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Bicycles With Mega Soundsystems Need Mega Bikelocks
Posted by Sean Fallon at 9:40 AM on November 30, 2007
You may have seen some bicycles tricked out with huge soundsystems before, but probably not all in one place. Today the NY Times ran an article examining this extremely confusing and expensive hobby &mdash complete with about 10 sweet photos and a video. One of the examples featured a 5000-watt system that cost in the neighbourhood of $4500. The example above even features a tv screen and DVD player. Personally, I wouldn't enjoy the prospect of pedaling one of these things up a hill or getting bikejacked and shot by some crazy dude on the street. [NYT via Boing Boing]
Comments (AU Comments · US Comments)
Reckless
Posted November 30, 2007 11:22 AM
Man, that is hard case! Check how flat the back tyre is, even with the training wheels on the sides
EBone
Posted 6:34 PM 29/11/07
@strider_mt2k: Once again, you win the thread with an observation not even relevant to the topic. Sheer genius my friend.
EBone
Gadgetgirl
Posted 6:32 PM 29/11/07
Seriously, no spinning rims? Nothing iced out?
Gadgetgirl
banmojo
Posted 6:29 PM 29/11/07
As I've observed countless times in my life, everyone must live with the consequences of their actions. Almost every f+!"ing time.
banmojo
strider_mt2k
Posted 6:28 PM 29/11/07
His moms called.
She's gonna need her good slippers back dude.
strider_mt2k
Xavoc
Posted 6:21 PM 29/11/07
@Palestina: Noise pollution is still pollution.
Xavoc
Palestina
Posted 6:18 PM 29/11/07
Greener than cars right?
Palestina
photophile
Posted 6:18 PM 29/11/07
I love how they don't even try to make it look nice. Just slap a bunch of shit on a bike, and crank it up.
photophile
wayneinvt
Posted 6:16 PM 29/11/07
oh, can you say "teeny winkie"?
wayneinvt
hoserelder
Posted 6:16 PM 29/11/07
@Pender:
C'mon, Pender. Don't tell me you haven't seen it.
Friggin' Chevy Aveos with their $10k sound systems...
I worry about these people; they're young, first jobs, lots of dough.
College?
First Home?
Hell no! I'm buyin' an big screen LCD for my hooptie!
hoserelder
redman042
Posted 6:14 PM 29/11/07
Dude, WTF, where's your Xbox360 man? C'mon, complete the package.
redman042
Pender
Posted 6:12 PM 29/11/07
@hoserelder: Yeah, it's totally reasonable to generalize about all "young adults" based on this one subculture!
Pender
gokor
Posted 6:11 PM 29/11/07
Idiocracy anyone?
gokor
MrBlahBlah
Posted 6:10 PM 29/11/07
stupidest. shit. ever.
MrBlahBlah
hoserelder
Posted 6:09 PM 29/11/07
sigh...
It's a big ol' race to the bottom, folks...
Young adults used to invest in their first homes;
more recently though they rent, and invest in their automobiles. Now bicycles?
hoserelder
itchytooth
Posted 6:07 PM 29/11/07
I love it.
itchytooth
honozooloo
Posted 6:06 PM 29/11/07
ghetto fab.
honozooloo
Namster
Posted 6:03 PM 29/11/07
..what you don't see is the regenerative braking and solar panels. If that gets jacked, he's near a downhill. Because on level and uphill slopes, he still has a chance of recovering the vehicle.
Namster
The Sword Master
Posted 6:01 PM 29/11/07
Training wheels!
The Sword Master
bdkennedy1
Posted 5:57 PM 29/11/07
If he needs to put that on his bike, I don't think his education is going very far either.
bdkennedy1
ertw
Posted 5:56 PM 29/11/07
He's cheating. He's got four wheels on that thing.
If you want to impress me, put all that on a unicycle.
ertw
EBone
Posted 5:52 PM 29/11/07
Wow. Talk about ghetto blasters. I don't think the guy in the picture is going to pedal very far with the back tire as flat as it is under all that weight.
EBone
Rob C
Posted 5:51 PM 29/11/07
I'm thinking of using some speakers I already have to make a small bike system...but what the hell. This is just dumb.
Rob C
Diablo1616
Posted 5:50 PM 29/11/07
(insert racist comment here)
Diablo1616
Kevin1a
Posted 7:43 PM 29/11/07
I remember in high school, when I loaded up a bookbag with some spare speakers so I could jam as I rode my bike to school. Imagine how awsome i looked cruising into the parking lot with my afro, sunglasses (not aviators unfortunetly), and michael jackson blaring from my bookbag. All I would have needed would be a handelbar mount for my PDA right?!?!?!!!
Kevin1a
Vagabum
Posted 7:38 PM 29/11/07
I've seen bike systems like those in Jamaica.
When I was 18 and first working in a lower pay job I recall that a loss of even $100 in Vegas was devastating to me. There was no way I was ever going to come up with $1000 to buy any great electronics and the thought of $4000-5000 was utter fantasy.
For these "mostly teenagers" listed in the NYT article they sure do seem to have a lot of disposable income. Clearly it is all from legitimate sources...
Vagabum
LastAndLeast
Posted 7:05 PM 29/11/07
They're actually training to do the Tour de France...they'll have legs like Armstrong's before you know it.
LastAndLeast
Namster
Posted 7:01 PM 29/11/07
next invention, lego shaped subwoofer enclosures...helps you stack them.
Namster
virgilicious
Posted 7:00 PM 29/11/07
That's pretty amateur stuff. I've loaded up my hunter green suede loafers with a duo-octophonic suprainternal surround sound 12,000 watt system, brah. They look and sound hyperphenomenal, if anyone wants to come over and look at them. I can't move.
virgilicious
Amiash
Posted 6:43 PM 29/11/07
@Amiash: grammar lesson amiash, its "he's" not "his"
Amiash
Amiash
Posted 6:43 PM 29/11/07
it looks like his selling those speakers! haha!
Amiash
strider_mt2k
Posted 6:41 PM 29/11/07
@EBone: 'sow I roll baby.
strider_mt2k
magyar
Posted 6:38 PM 29/11/07
Just like a $1000 car with $5000 rims and tires. Whatever!
magyar
Empire
Posted 7:50 PM 29/11/07
Hmmm...I wonder if it might be possible to parlay my technical skill with audio equipment into some type of high-paying job?
Naaaah, I'll just build a big-ass stereo on a bike!
Empire
redkamel
Posted 8:54 PM 29/11/07
so tempting....do not...throw....waterballoon...
redkamel
tin
Posted 9:51 PM 29/11/07
lol pimpin
tin
discounteggroll
Posted 9:49 PM 29/11/07
dat sumbitch looks tired as hell-
slippers...check
hifi...check
strider_MT2K...check
fire in the hore; I mean Hole!
discounteggroll
discounteggroll
Posted 9:46 PM 29/11/07
@EBone:
shh, his moms in on the phone bro! not cool
discounteggroll
dead_red_eyes
Posted 11:53 PM 29/11/07
@strider_mt2k:
Haha, nice!
dead_red_eyes
kracer22
Posted 11:20 PM 29/11/07
its powered by everyone's envious looks!
kracer22
Darkest Daze
Posted 1:22 AM 30/11/07
@strider_mt2k:
Does the whit ever cease?
Darkest Daze
CaliforniaKid
Posted 2:02 AM 30/11/07
At least it comes with a sunroof!
CaliforniaKid
rg
Posted 10:43 AM 30/11/07
The best part is, it didn't even cost him a dime! (nice house shoes princess!)
rg
Y2KGTP
Posted 10:40 AM 30/11/07
"Many say they finance their hobby by installing car stereos and doing other such handiwork."
installing ??? More like removing....
Y2KGTP
Y2KGTP
Posted 10:25 AM 30/11/07
I like the back tire almost flat from the weight....does it even move?
Y2KGTP
ANoel
Posted 11:42 AM 30/11/07
Why does that silly, probably near-deaf boy look so sad?
I know.
After somehow acquiring and putting together all that look-at-me-roar-shit the retard doesn't have the muscles to pedal it anywhere. Pshaww!
ANoel
TheBear91
Posted 9:06 PM 30/11/07
Why not put it on a bike trailer that you can disconnect?
Sheesh.
TheBear91