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Title: Do we want a Shweeb for the Gathering Place on Riverside Drive.
Post by: Downtowner on November 15, 2013, 03:23:34 PM
Does Tulsa want a Shweeb for the Gathering Place on Riverside Drive?  It could run for miles up and down the river.   www.Shweeb.com   it's a new style of bicycling from down under.
Title: Re: Do we want a Shweeb for the Gathering Place on Riverside Drive.
Post by: Conan71 on November 15, 2013, 03:26:55 PM
Quote from: Downtowner on November 15, 2013, 03:23:34 PM
Does Tulsa want a Shweeb for the Gathering Place on Riverside Drive?  It could run for miles up and down the river.   www.Shweeb.com   it's a new style of bicycling from down under.

Pretty cool! Can you imagine how stifling hot that would be in July and August in Tulsa, though?
Title: Re: Do we want a Shweeb for the Gathering Place on Riverside Drive.
Post by: sgrizzle on November 15, 2013, 05:20:39 PM
You're a shweeb
Title: Re: Do we want a Shweeb for the Gathering Place on Riverside Drive.
Post by: TheArtist on November 15, 2013, 06:18:37 PM
Quote from: sgrizzle on November 15, 2013, 05:20:39 PM
You're a shweeb

Shweeboid.   :P
Title: Re: Do we want a Shweeb for the Gathering Place on Riverside Drive.
Post by: Ed W on November 15, 2013, 07:35:31 PM
These things are like Habitrails without the hamsters. Here's another one, possibly a better idea since the bicyclist provides his own equipment. Regardless, they're going to be ridiculously expensive toys.

(http://assets.inhabitat.com/wp-content/blogs.dir/1/files/2012/10/Bicimetro-Eco-Bahn-elevated-bike-path-537x447.jpg)
Title: Re: Do we want a Shweeb for the Gathering Place on Riverside Drive.
Post by: Red Arrow on November 15, 2013, 10:03:31 PM
Quote from: Downtowner on November 15, 2013, 03:23:34 PM
Does Tulsa want a Shweeb for the Gathering Place on Riverside Drive?  It could run for miles up and down the river.   www.Shweeb.com   it's a new style of bicycling from down under.

i would probably get stuck behind someone whose get up and go, got up an left. :(

That would be the same as driving on S Memorial.  :( :(
Title: Re: Do we want a Shweeb for the Gathering Place on Riverside Drive.
Post by: BKDotCom on November 15, 2013, 10:34:16 PM
Only dweebs ride schweebs.

looks ridiculous on multiple levels
dorky
expensive
maintenance
stuck behind some schmo
stuck on the schweeb rail