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Tuesday, July 14, 2009
Saxo Bank: INVISIBLE BIKE
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incredible!!
It's amazing how they completely erase something unintentionally. Especially since it involves effort.
I honestly don't know HOW this is achieved.
Hmmm. Maybe they 'shopped in the wall over the bike? Or simply forgot to lasso all of the bike?
I think the intention was to erase the bike and make it look like he's sitting on the wall, but one of the designers got lazy.
The erasing they had been doing so far is actually very good.
Maybe it's a unicycle?
he's a magician!
I've ridden one of those invisible bikes before! It's AWESOME!
This would have been a disaster even if they had succeeded in erasing the bike.
I am not one to poo-poo posts here and scream "fail", but this is possible there are bikes that could "do this". Some bike have a seat post that extends backwards from a more central portion of the bike so that it would look like the rider is floating, as in this picture.
Here is an example, I know its not this one because the front end of the bike is different, but is demonstrates what I am talking about.
http://www.ubergizmo.com/photos/2008/12/concept-folding-bike.jpg
@ZaphodQB
and do those bikes have a back wheel at all?
Because this one doesn't. It looks like a mountain bike of some kind, so it should have a large diameter back wheel coming about level with the top bar. Factoring in perspective would mean it should certainly be visible.
I agree with Zaphod (his leg is blocking the seatpost), and Stimulated, that's not true, you wouldn't see the rear wheel from that angle, especially on a mountain bike which has small diameter wheels than road bikes and the like.
Also, the intention wasn't the make it look like he was sitting on the wall; Saxo Bank has a Tour de France team and the guy in the ad is one of the cyclists on that team.
I love shouting fail at a shouting of fail.
yes Simulated Person, I am well aware that many, like yourself, will wish to argue on about this image, that is the blog-world in action.
However arguing about it is not my intention.
I was just pointing out that a businessman commuting to work on a small folding bike "similar" to the one I posted, which you may have noticed has very tiny wheels, is not impossible nor is it that improbable.
I'm with Zaphod and nars. It would be possible for the seat post to be hidden by Cancellara's leg and, whether a mountain bike or road bike, I'm not convinced you'd see the back wheel from this angle.
The only PsD is the cropping:
http://www.saxobank.ch/files/images/cancellara_homepage.jpg
C'mon, at least spend 30 seconds on Google Images first.
Yup, although possibly shopped, its also possible that the seat post is long and is hidden by his leg.
Thanks Machine. Now we know it is DEFINITELY a PsD - because cropping is done in PS, therefore, if the error is cropping (and, since it created the illusion of an invisible bicycle as shown by machine's picture, it IS an error), this is a PSD.
So it is possible for there to really be a bicycle and also really a PSD.
I'm sure we'll all learn from this lesson and, in the future, try to accept both sides may be right. (Sarcasm? What's that?)
Pure magic!
PS - Every woman in the world can do this - years of using public toilets means we can levitate a good 5 cm above the seat!
gwy9etc, to be fair, I can crop in MSPaint, Paint Shop Pro, Gimp, or a hundred other image editing programs.
As for the hidden seat post, I rest my case.
he looks so ridiculous
ChikaBebeprobike
he's obviously sitting on his online trading platform.
It would look ok if they hadn't put that banner over the bottom of the bike.
And as for it being one of those ZaphodQB posted: the frame of the one he's on makes it impossible for it to be a folding cycle.
Actually, they did a good job moving his signature to the other side of the image. http://www.saxobank.ch/files/images/cancellara_homepage.jpg
I don't think the missing seat column is the problem as it could easily be tucked behind his leg. For me, the real problem is how high he is away from the frame of the bike making him look totally imbalanced and the bike tiny.
Commercial and awful? Yup.
The phantom arms from the Trading Service > Member Area are pretty cool by the way:
Phantom Arms
They have an even better picture on this other ad: http://twitpic.com/7g8y3
Belongs in Monty Python. lol
Nice to see in Switzerland, you are allowed to cycle with no hands and text at the same time, cos that isn't dangerous at all.....
This seat is soo comfortable. It's like I'm floating on air..
http://thesportshernia.typepad.com/blog/images/2007/07/30/contador_wins_tour_de_france_or_not.jpg
Anyone who's ridden a bike long enough knows that raising the seat to the maximum and shifting your weight to the hands gives you a more comfortable position on long runs by reducing the stress on your spine and giving you better aerodynamics. That's how pros ride. This is no folding bike. Any bike has an adjustable seat, doh!
Funny...maybe Fabian just didn't want to be seen on THAT particular bike.
Looking at where his butt is, I've never seen a bike with a seat post set like this one would have to be. But I'm no bike expert, so maybe.
But from the waist up, nobody'd ever guess he was riding a bicycle. If he is, it's pretty much a guarantee that he crashed half a second after this picture was snapped.
LOLcats: Invishibul baik. You dun no wen it will fall ovur.
Obviously there is a seatpost behind Fabu's legs. Being one of the greatest time-trialists of all time, he naturally has legs the size of Redwoods and can therefore conceal his seatpost with the uttermost ease.
Regardless of whether this is Photoshopped or not, Fabian Cancellara is a national hero in Switzerland, always exuding class and Euroness. This particular advertisement is no exception.
@tim miguire: The man pictured is Fabian Cancellara of pro team Saxo Bank, (hence the ad). I'm in doubt that there was any actual photoshopping, as from the angle you wouldn't see the seat post or saddle. Plus I've seen pros sit up on the bike and eat from a plate while riding in a large group, (peloton).
verdict: tall seat post hidden by leg.
To quote solidsnake204: "The erasing they had been doing so far is actually very good."
Because there was none.
Also, riding without the handlebars like this is actually pretty easy with practice.
@tim maguire: Nope, I'm a bike racer, and people ride like that all the time. Fabian Cancellara is one of the best cyclists in the world(he's the olympic time trial gold medalist and multi time world champion) and if you spent as much time on a bike as he did you could do a lot more crazy stuff (I saw a great photo of him from the tour de france last year doing a superman position on the bike)
Also, (and also @Andy's comment)that's a perfectly normal position for a road racing bike, which is what he'd be used to riding.
@ZaphodQB That's not a business man, that's [as described above] a well known pro cyclist.
Sorry but it isn't a mistake - it's the effect they were going for. They have commercials in the UK where few men seem to be floating or on invisible bikes - something to do with how that business "gets you moving." (yes terribly cheesy!)
My bike can do that.
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