Comments on: ThisWay by Torkel Dohmers http://www.dezeen.com/2009/01/27/thisway-by-torkel-dohmers/ architecture and design magazine Fri, 10 Feb 2012 09:39:17 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 By: shirley Peters http://www.dezeen.com/2009/01/27/thisway-by-torkel-dohmers/comment-page-1/#comment-905788 shirley Peters Wed, 16 Nov 2011 08:16:38 +0000 http://www.dezeen.com/2009/01/27/thisway-by-torkel-dohmers/#comment-905788 Would love to see a three wheel version: my husband is a stroke survivor, and this would be ideal for him provided it was more stable. Would love to see a three wheel version: my husband is a stroke survivor, and this would be ideal for him provided it was more stable.

]]> By: Joseph http://www.dezeen.com/2009/01/27/thisway-by-torkel-dohmers/comment-page-1/#comment-512750 Joseph Thu, 02 Sep 2010 18:52:15 +0000 http://www.dezeen.com/2009/01/27/thisway-by-torkel-dohmers/#comment-512750 If this had electric assist for a hill or two, I'd know doubt ditch the car for this. Fantastic design. If this had electric assist for a hill or two, I’d know doubt ditch the car for this. Fantastic design.

]]> By: Bowmer http://www.dezeen.com/2009/01/27/thisway-by-torkel-dohmers/comment-page-1/#comment-364802 Bowmer Tue, 26 Jan 2010 08:36:10 +0000 http://www.dezeen.com/2009/01/27/thisway-by-torkel-dohmers/#comment-364802 cool pics cool pics

]]> By: peter siksma http://www.dezeen.com/2009/01/27/thisway-by-torkel-dohmers/comment-page-1/#comment-325882 peter siksma Tue, 06 Oct 2009 13:22:14 +0000 http://www.dezeen.com/2009/01/27/thisway-by-torkel-dohmers/#comment-325882 Great design! You should 'impose' your ideas to these guys: they seem to be stuck.. http://www.drymer.nl Great design!

You should ‘impose’ your ideas to these guys: they seem to be stuck..

http://www.drymer.nl

]]> By: Tom http://www.dezeen.com/2009/01/27/thisway-by-torkel-dohmers/comment-page-1/#comment-234380 Tom Fri, 13 Feb 2009 02:07:34 +0000 http://www.dezeen.com/2009/01/27/thisway-by-torkel-dohmers/#comment-234380 At home, I live in a hilly city. How would this bike go up hills? To be honest even in tropical South Yorkshire it's only wet enough to warrant this once every two weeks. And then you might as well just get a good jacket and some 'fenders' as my American friends call them. (We call them mud-guards.) It must be difficult to redesign something like the bike because the original is so bloody good at what it does. I'm in Beijing at the moment, and a lot of people drive electric bikes around. That seems like a good idea for mass transportation to me, and you get a lot of professional/wealthy types who wouldn't dream of powering their own transport deigning to use one. But the thing is: they all look awful. So this could be a fruitful subject for designers. Just like electric cars, we need amazing designs, or no-one's going to want to use them. At home, I live in a hilly city. How would this bike go up hills?

To be honest even in tropical South Yorkshire it’s only wet enough to warrant this once every two weeks. And then you might as well just get a good jacket and some ‘fenders’ as my American friends call them. (We call them mud-guards.)

It must be difficult to redesign something like the bike because the original is so bloody good at what it does.

I’m in Beijing at the moment, and a lot of people drive electric bikes around. That seems like a good idea for mass transportation to me, and you get a lot of professional/wealthy types who wouldn’t dream of powering their own transport deigning to use one. But the thing is: they all look awful. So this could be a fruitful subject for designers. Just like electric cars, we need amazing designs, or no-one’s going to want to use them.

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