hubless wheel? Why not make it generate electricity that can power your house, just by pedaling? Props on the pretty rendering, but hubless concepts (like power generation through pedaling) have been around forever, and have remained firmly concepts. Sure people can make them work, but they end up sucking big time due to weight, cost, friction, drag, etc. etc. There are numerous reasons for this, but you'd be better off trying to build a rocket that can go into orbit than wasting your time pursuing this idea. Seriously - real-life bike designers go insane when another of these things pop up on the nets. There should be a cadre of bike design fashion police ready to give the smackdown. Why the hostility? Because it makes designers look like idiots. Why stop just with the hubless wheel? Why not make it generate electricity that can power your house, just by pedaling?

Props on the pretty rendering, but hubless concepts (like power generation through pedaling) have been around forever, and have remained firmly concepts. Sure people can make them work, but they end up sucking big time due to weight, cost, friction, drag, etc. etc.

There are numerous reasons for this, but you’d be better off trying to build a rocket that can go into orbit than wasting your time pursuing this idea.

Seriously – real-life bike designers go insane when another of these things pop up on the nets. There should be a cadre of bike design fashion police ready to give the smackdown. Why the hostility? Because it makes designers look like idiots.

]]> http://minimalissimo.com/2010/02/a-hubless-bmx-and-a-helpless-designer/#comment-593 Comment on A hubless BMX and a helpless designer by Dr. Randal Mandos http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/CommentsForMinimalissimo/~3/sfZunX5hG0E/ Dr. Randal Mandos Tue, 09 Mar 2010 14:20:03 +0000 http://minimalissimo.com/?p=4619#comment-592 The late, great David Hume said something to the effect that it is better for a thing to exist both in understanding and reality. This POS apparently has little hope of either. Why does everyone have to get a degree? The late, great David Hume said something to the effect that it is better for a thing to exist both in understanding and reality. This POS apparently has little hope of either. Why does everyone have to get a degree?

]]> http://minimalissimo.com/2010/02/a-hubless-bmx-and-a-helpless-designer/#comment-592 Comment on Mash Creative Calendar by Christel http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/CommentsForMinimalissimo/~3/Xfz8JhbCae4/ Christel Tue, 09 Mar 2010 08:37:06 +0000 http://minimalissimo.com/?p=5192#comment-591 Why do you think this is minimalist? Because of the absence of colour? I think the jumbling of the type makes it rather cluttered, it does not even read easy... Why do you think this is minimalist? Because of the absence of colour? I think the jumbling of the type makes it rather cluttered, it does not even read easy…

]]> http://minimalissimo.com/2010/03/mash-creative-calendar/#comment-591 Comment on Lotta by Alex http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/CommentsForMinimalissimo/~3/bpG4QJDvxjk/ Alex Tue, 09 Mar 2010 00:00:56 +0000 http://minimalissimo.com/?p=5079#comment-590 Prada phone was the one with the most restraint in the UI design. Hardware-wise though.. hard to say, the evolution was driving the phone design in the exact opposite direction. Samsung Ultras showed some hope, but they are no longer developed which is a real shame. Prada phone was the one with the most restraint in the UI design. Hardware-wise though.. hard to say, the evolution was driving the phone design in the exact opposite direction. Samsung Ultras showed some hope, but they are no longer developed which is a real shame.

]]> http://minimalissimo.com/2010/03/lotta/#comment-590 Comment on Plus House by david http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/CommentsForMinimalissimo/~3/YgYgu84cU9I/ david Mon, 08 Mar 2010 23:22:39 +0000 http://minimalissimo.com/?p=5114#comment-588 minimal comment: amazing! minimal comment: amazing!

]]> http://minimalissimo.com/2010/03/plus-house/#comment-588 Comment on Lotta by david http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/CommentsForMinimalissimo/~3/GjSH92RNbxU/ david Mon, 08 Mar 2010 23:21:28 +0000 http://minimalissimo.com/?p=5079#comment-587 nice in the exterior, but inside it looks a bit like a 'common' nokia nice in the exterior, but inside it looks a bit like a ‘common’ nokia

]]> http://minimalissimo.com/2010/03/lotta/#comment-587 Comment on A hubless BMX and a helpless designer by Charley http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/CommentsForMinimalissimo/~3/nXuk9_rQaZ4/ Charley Mon, 08 Mar 2010 23:07:32 +0000 http://minimalissimo.com/?p=4619#comment-586 Man, I would never, ever ride something like that. A designer is just wanking off unless he or she makes the bike sturdier, lighter, or faster. This design would make the bike weaker, heavier and slower. Like Jeff pointed out above, can you imagine a those kinds of wheels surviving a bunny hop? Instead of the spokes transmitting the force throughout the entire rim, the ball bearings in the rim assembly take all the shock? Yeah, that'll be a short, jerky ride. And considering the rider would be right over the middle of the long uni-tube (no downtube), one careless landing could split the bike right down the middle. And no pegs??? Man, I would never, ever ride something like that. A designer is just wanking off unless he or she makes the bike sturdier, lighter, or faster. This design would make the bike weaker, heavier and slower.

Like Jeff pointed out above, can you imagine a those kinds of wheels surviving a bunny hop? Instead of the spokes transmitting the force throughout the entire rim, the ball bearings in the rim assembly take all the shock? Yeah, that’ll be a short, jerky ride.

And considering the rider would be right over the middle of the long uni-tube (no downtube), one careless landing could split the bike right down the middle. And no pegs???

]]> http://minimalissimo.com/2010/02/a-hubless-bmx-and-a-helpless-designer/#comment-586 Comment on A hubless BMX and a helpless designer by Dan http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/CommentsForMinimalissimo/~3/MAxgvKdqMl8/ Dan Mon, 08 Mar 2010 22:16:11 +0000 http://minimalissimo.com/?p=4619#comment-585 The following is from the wikipedia link provided in the original post, and sums up quite neatly why this is an interesting exercise in design, but is a failure as a BMX bike: "Although hubless wheels are striking in appearance, their numerous practical disadvantages have precluded their widespread use as an alternative to conventional wheels." There is a reason the basic design of the bicycle has remained functionally unchanged for well over a hundred years. The following is from the wikipedia link provided in the original post, and sums up quite neatly why this is an interesting exercise in design, but is a failure as a BMX bike:

“Although hubless wheels are striking in appearance, their numerous practical disadvantages have precluded their widespread use as an alternative to conventional wheels.”

There is a reason the basic design of the bicycle has remained functionally unchanged for well over a hundred years.

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(Minimal energy consumption, minimal features…)

]]> http://minimalissimo.com/2010/03/lotta/#comment-584 Comment on A hubless BMX and a helpless designer by jack http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/CommentsForMinimalissimo/~3/8EGGe1piJmw/ jack Mon, 08 Mar 2010 20:07:47 +0000 http://minimalissimo.com/?p=4619#comment-583 A truly terrible design in every way. What PROBLEM with existing BMX bikes is this intended to solve? Excessive resistance to catastrophic failure? Ability to perform the standard repertoire of flatland/ramp tricks? Beauty and elegance? Weak. A truly terrible design in every way. What PROBLEM with existing BMX bikes is this intended to solve? Excessive resistance to catastrophic failure? Ability to perform the standard repertoire of flatland/ramp tricks? Beauty and elegance?

Weak.

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