In 2005 Italian designer Luca Schiepppati created the Ciclo, above, a modern update to the velocipede-style bicycle that used a hubless "epicycloid" transmission system. A company called the Lamiflex Group subsequently tapped Schieppati to design a stationary version and they're now manufacturing the Ciclotte, below.
Ciclotte breaks with the designs of gym equipment that have always emphasized the functional as- pects, to address a target market of progressive, dynamic users that appreciate both physical and aesthetic lines. The concept of the Ciclotte was created from the need to introduce a design into everyday living, which could be a real expression of contemporary living where work and relaxation, exercise and entertainment share a single dimension, within fluid spaces where all objects can interact with one another.
Alas, such beauty doesn't come cheap--the Ciclotte rings in at a bank-busting ten large!
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At 10k it better lipo my love handles. Could never justify the purchase of this, sorry Luca.
I'm as much of a sucker for crabon fibre hula hoops as the next bike snob, but this whole thing is so amazingly inane and tasteless. Can someone find an image of a person actually riding this "technological, ergonomic, revolutionary" $10,000 sculpture? Can someone point out the utility of this thing, beyond looking great in your wood-paneled Lake Como bathroom? Can someone help me understand how the designer's illustrations of elite Paris boudoirs filled with tequila bottles have some correlation with the design of this object?
Euros like to trash American for our lack of "refined" tastes, but some of this Italia-trash marinates in its own olio for so long it acquires a sheen of importance, like Mario Cipollini's hair.
Fausto Coppi wept.