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beer-cycle by raphael betillon


graphic illustrating the fork of a bicycle

french architect raphaël betillon has combined his two passions - bicycles and beer -
into beer-cycle. the design utilizes the fork of a bicycle which betillon cuts in half, finishes
and paints, transforming the bike hardware into a beer bottle opener.


used bike forks


the bike forks are divided into two parts, some outfitted with a grip handle


detail of the beer-cycle product


packaging


demonstrating the use of beer-cycle


detail


andrea db
10.23.09  
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great idea!
tarynpaper   10.23.09
What the fork!
cocanopy   10.23.09
great SUPER BOCK opener !!!!
voohras   10.23.09
Portuguese beer getting international!
Sr_Chipicao   10.23.09
too bad they cut the bike off the bottle opener......
Brouwer   10.23.09
Get a life is what we used to say in these situations.
codger   10.23.09
Perfect
Peka   10.23.09
cambiamos el deporte por la cerveza, buen proyecto. saludos.
Ignacio   10.23.09
We no need more stupid objects like this......
mil   10.23.09
codger & mil why don't u hang out together have a beer (have it opened with whatever u want) cool off get laid and keep your bad spirit away from db?...
oneoff   10.23.09
Why??? I can use my ligther to open beer!
No funny Idea...
vektor   10.24.09
I will steal it
jeici   10.24.09
Portuguese Beer rocks
AM   10.25.09
how does the passion for bicycles come back in this concept... making bikes useless :D

@oneoff: their comments have not really to do with having a bad spirit or not getting laid for a while. but this kind of ideas and products are pointless and totally not clever in every aspect. humor and fun in design is okay, but than with a high degree of cleverness :)
MJW   10.26.09
that's the logo for the mexico 68 olympic games, the bike I mean, isn't it?
icaronycteris   10.27.09
The bottle opener is good but Super Bock beer is great!!
Long live Portuguese beer!!
JoaoCruz   10.27.09
if the bike is useless or already broken it makes just a little bit of sense, but what about the urgent need to produce objects?
I'm with vektor, recycle the aluminum and open your beer with a lighter
JOAO   10.28.09
...sorry but really old. take a look at santa cruz bicycles - there you can get an opener in a workin bike frame... yust after ur ride your bike can open your winner beer. ;)
TheTourizt   10.28.09
Overkill. Screw cap for beer bottles was invented years ago to do away with the bottle openers. We do not need more resources wasted on stupid ideas. Imagine the additional clutter in our lives and the amount of material resources required to produce this contraption for every idiot out there who likes this STUPID IDEA! This is not design it is folly.
joe   10.29.09
most quality beers don't use screw caps...

besides it's a good use of broken forks, not a waste of resources at all.


we made some of these out of practice fork blades when I built a frame at UBI.
bill   10.29.09

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