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Of Course the First Steampunk Bike is a Recumbent

By Rocky Thompson on June 16th, 2008

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For people who don’t know what Steampunk is, it’s kind of a speculative fiction non-digital version of the future as looked at from the mid 1800s, and it’s captured the imaginations everyone orphaned when Star Trek: The Next Generation went off the air. So it shouldn’t come as a surprise that the first Steampunk bike is a recumbent or that its inventor was shot here riding it down the sidewalk. There’s also a video—don’t get your cape caught in the front wheels there buddy.

via Gizmodo

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3 Responses to “Of Course the First Steampunk Bike is a Recumbent”

  1. adam June 16th, 2008 at 6:11 pm

    That’s a very authentic steampunk helmet there too. Shouldn’t true steampunk wheels be made from brass and have copper spokes?

  2. José María Brolazábal June 18th, 2008 at 11:41 am

    Shouldn’t a Steampunk bike run on steam?

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