Alpina Bike Spins your Vinyl Records as you Ride
Dutch designers have created a cycling/music machine that plays vinyl records as you ride at a consistent speed.
There are a lot of gadgets, bits and bobs you can purchase to pretty-up your bicycle. From detachable bike speakers to personalised frames and toilet seats, there are a plethora of things you can attach to your bike to give it character. But the Feats Per Minute prototype bike, created by a team of Dutch designers, is in a league of its own.
Unveiled at the Dezeen Space Platform exhibition in London, this bike's designers have reconstructed an old German Alpina Bike they bought for $80 to create a cycling/music machine that plays vinyl records as you ride at a consistent speed. According to its creators, the biggest challenge in creating the vinyl-playing bike was to "make sure that the needles would stick to the record and follow the grooves, without skipping too much." No kidding.
It's still a work in progress and only at prototype stage, but as their video report of the Dezeen Space Platform exhibition suggests, once perfected, it is sure to make many people's filmic fantasies come true.
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