Lose The Bell And Make Your Bike Sound Like A Horse Instead

Is the one thing missing from your bike ride the sense that you are riding an animal rather than a machine? A new contraption from Trotify is just right for you.

There was a time when people used horses as their primary means of conveyance. If you had to get somewhere, you simply jumped on your steed and rode there. Innovations in the field have since rendered horses obsolete: There are any number of ways to get to a place which do not require the responsibility and cost of having to care for a living creature. This is generally considered a good thing. But sometimes you may feel like something is missing from that horse-bound era. If that’s true, consider Trotify, which uses a trick from Monty Python to imbue your bike with the sounds of a horse’s clopping hoofs.

Trotify is doing a sort of self-Kickstarter campaign: They need 1,000 orders before you can actually get one. But if they do make them, you’ll be sent a flat piece of wood, from which you can assemble your device and affix it to the front of your bicycle. From there, you need only find a coconut--a la the knights in Monty Python and the Holy Grail --and you will be well on your way to a bike-horse hybrid.

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via Fast Company http://www.fastcoexist.com/1681000/lose-the-bell-and-make-your-bike-sound-like-a-horse-instead?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+fastcompany%2Fheadlines+%28Fast+Company%29