that's a neat idea. looks like just a concept though.
someone steal this idea, get it into production, and ship a container of these over here
Chip McShoulder
Posted: Tue Jan 26, 2010 11:35 am
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It would act as kind of a cool sort of density map if enough people used them (at least until the next rain).
It would also be interesting to see things like a bunch of relatively straight lines leading into the Boxcar, just as many highly oscillatory lines leaving the Boxcar, with one of them ending abruptly amidst a pile of feathers, glass, red pieces of plastic, tequila and blood.
if the rumor sites are correct, maybe iphone os 4.0 will support full process backgrounding for apps. then we can get an app together to do this automatically from your smartphone, which will be useful to create density-of-travel maps for all the golden, rainbow-shitting unicorns we'll also be getting.
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Posted: Tue Jan 26, 2010 12:55 pm
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whomever has the copyright/patent on that cool sprayer needs to read this, then get their avatar to China and build out a million of those fuckers. The only thing between them and $$$ is getting sued for vandalism.
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Posted: Tue Jan 26, 2010 1:29 pm
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I was using my G1 to record our routes there for a while. As you can imagine keeping the gps constantly active kills the battery rather quickly (In around 3 to 4 hours) which would be fine if you disabled it at every stop. I always got drunk and ended up with a dead phone.
Sweeney
Posted: Tue Jan 26, 2010 2:09 pm
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lantius wrote:
what, bicycling density map?
density map based on every gmaps-pedometer route posted to the point83 forums through march 2009.
Wow, well done. That's really neat and nerdy... and Black and White.
So, is it possible to make it as pretty and pastel colorful like chalk?
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Sweeney wrote:
Wow, well done. That's really neat and nerdy... and Black and White.
So, is it possible to make it as pretty and pastel colorful like chalk?
i've been meaning to redo it, considering one that colorizes it based on season for example.
MyNameIsJeff
Posted: Tue Jan 26, 2010 3:54 pm
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Anyone from here producing these devices will cut corners resulting in something like this happening:
langston
Posted: Tue Jan 26, 2010 4:02 pm
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MyNameIsJeff wrote:
Anyone from here producing these devices will cut corners resulting in something like this happening:
you make that look like a bad thing. More likely is a big chalk skunk trail up the back of whomever has one of those bolted to his bike, and greasy chalk glue ruining every moving piece on your bike like Burning Man playa dust.
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Posted: Tue Jan 26, 2010 4:44 pm
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i think my favorite failure mode is where the bearing seizes and the wheel pushes the little plastic wedge down your seat tube.
that or that this thing doesn't work with full fenders.
Chip McShoulder
Posted: Tue Jan 26, 2010 4:57 pm
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lantius wrote:
i think my favorite failure mode is where the bearing seizes and the wheel pushes the little plastic wedge down your seat tube.
that or that this thing doesn't work with full fenders.
Yeah, I thought about both of those things also. If you could hang the dispenser below the non-drive chainstay, that could possibly eliminate both problems.
Or hell, why apply the chalk to your tires as an intermediate step? Fuck the middle man.
Just have the dispenser hanging from your mudflap, dusting the ground directly, with some kind of accelerometer/GPS unit so that the flow-rate is proportional to your velocity. That sounds like a way better design.
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Concerning the map, i understand the ferry routes being "ridden" but what's up with 520? Someone ride it? late at night? on top of their car? on da bus? Inquiring minds would like to know.
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Posted: Tue Jan 26, 2010 7:42 pm
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Happy Stick Person wrote:
budget cuts man, budget cuts.
EDIT:
if someone makes these I will think about coming out for a ride again.
anyone? I think have all the requisite skillsets in place to do this as a group, and you knew a startup was going to come out of this group eventually.
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Posted: Tue Jan 26, 2010 8:40 pm
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520: probably my commute route, including the bus.
joby
Posted: Tue Jan 26, 2010 9:11 pm
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This entire idea is a crock of shit. You'd need pounds of chalk to leave a visible mile long line. How often are you going to refill this thing?
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Posted: Tue Jan 26, 2010 10:07 pm
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joby wrote:
How often are you going to refill this thing?
Hi, my name's miles. Joby you say? You ever ridden with us? We stop every 4 minutes anyway. No biggie.
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Chip McShoulder
Posted: Wed Jan 27, 2010 12:53 am
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joby wrote:
This entire idea is a crock of shit. You'd need pounds of chalk to leave a visible mile long line. How often are you going to refill this thing?
A. We have been willing, recently even, to figure out how to transport unwieldly objects.
B. At least a few of us work for the University, and they provide as much chalk as we need, entirely free of charge. Sort of.
3. We have big ideas. Delusions of grandeur, you might even say.
EDIT:
I also forgot about the possibility of spray paint, which while more effective, is probably also more illegal. Though I'm also led to believe (by a television show) that it makes you a brilliant songwriter, so that may be worth considering.
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cutting out the middle man:
joeball
Posted: Wed Jan 27, 2010 9:18 am
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Bicycle flame throwers are still cooler than bicycle chalk dispensers.
Also RE: Riding 520. Back in deuce-double aught-uno I had a roommate working 4-10s and on his off day he decided he had never ridden to Bellevue and went about crossing 520 around, that was until an expansion joint ate his front wheel and he kissed the pavement. Gram and Gramps were behind him in a little pick up and threw him and his bike in the back and took him to a hospital. The only way I can figure he attempted this was it was late in the afternoon and the traffic was really bad/slow. He was a bit embarrassed but i thought it was pretty badass. I'll look for pictures of his bike and road rash.
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Posted: Wed Jan 27, 2010 9:27 am
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"Just look at what you've done to this BATHROOM!"
"Mom, I was making a cool video with my friends! We were Chalk Wizards."
"Wizards? Oh great, first my son is a no-good skateboarder, and now he tells me he's also a larper*. And when are you going to add 'person who cleans up his own multicolored gloppy chalk mess' to your list of acheivements, huh?"
*yes, this theoritical mom knows the slang for larpers
MyNameIsJeff
Posted: Wed Jan 27, 2010 10:36 am
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tehschkott wrote:
What no animated gif? Someones getting lazy!
I'll get to this today.
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Posted: Wed Jan 27, 2010 1:47 pm
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there you guys go, off ruining all the fun ideas with science.
the dreaded ben
Posted: Wed Jan 27, 2010 3:37 pm
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not that it means anything because you probably can't remember who i am, where you are, or what a memory is, but seriously, put the bottle down.
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the dreaded ben wrote:
not that it means anything because you probably can't remember who i am, where you are, or what a memory is, but seriously, put the bottle down.
I'm pretty sure I woke up still high this morning. Then I told my coworkers I had a doctor's appointment so I could take stock of my surroundings. I can't wait for tomorrow!
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Posted: Wed Jan 27, 2010 7:02 pm
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holy crap, bens right.
i even posted in that thread.
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Posted: Wed Jan 27, 2010 7:24 pm
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I might have to whip out a box of DayGlo spray chalk and come out for a ride again.
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ethan
Posted: Wed Jan 27, 2010 10:39 pm
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joby et.al. wrote:
harumph harumph
Well, I didn't want to be the FIRST debbie downer here, but .... there's also the issue that this probably works better (the chalk actually stays on the ground for a while) in regions that don't get a lot of rain! :-P ... or in Seattle during, like, July and August...
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Posted: Wed Jan 27, 2010 10:49 pm
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Carry on
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tehschkott wrote:
You are all a buncha [redacted].
Carry on
ah, the Trevor word filter. I've haven't missed you.
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