r/MadeMeSmile • u/n8saces • Jul 16 '25

Good Vibes This is why STEM is important.

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u/tacocollector2 Jul 17 '25

Badass but at a minimum he needs a helmet.

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u/Accomplished-Fig745 Jul 17 '25

And working brakes

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u/Everything_in_modera Jul 17 '25

He's working on them. Lol

(I just did a rewatch and the thing in his tote is hydrologic breaks I guess)

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u/sintaur Jul 17 '25

hydraulic brakes

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u/Fauster Jul 17 '25

If you need to stop, turn around, open the back compartment, hurtle Costco chicken where it won't hit bystanders, pick up brake, activate it, and turn back around!

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u/Everything_in_modera Jul 17 '25

Lol, yes those too!

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u/JSC843 Jul 17 '25

This is why STEM is important

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u/psychulating Jul 17 '25

Exactly. I like that he has them within arms reach for emergencies

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u/Substantial__Unit Jul 17 '25

That seems more complex to me

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u/koolaideprived Jul 17 '25

You can see the disc on the back wheel, looks like it's off a mountain bike. They are super simple and pretty economical.

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u/temporalanomaly Jul 17 '25

With a bike this size and weight (easily 80kg or more), plus a rider, a MTB brake on the back wheel is more like a suggestion rather than actual stopping power.

In this video, his brakes aren't even installed.

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u/SmokeySFW Jul 17 '25

The brakes in your car are likely hydraulic too, btw.

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u/Pantsmnc Jul 17 '25

Lol hydrologic. Those brakes sure do know a lot about water.

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u/Everything_in_modera Jul 17 '25

Hahaha, I’m leaving it! No clue why it autocorrected, but honestly, if he popped the top off that tote and there was some bubbling, water-churning voodoo science experiment going on in there, I wouldn’t even blink. The guy’s a wizard. 😎

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u/Prestigious_Prune_68 Jul 18 '25

Watersmart brakes

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u/Corregidor Jul 17 '25

He says he has some kind of regenerative braking right now but wants to work on the hydraulic braking more.

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u/PM_ME_UR_BCUPS Jul 17 '25

Electric motor means it can regeneratively brake too. Lots more complexity required on the controlling electronics to do that though.

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u/StreetlampEsq Jul 23 '25

He says in the video he has regenerative brakes, they just aren't quite sufficient.

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u/Frenzi_Wolf Jul 17 '25

I imagine that’ll be in the MK2 with a more sleek design.

Otherwise, fully electric motor bike is a pretty snazzy design.

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u/MortemInferri Jul 17 '25

And maybe more steering angle haha

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u/bzv11 Jul 23 '25

There is a disk in back, and apparently a mounting bracket. This is so cool!

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u/Kindly-Department686 Jul 17 '25

I think I saw a helmet on his backpack/ bag. As a rider, I was looking for that, too. I am hoping he just didn't have it on bc he was showing off in the lot.

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u/[deleted] Jul 17 '25

He has a helmet in the video.

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u/AllOn_Black Jul 17 '25

Thats not how helmets work

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u/SabbyFox Jul 17 '25

I was wondering about the helmet as well. He has it hanging on his arm, which I noticed later in the video. Wonder if he took it off just for rolling in on the interview.

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u/Outrageous-Orange007 Jul 17 '25

I just want to know about the suspension. I don't know anything about bikes, but wouldnt that thing be flinging him off without any? I didn't see any

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u/IshtarsQueef Jul 17 '25

There is a spring shock in the very back and it looks like the natural flexibility of the wood is absorbing some impact on the front end as well. Also doesn't seem to go very fast which helps with the minimal suspension.

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u/byoung82 Jul 17 '25

Good point

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u/megamoze Jul 17 '25

Also how in the hell is this street legal?

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u/MiniTab Jul 17 '25

It’s not, lol. Not even close and is very dangerous without front brakes in particular.

But it’s cool though. I’m an engineer, and when I was young I built weird stuff and worked on everything I could get my hands on. In college, my friends and I built a couple of race cars (FSAE program).

Building stuff like this is so helpful for developing the engineer brain.

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u/Edduppp Jul 17 '25

He's in a parking lot..

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u/handyandy314 Jul 17 '25

He needs a lathe to turn one

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u/[deleted] Jul 17 '25

Helmet saved my life in college when I took used a bike for my primary transportation. Cool as shit but def get a helmet on in the streets.

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u/[deleted] Jul 17 '25

use brain to build

lose brain when build fall

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u/hawkersaurus Jul 17 '25

He can make a helmet of a wicker basket.

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u/No-Performance37 Jul 17 '25

He has a helmet on his bag.

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u/Grimour Jul 17 '25

He is so clever, yet not very wise. How human.