- It's wacky, it's fun, it's crazy,
it's outrageous, it's a whole lot of fun,
but there aren't any prizes to be won,
'cause this isn't fun house,
it's the Taipei Bike Show
and I'm on the hunt for the most weird and wonderful tech.
So, let's go find it.
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It's important to remember that for many people
around the world, the bicycle represents
an incredibly cost-effective
and efficient mode of transport.
And here in Taipei, there's a really good
shared rental bike scheme
throughout the city called YouBike.
Now, it's really, really well priced.
For five Taiwanese dollar,
you can rent a YouBike for thirty minutes.
Now to put that into context, a thousand Taiwanese dollar
is equivalent to 25 pounds, so it's not much at all.
And these are the bikes you can rent.
Well, not these exact ones, these two are actually
special edition that have been sort of, well, vajazzled,
with Favoroski crystals, to celebrate, the rental bikes.
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What do you think this is?
Well, if you said "saddle," then you'd be right.
We've got one on this bike down here.
It's called the All-wing saddle
and it's a very unusual design, but the idea behind it
is to completely try and relieve the pressure
that you would get on the perineum, in the soft tissues,
when you normally sit on a saddle.
We actually did a video on this,
size sexual health video, and this could be
the answer to that problem.
If you suffer from...
Gooch soreness, then perhaps this could be
the saddle for you.
I just tried it and it definitely does reduce
that sense of pressure at the front.
But it does feel quite unusual to ride.
The way it works, is by transferring all of the pressure
onto your bum cheeks, or sit bones, at the back.
But could this be a revolution in saddle design?
If so, you saw it here first.
This isn't actually a product here at the Taipei show,
it's just a display.
It's a spinning blade, and onto it you can project
any image you like, but it's got me thinking
how awesome would it be to have that on your rear wheel?
You could like, watch films.
I absolutely love bling stuff, and I have been drawn
to the Recon stand like a moth to a flame,
because they've got these incredible cassettes.
Take a look at these.
Now this is actually machined
out of a single piece of aluminum.
They're also available in steel or titanium.
And with the lockring, I just weighed it,
it weighs just 118 grams.
They also do them in gold.
Jon Cannings, you're gonna absolutely love this
to go with your gold chain.
And to be quite honest, I pity the fool
who doesn't want a gold cassette on their bike.
Here at the Taipei show, there's loads of demo areas
with loads of cool exciting stuff going on.
So I thought I'd come down and represent team GCN.
So I'm gonna have a go at this,
this BMX malarkey, I mean, I've not done it before,
but, I mean, how hard can it really be?
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I love carbon fiber, and I also love a brew.
But fortunately, I've found the perfect receptacle.
Check this out, this is a carbon fiber
teacup and saucer from Tune.
It's made from 3K carbon fiber, and,
well it saves you five watts
every time you have a drink of tea, amazing.
And, it only costs 260 US dollars.
I'll take six.
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Want.
This is the Diamond D Plus,
and it's made by a company called Lowrider.
It's an e-bike that's designed to look
like a vintage motorcycle,
and I think it's absolutely awesome.
Can you imagine cruising around your local town on this?
It's got loads of really nice features.
Look at the saddle, it's like a,
well, like a retro motorbike.
Also you've got this big,
really beautiful leather storage bag.
And that light at the front is just, it's just so retro.
Plus, it kind of makes me want to escape
from a prisoner of war camp on it
and try and jump the Swiss border.
I hope you've enjoyed this look
at the weird and wonderful tech here at Taipei.
And if you have, then why not give this video
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next time we upload a video, which will be soon,
'cause we've barely scratched the surface
of all the exciting and cool stuff that's here at Taipei.
And if you'd like to watch another video,
then why not check out our hot tech from yesterday.
I'm going now, right.