http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/11/hmk-561-electric-bike-concept-seats-you-on-the-battery-makes-yo/ Engadget Comments for HMK 561 electric bike concept seats you on the battery, makes you significantly more attractive http://www.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2012 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/11/hmk-561-electric-bike-concept-seats-you-on-the-battery-makes-yo/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/11/hmk-561-electric-bike-concept-seats-you-on-the-battery-makes-yo/Mar 11th 2010 10:08PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/11/hmk-561-electric-bike-concept-seats-you-on-the-battery-makes-yo/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/11/hmk-561-electric-bike-concept-seats-you-on-the-battery-makes-yo/Mar 11th 2010 10:26PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/11/hmk-561-electric-bike-concept-seats-you-on-the-battery-makes-yo/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/11/hmk-561-electric-bike-concept-seats-you-on-the-battery-makes-yo/Mar 11th 2010 10:28PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/11/hmk-561-electric-bike-concept-seats-you-on-the-battery-makes-yo/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/11/hmk-561-electric-bike-concept-seats-you-on-the-battery-makes-yo/
Im also in the GTA (Greater Toronto Area) and im loving the warmth! :)]]>Mar 11th 2010 10:28PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/11/hmk-561-electric-bike-concept-seats-you-on-the-battery-makes-yo/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/11/hmk-561-electric-bike-concept-seats-you-on-the-battery-makes-yo/
I like the look, very nice. O and 12C is what, (12 x 9/5) + 32 ? = 53.5F

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Beautiful Bike - if you could call it that - where's the peddles?

Otherwise - Toronto Rocks!]]>Mar 11th 2010 10:58PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/11/hmk-561-electric-bike-concept-seats-you-on-the-battery-makes-yo/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/11/hmk-561-electric-bike-concept-seats-you-on-the-battery-makes-yo/...except it has 4]]>Mar 12th 2010 12:32AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/11/hmk-561-electric-bike-concept-seats-you-on-the-battery-makes-yo/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/11/hmk-561-electric-bike-concept-seats-you-on-the-battery-makes-yo/
For a rough approximation to convert from Celsius to Fahrenheit , just double the temp and add 32.]]>Mar 12th 2010 12:35AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/11/hmk-561-electric-bike-concept-seats-you-on-the-battery-makes-yo/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/11/hmk-561-electric-bike-concept-seats-you-on-the-battery-makes-yo/Mar 12th 2010 1:01AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/11/hmk-561-electric-bike-concept-seats-you-on-the-battery-makes-yo/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/11/hmk-561-electric-bike-concept-seats-you-on-the-battery-makes-yo/Mar 12th 2010 1:52AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/11/hmk-561-electric-bike-concept-seats-you-on-the-battery-makes-yo/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/11/hmk-561-electric-bike-concept-seats-you-on-the-battery-makes-yo/Mar 12th 2010 10:19PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/11/hmk-561-electric-bike-concept-seats-you-on-the-battery-makes-yo/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/11/hmk-561-electric-bike-concept-seats-you-on-the-battery-makes-yo/Mar 11th 2010 10:08PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/11/hmk-561-electric-bike-concept-seats-you-on-the-battery-makes-yo/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/11/hmk-561-electric-bike-concept-seats-you-on-the-battery-makes-yo/Mar 11th 2010 10:10PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/11/hmk-561-electric-bike-concept-seats-you-on-the-battery-makes-yo/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/11/hmk-561-electric-bike-concept-seats-you-on-the-battery-makes-yo/Mar 11th 2010 10:12PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/11/hmk-561-electric-bike-concept-seats-you-on-the-battery-makes-yo/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/11/hmk-561-electric-bike-concept-seats-you-on-the-battery-makes-yo/]]>Mar 11th 2010 10:17PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/11/hmk-561-electric-bike-concept-seats-you-on-the-battery-makes-yo/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/11/hmk-561-electric-bike-concept-seats-you-on-the-battery-makes-yo/

Thats how you become more attractive!]]>Mar 11th 2010 10:19PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/11/hmk-561-electric-bike-concept-seats-you-on-the-battery-makes-yo/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/11/hmk-561-electric-bike-concept-seats-you-on-the-battery-makes-yo/Mar 11th 2010 10:38PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/11/hmk-561-electric-bike-concept-seats-you-on-the-battery-makes-yo/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/11/hmk-561-electric-bike-concept-seats-you-on-the-battery-makes-yo/
Look at the third picture. You can see more clearly where your feet would go.]]>Mar 11th 2010 11:10PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/11/hmk-561-electric-bike-concept-seats-you-on-the-battery-makes-yo/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/11/hmk-561-electric-bike-concept-seats-you-on-the-battery-makes-yo/
That seems awfully high, much higher than your feet would be on the pedals of a normal bike. Or am I seeing that wrong?]]>Mar 11th 2010 11:19PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/11/hmk-561-electric-bike-concept-seats-you-on-the-battery-makes-yo/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/11/hmk-561-electric-bike-concept-seats-you-on-the-battery-makes-yo/I think that's where you put your knees, or the lower thighs. Either way, it really doesn't look comfortable.]]>Mar 12th 2010 12:13AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/11/hmk-561-electric-bike-concept-seats-you-on-the-battery-makes-yo/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/11/hmk-561-electric-bike-concept-seats-you-on-the-battery-makes-yo/
Look at the last picture.]]>Mar 12th 2010 1:00AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/11/hmk-561-electric-bike-concept-seats-you-on-the-battery-makes-yo/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/11/hmk-561-electric-bike-concept-seats-you-on-the-battery-makes-yo/
Can't be any less confortable than crotch rockets. ]]>Mar 12th 2010 6:37AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/11/hmk-561-electric-bike-concept-seats-you-on-the-battery-makes-yo/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/11/hmk-561-electric-bike-concept-seats-you-on-the-battery-makes-yo/Mar 11th 2010 10:09PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/11/hmk-561-electric-bike-concept-seats-you-on-the-battery-makes-yo/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/11/hmk-561-electric-bike-concept-seats-you-on-the-battery-makes-yo/Mar 11th 2010 10:09PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/11/hmk-561-electric-bike-concept-seats-you-on-the-battery-makes-yo/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/11/hmk-561-electric-bike-concept-seats-you-on-the-battery-makes-yo/And it's stupid!!! :)]]>Mar 11th 2010 10:59PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/11/hmk-561-electric-bike-concept-seats-you-on-the-battery-makes-yo/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/11/hmk-561-electric-bike-concept-seats-you-on-the-battery-makes-yo/Mar 11th 2010 10:09PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/11/hmk-561-electric-bike-concept-seats-you-on-the-battery-makes-yo/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/11/hmk-561-electric-bike-concept-seats-you-on-the-battery-makes-yo/
Kind of looks like the old and heavy Dura Ace WH 7700 wheels:
http://images.google.com/images?q=dura%20ace%20wh%207700&oe=utf-8&rls=com.ubuntu:en-US:unofficial&client=firefox-a&um=1&ie=UTF-8&sa=N&hl=en&tab=wi

and Rolf Vector Pros:
http://www.thehubsa.co.za/uploads2/20090126_135024_rolf.jpg
]]>Mar 11th 2010 10:40PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/11/hmk-561-electric-bike-concept-seats-you-on-the-battery-makes-yo/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/11/hmk-561-electric-bike-concept-seats-you-on-the-battery-makes-yo/Mar 11th 2010 10:12PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/11/hmk-561-electric-bike-concept-seats-you-on-the-battery-makes-yo/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/11/hmk-561-electric-bike-concept-seats-you-on-the-battery-makes-yo/
I'm surprised the first post wasn't this one. I agree. Where the hell do I put my feet?]]>Mar 12th 2010 12:05AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/11/hmk-561-electric-bike-concept-seats-you-on-the-battery-makes-yo/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/11/hmk-561-electric-bike-concept-seats-you-on-the-battery-makes-yo/Check the last pic, in this gallery, you can see the foot bar more clearly.]]>Mar 12th 2010 11:34AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/11/hmk-561-electric-bike-concept-seats-you-on-the-battery-makes-yo/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/11/hmk-561-electric-bike-concept-seats-you-on-the-battery-makes-yo/But I want to BE the battery!
If they could start work on that immediately after the prehensile tail thing gets competed, then that would be super.]]>Mar 11th 2010 10:13PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/11/hmk-561-electric-bike-concept-seats-you-on-the-battery-makes-yo/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/11/hmk-561-electric-bike-concept-seats-you-on-the-battery-makes-yo/Mar 12th 2010 4:45AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/11/hmk-561-electric-bike-concept-seats-you-on-the-battery-makes-yo/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/11/hmk-561-electric-bike-concept-seats-you-on-the-battery-makes-yo/
Excellent!
Now what do you have to report about the prehensile tail situation?]]>Mar 12th 2010 9:43AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/11/hmk-561-electric-bike-concept-seats-you-on-the-battery-makes-yo/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/11/hmk-561-electric-bike-concept-seats-you-on-the-battery-makes-yo/Mar 11th 2010 10:15PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/11/hmk-561-electric-bike-concept-seats-you-on-the-battery-makes-yo/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/11/hmk-561-electric-bike-concept-seats-you-on-the-battery-makes-yo/Also yea, will this thing electrocute you in rainy weather?

KICK ASS DESIGN AND CONCEPT

I like how I can have my feet just hanging or dragging along the road...which you prefer.

Cool Bike, If I road, I would get it...hells I just might anyway]]>Mar 11th 2010 10:15PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/11/hmk-561-electric-bike-concept-seats-you-on-the-battery-makes-yo/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/11/hmk-561-electric-bike-concept-seats-you-on-the-battery-makes-yo/Just saw the renders....that concept to move the wheel is really creative]]>Mar 11th 2010 10:18PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/11/hmk-561-electric-bike-concept-seats-you-on-the-battery-makes-yo/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/11/hmk-561-electric-bike-concept-seats-you-on-the-battery-makes-yo/Mar 11th 2010 11:04PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/11/hmk-561-electric-bike-concept-seats-you-on-the-battery-makes-yo/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/11/hmk-561-electric-bike-concept-seats-you-on-the-battery-makes-yo/Looks like it would be horrible to actually cycle, given the horrible feet position and the 4 wheel setup.

The split wheel thing would make it feel weird to corner and handling would be pretty bad. ]]>Mar 12th 2010 3:27AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/11/hmk-561-electric-bike-concept-seats-you-on-the-battery-makes-yo/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/11/hmk-561-electric-bike-concept-seats-you-on-the-battery-makes-yo/Mar 11th 2010 10:17PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/11/hmk-561-electric-bike-concept-seats-you-on-the-battery-makes-yo/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/11/hmk-561-electric-bike-concept-seats-you-on-the-battery-makes-yo/Mar 11th 2010 10:18PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/11/hmk-561-electric-bike-concept-seats-you-on-the-battery-makes-yo/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/11/hmk-561-electric-bike-concept-seats-you-on-the-battery-makes-yo/
Where are the motors? The motors could be set to generate power to brake.

And the lack of places to put your feet is another concerning thing. Unless you are going to lean forward and put your feet on the back hub.]]>Mar 12th 2010 10:33AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/11/hmk-561-electric-bike-concept-seats-you-on-the-battery-makes-yo/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/11/hmk-561-electric-bike-concept-seats-you-on-the-battery-makes-yo/Mar 11th 2010 10:18PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/11/hmk-561-electric-bike-concept-seats-you-on-the-battery-makes-yo/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/11/hmk-561-electric-bike-concept-seats-you-on-the-battery-makes-yo/It's another far fetched concept bike design that will never see the light of day.]]>Mar 11th 2010 10:29PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/11/hmk-561-electric-bike-concept-seats-you-on-the-battery-makes-yo/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/11/hmk-561-electric-bike-concept-seats-you-on-the-battery-makes-yo/
You are correct and SHAME on Engadet for not noticing it. Just a blog of re-posting other stuff. Stinks.

Besides missing brakes and no place to put your feet, how will the power REALLY be transmitted? Red rotational arrows don't make it real. Looks impossible to propel the way it is designed. And the split wheels? They may kind of work but will be more difficult to control and the first person to crash and sue, and they'll be out of business. What's the business plan? Who is the final manufacturer? Just because you can mock it up does not make it a real prototype. Did anyone see it actually be ridden? No just some guy holding it. Whee!! Just an artists mock up and will never come to fruition. Someone has to do a better job of journalism.

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"They may kind of work but will be more difficult to control and the first person to crash and sue, and they'll be out of business."

It is a sad indictment of modern society (especially in the US) that the first thing people think of is to sue. I wonder if we will ever get back to tacking responsibility for our own actions........]]>Mar 12th 2010 4:54AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/11/hmk-561-electric-bike-concept-seats-you-on-the-battery-makes-yo/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/11/hmk-561-electric-bike-concept-seats-you-on-the-battery-makes-yo/
It says right in the post title that this bike is just a concept. Even if this bike is never produced, or impossible to produce, it still challenges the way we think about what is possible.

I, for one, think it's interesting. I don't have hours of ever day to spend looking at every techno-related blog ever made, so kudos to Engadget for bringing it to our attention.]]>Mar 12th 2010 10:09AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/11/hmk-561-electric-bike-concept-seats-you-on-the-battery-makes-yo/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/11/hmk-561-electric-bike-concept-seats-you-on-the-battery-makes-yo/Mar 11th 2010 10:31PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/11/hmk-561-electric-bike-concept-seats-you-on-the-battery-makes-yo/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/11/hmk-561-electric-bike-concept-seats-you-on-the-battery-makes-yo/
All in all though, that is an achingly beautiful silhouette.]]>Mar 11th 2010 10:33PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/11/hmk-561-electric-bike-concept-seats-you-on-the-battery-makes-yo/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/11/hmk-561-electric-bike-concept-seats-you-on-the-battery-makes-yo/Mar 11th 2010 10:37PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/11/hmk-561-electric-bike-concept-seats-you-on-the-battery-makes-yo/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/11/hmk-561-electric-bike-concept-seats-you-on-the-battery-makes-yo/
That said, it looks simply incredible and would be an awesome alternative for those who live in larger cities and don't want to deal with car traffic.]]>Mar 11th 2010 10:40PM