Valeswood's Pearl: the hydrogen powered bike

Listen -- we know you want to do your part for the environment, but you don't have to wear jean shorts while doing it. By all means, take a gander at the Valeswood Pearl hydrogen-fueled, power-assisted bicycle, which motors up to 15 MPH and takes you about 80 miles before you need to juice the batteries. When you're finished with all the hard labor of pedaling, the bike folds up neatly and can be tucked away in the trunk of your 9 MPG SUV. If you're the eco-centric cat or kitten that we think you are, you're not going to be too miffed about that $4000 price tag, and we're sure the only kind of short you'll be rocking will be of the organic hemp variety. We wish we could say the same for the chap in the photo.

[(Unverified) Posted Nov 24th 2007 1:59AM]

hey people get real its like a guilty pleasure we all know we want one?!

[rav97 Posted Nov 24th 2007 2:34AM]

Normally, I'd find the idea of a grownup riding a kid's bike ridiculous. And yet in this case, the fact that that man is riding a little girl's bike is the LEAST ridiculous part of the photo.

[TIMMAH Posted Nov 24th 2007 3:06AM]

His pink bike is still in the shop!

[mos6507 Posted Nov 24th 2007 5:03AM]

Don't get fooled by the pricetag of these sorts of things. There are electric retrofit kits for regular bikes which are very inexpensive.

[(Unverified) Posted Nov 24th 2007 4:04AM]

cool

[(Unverified) Posted Nov 24th 2007 8:37AM]

me

[(Unverified) Posted Nov 24th 2007 9:32AM]

we pick me pick me!!! lol

[(Unverified) Posted Nov 24th 2007 11:53AM]

You could also just, um, pedal.

[(Unverified) Posted Nov 24th 2007 11:56AM]

$4000?! Can't you get a Segway for less than that now? You could buy a few electric scooters, electric bikes and/or electric mopeds with that much money! And just how are you supposed to refuel this thing...?

[(Unverified) Posted Nov 27th 2007 2:35PM]

It runs on hydrogen batteries, doesn't need refueling. The battery uses an electric current to separate water into hydrogen/oxygen (you can see the 2 canisters in the top pic). Then later the oxy/hydro can be recombined back into water, producing energy. Plugging into the wall would be enough to charge it.

[(Unverified) Posted Nov 24th 2007 1:15PM]

as a gay person i find all this amusing....on the side note, I would bang the guy...possiblly in the door way there with the bike parked off to the side...

....Mmmm eco-friendly porn sex...

[(Unverified) Posted Nov 24th 2007 1:56PM]

This would be perfect for Dauphin Island!

[(Unverified) Posted Nov 24th 2007 9:49PM]

How gay is this...get a motorcycle!

[(Unverified) Posted Nov 27th 2007 9:36AM]

FRUITCAKE ORANGE CLOUD MOTHERF*CKER!