Seven-Person Bicycle

You'd look real cool going down to the store to pick up a loaf of bread on this thing...

You have an odd sense of 'cool'. :lol:

Are you sure that it is real? $20,000 including shipping and sold out do not seem like they should really go together for this thing.

I saw a 10 person one, it was amazing, they were having a heavy argument about chickens and ducks, they were all in chefs outfits and I actually do think they were going down to the store to... get a loaf of bread.... Ironic...

I think it's a prank. "Sold out," indeed.
I could see (maybe) building a bike that carries seven people, but not with most of them facing backward or sideways.

I believe it's real. It (or a similar bike) was featured as a "challenge" "The Amazing Race" family edition. (It annoyed me, because I didn't see the challenge.)

However, I think that instead of saying, "...we are unexpectedly sold out," they meant to say "...we are INEXPLICABLY sold out."

They are all over NYC. You hire them with the driver who steers. Just what I want to do pedal hard in the middle of traffic and fumes.

I think it's real. Hammacher Schlemmer cites Eric Staller as the creator of the seven-person bike. He's an artist who built one of these for his own use. He also owned a Volkswagen Beetle (old version) that had lights all over it that he used to ride around NYC. Now why I know this much about an obscure artist is another question altogether.

I'm just wondering why they don't call it a three-wheeled unicycle. . .

In my university town you can rent a pedal-pushed vehicle shaped as a beer-bar, and functioning as a beer bar. Pedallers sit arround it while pedalling (and drinking) and I think it can take much more than 7 pedallers (I estimate some 15-20 at least!). It is very popular for batchelor parties and student association parties. Usually the person steering it is the only participant who is not drunk....

Someone in my neighborhood has one, he brings it to outdoor events and kids love it! I assumed it was a home-made Burning Man type thing though, I'm kind of less impressed if he just went and bought it. Looks like a blast though.

I seen that on the history channel the other day....along with other gadgets...

They're definitely real! We saw one in Minneapolis the other night. Only one guy was riding it, but it seemed to be moving fine without additional pedaling.

I recently read a news story about these seven-person bikes being used as tourist transportation in the Times Square area of Manhattan and how some people are trying to get them banned for blocking traffic in that VERY congested area.

It's one of the most interesting places I've visited. Cycling through Bangkok back road along local canal, taking a local train, then continue cycling in countryside, there, you will visit local farmers, villagers, schoolchildren, temple, and market. People are very friendly there; we had lunch at the simple Thai house at the head of the village. Participating in local classroom with local setting were fun and lively with noise who were try to speak to us even though they cannot speak a word of English. While cycling, you are surrounded by rice field everywhere you look. I was blown away.

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how strange... seems a little bit crowded on that thing to me. must have some real good brakes too, to stop all the weight.

Here is a 25-man cycle:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y5B_TvQqOrs