I’ve written before about how much I love the retro-future look when it comes to design.  I want my cars to be gigantic and have fins, I want my robots to look clunky, and I definitely want my bicycles to have headlights (and taillights).  When I win the lottery, I’m going to buy a 1960 Bowden Special Spacelander bicycle.  It’s one of the oldest fiberglass bikes made, and one of the most expensive/rarest bicycles available for purchase, as it was made for one model year and is in pretty high demand amongst collectors.  Check out a killer gallery here.

Could that thing be any cooler?  Perhaps if it had a long metal whip-like antenna on the back with a raccoon tail hanging from it.  Even without that, this is a boss piece of retro transportation.  If I had that bike, I’d have to ride it at night, just so I could use the head and taillights.  I feel incredibly disappointed by the fact that our technology is so plain and utilitarian.  I want more style in my gadgets, and ‘plain’ doesn’t count as a style, Apple iPod Toilet Caddy.

Tags: design, collectible, retro-future, bicycles, Bowden Special, Spacelander, rare

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