Is this real? If so, it's dumb and I'll take two.
Trotify: make your bicycle sound like a horse [video]
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Re: Trotify: make your bicycle sound like a horse [video]
#52This tendency is why UK English had to invent the word "twee".
Re: Trotify: make your bicycle sound like a horse [video]
#53Earlier quoted context omitted.
Compared to, say, a car, this is very quiet - and makes it much safer for cyclists because you can hear them coming!
You mean people inside cars can even hear this noise?! That means it's even louder than I imagined. People who use this device are going to get into trouble. If not cited for disturbing the peace, civilians might damage the device or the bike or even hurt the misguided soul who installed it on his bike.
What. Are. You. Doing. Here?!?!
Re: Trotify: make your bicycle sound like a horse [video]
#54Earlier quoted context omitted.
Pretty much everyone on the planet knows what two coconuts sound like being clapped together, so I assume they didn't feel the need to remind people. The video is awesome, they aren't selling a clapping coconut thing, its the same as a BMW ad, they are selling a lifestyle. This is clearly aimed at the steampunk crowd who watch monty python and think that riding boots are suitable for all and every social occasion.
THIS COMMENT MADE THE WHOLE TEAM PISS THEMSELVES. WE ARE NOW A LIFESTYLE COMPANY. THANK YOUUUUU
You might want to get that checked out.
Re: Trotify: make your bicycle sound like a horse [video]
#55Let me be the first to say: I don't get it, why is this a thing and why is there an entire company built around this product? Which apparently requires I screw a coconut to a self made device and then put it on the front of my bike. Is this just satire of modern startups or are things actually this ridiculous?
Same reason there's a company that will make you a hand drawn picture of a cat: http://iwanttodrawacatforyou.com/ people love novelties!
Sure, but all that took was someone making a website and the ability to draw on paper. This site is much more involved and they actually CNC'd a real product, so I assume they're somewhat serious about this, which makes it all the more bizarre to me.
Re: Trotify: make your bicycle sound like a horse [video]
#56Let me be the first to say: I don't get it, why is this a thing and why is there an entire company built around this product? Which apparently requires I screw a coconut to a self made device and then put it on the front of my bike. Is this just satire of modern startups or are things actually this ridiculous?
Because the economy no longer demands that everybody work in fields or factories, and no longer demands that everybody spend their money on essentials.
Basically, things like this are a glimpse into a post-scarcity society, where people make and buy things "just because".
Re: Trotify: make your bicycle sound like a horse [video]
#57If I see someone riding a bike with one of these things attached to it, I'll call the police. I find it unacceptable for people to make lots of noise for no good reason. Try doing this at night in a residential neighborhood, you'll find out soon enough what people think of this 'invention'.
If you are actually like this in real life, and not merely a troll, then I am sure the police simply love you...
Re: Trotify: make your bicycle sound like a horse [video]
#58Almost two mins of video without the sound of the product (where the product is the sound generated by the device)?
There's a video further down the page that shows a prototype working, with accompanied sound. When I saw that, it became clear why the sound of the product isn't in the top video:)
Clear? How so? The product's sole purpose is to make sound. Why would they not put the sound in the advertisement video?
Re: Trotify: make your bicycle sound like a horse [video]
#59Earlier quoted context omitted.
Pretty much everyone on the planet knows what two coconuts sound like being clapped together, so I assume they didn't feel the need to remind people. The video is awesome, they aren't selling a clapping coconut thing, its the same as a BMW ad, they are selling a lifestyle. This is clearly aimed at the steampunk crowd who watch monty python and think that riding boots are suitable for all and every social occasion.
THIS COMMENT MADE THE WHOLE TEAM PISS THEMSELVES. WE ARE NOW A LIFESTYLE COMPANY. THANK YOUUUUU
Apple marketing 101. Sell the lifestyle. Also I could tell you had a nice single speed bike, but I couldn't tell if it was fixed or not.
Re: Trotify: make your bicycle sound like a horse [video]
#60If I see someone riding a bike with one of these things attached to it, I'll call the police. I find it unacceptable for people to make lots of noise for no good reason. Try doing this at night in a residential neighborhood, you'll find out soon enough what people think of this 'invention'.
I used to treat comments like these just as some of the other replies do (old, stick in the mud, etc). But then I realized unnecessary noise for what it is: pollution. Cutesy ideas like this lose any appeal when you understand that you are destroying someone else's environment for the lofty goal of calling attention to yourself.
"destroying someone else's environment"
Oh for god's sake...