Can you please draw a bicycle from memory (no looking/cheating)?

Thank you.

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81 Comments

KokusnussRitter@discuss.tchncs.de · 44 pts · 354d (3 replies)

embed_me@programming.dev · 8 pts · 354d (2 replies)

The rear wheel is a free wheelprobably

neukenindekeuken@sh.itjust.works · 1 pts · 353d

correct

ivanafterall@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 351d

Surely after making that, someone would've been like, "what if we added TWO to the back?" Right? I just mean: why was this even a thing!?

Tudsamfa@lemmy.world · 20 pts · 354d (4 replies)

Tudsamfa@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 354d (3 replies)

For being mandatory where I live, it sure is odd literally no one decided to draw some reflectors on the spokes.

thermal_shock@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 353d

You can understand it's a bike without those. Like a stick figure, no eyes or nose are necessary for you to know what it is.

ivanafterall@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 351d (1 reply)

How are you holding up in Communist China?

Tudsamfa@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 350d

Ah, you know, can't complain.

Maybe I'll take a vacation to the US someday and see what kind of bicycle infrastructure the worlds greatest economy can build.

whaleross@lemmy.world · 18 pts · 354d (2 replies)

ivanafterall@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 351d (1 reply)

This one looks French.

whaleross@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 350d

Mon dieu. Non.

Hon hon hon.

amelia@feddit.org · 17 pts · 354d (2 replies)

ivanafterall@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 354d (1 reply)

Damn. That actually looks like a bicycle.

amelia@feddit.org · 2 pts · 354d

I've been looking at bicycles a lot recently because I was looking for a new one. Maybe later with more time I'll try a better one. I feel like it should be possible to get a pretty good result.

DeathByBigSad@sh.itjust.works · 14 pts · 354d (5 replies)

Lmao, I can't draw.

But: Now I know these comments are real people. (Or are they? 🧐)

LaserTurboShark69@sh.itjust.works · 5 pts · 354d

Dr Seuss ass bike

Humanius@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 354d

The only way in which we will know these people are real is if they are able to draw hands perfectly

Zwuzelmaus@feddit.org · 4 pts · 354d (1 reply)

Nice, it has a handle on top for throwing it far away ;-)

moondoggie@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 354d

Handle? That’s the propeller.

ivanafterall@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 354d

I love that this one's frame is attached directly to the tops of the tires.

MurrayL@lemmy.world · 14 pts · 354d (2 replies)

MurrayL@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 354d

I just realised I drew the pedals as suspended in midair and frankly I regret nothing

ivanafterall@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 354d

This is like the lefty-facing one below combined with the Dr. Seuss guy above. This could be a way of matching partners...?

RodgeGrabTheCat@sh.itjust.works · 14 pts · 354d (7 replies)

The style is called Recumbent. Specifically, long wheel base above seat steering.

Humanius@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 354d (1 reply)

Aren't the handlebars usually below the seat on a recumbent bike?

Edit: I stand corrected. Apparently there are a bunch of recumbent bikes with high handlebars

RodgeGrabTheCat@sh.itjust.works · 3 pts · 353d

High and low handlebars as well as high and low pedals (bottom bracket).

There are also compact long wheelbase, short wheelbase, trikes with either 2 wheels in the front or rear, and 4 wheelers.

I prefer high handlebars so I have an easier time pushing the bike when needed, a place to mount a speedometer, a mirror, and arm pits gets sweater with low handlebars. I've also been thrown up off the seat when I hit a hump in the road. If I was riding a low handlebar bike I'm pretty sure I would have crashed due to losing my grip on the bike.

ivanafterall@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 354d (4 replies)

I like this one, because the others make me feel bad about myself.

RodgeGrabTheCat@sh.itjust.works · 3 pts · 353d (3 replies)

They are super comfortable on long trips.

ivanafterall@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 351d (2 replies)

In all seriousness, I always wanted to try one of those things. I was riding a $50 (admittedly awesome) mountain bike fixed up by the local bike co-op, so seeing the douchebags (NO OFFENSE) ride by on these made me a little sick. But because I'm poor. But also because COME ON REALLY?

RodgeGrabTheCat@sh.itjust.works · 3 pts · 351d (1 reply)

No offense taken. They do have compromises, slow speed instability for the one I owned, and truthfully I prefer a mountain bike but conventional bikes are too uncomfortable for me.

If you do get the chance to try one, don't be timid. Push hard on the pedal and get some speed. It will be much easier to steer.

One of the most annoying things about riding a recumbent for me is the attention they generate. I've been pulled over by a cop because he wanted to look at the bike. One day a dipstick stopped in a crosswalk, holding up traffic, to look at the bike.

ivanafterall@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 350d

They look awesome. I have a terrible back, so my hatred was always pure envy. It seems like it'd be such a luxurious way to ride, and I love bike riding, so it might honestly be my ideal. Maybe someday.

ccunning@lemmy.world · 14 pts · 354d

LemmyThinkAboutIt@lemmy.zip · 13 pts · 354d (1 reply)

Indubitably

GrantUsEyes@lemmy.zip · 3 pts · 353d

Thinking outside the box!

56_@lemmy.ml · 12 pts · 354d (1 reply)

I forgot the pedals...

ivanafterall@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 354d

This is crazy accurate. How many bikes must you have seen!?

Humanius@lemmy.world · 11 pts · 354d (1 reply)

I cannot prove I didnt cheat..

Also, sorry for the fat-fingered quality.
I drew this on my phone

psx_crab@lemmy.zip · 7 pts · 354d

A little bit more practice and you'll be qualified to draw the icon for bike path.

moondoggie@lemmy.world · 11 pts · 354d

Dude. I can’t draw a bicycle while looking at it.

cepelinas@sopuli.xyz · 10 pts · 354d

I was on the phone so forgive me for my terrible drawing.

Eiri@lemmy.ca · 9 pts · 354d (1 reply)

ivanafterall@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 354d

This one feels like it's in motion. It's cool.

ILikeTraaaains@lemmy.world · 9 pts · 353d (1 reply)

Grass@sh.itjust.works · 2 pts · 353d

this one in particular calls out to me

hungryphrog@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 9 pts · 354d (2 replies)

ivanafterall@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 354d (1 reply)

Left-facing and spray-painted. Really throwing a curveball here.

hungryphrog@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 2 pts · 353d

I used the pencil tool on my phone.

spykee@lemmings.world · 8 pts · 354d

Sketch of a bicycle
.
Take some bloody notes, Michelangelo di Lodovico!
Quit drawing titties & dicks & learn some art....and bring that boy Leonardo so that he learns something as well.
Kids these days!

TheFriendlyDickhead@feddit.org · 8 pts · 354d (1 reply)

ivanafterall@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 351d

Well, I like it.

SkaraBrae@lemmy.world · 8 pts · 354d (1 reply)

Fat-fingered, phone drawing of a bicycle.

ivanafterall@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 351d

Aww.

NeedyPlatter@lemmy.ca · 8 pts · 354d (1 reply)

Here's my very sleep deprived rendition, enjoy.

ivanafterall@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 351d

I'm late, but still wanted to commend the isometric view, intentional or not. I think you're the only one that went iso on us.

egrets@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 354d

callyral@pawb.social · 7 pts · 353d

Sketchy and likely inaccurate drawing of a bicycle.

Tuuktuuk@sopuli.xyz · 6 pts · 353d

sanguinepar@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 353d (2 replies)

On phone, by hand

nutsack@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 3 pts · 353d (1 reply)

the one guy in here who rides a bike

ivanafterall@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 351d

No chain, no wheel spokes, no brakes. It's your funeral, I suppose. (No offense, OP, lovely drawing. In one of the top percentiles, for sure.)

owsei@programming.dev · 6 pts · 353d (1 reply)

My version: Digitally drawn white bike drawn on black background, with chain, handlebar, breaks, seat and pedals

My gf's: Black bike, with seat, handlebar and the chain's wheel, on white background drawn with pencil on paper

ivanafterall@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 351d

You two truly belong together.

sefra1@lemmy.zip · 6 pts · 353d (2 replies)

DeathByBigSad@sh.itjust.works · 2 pts · 353d

POV: The chain fell off and your face (one side of it, at least) plummet towards the dirt.

ivanafterall@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 353d

Dayum.

tired_n_bored@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 353d

RBWells@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 353d (3 replies)

I should have used a pencil but:

ivanafterall@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 351d (2 replies)

I have no idea why you have downvotes. I think people were intimidated by the effort you put in by drawing on physical paper!?

RBWells@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 351d (1 reply)

Well, it is a pretty shitty rendition of a bike, maybe it's just hypercritical critics? t was a nice prompt though, thanks. Good break for a workday.

ivanafterall@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 351d

Thanks, my favorite is still whoever came up with "Draw Vin Diesel from memory."

chunes@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 353d (3 replies)

ivanafterall@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 351d (2 replies)

So impressively close.

...yet so far.

chunes@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 351d (1 reply)

Are you talking about the handlebars? I think I drew them backwards lol

ivanafterall@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 350d

The main thing I noticed was the seat, which I messed up on mine, too. In reality, it would be a little more to the left, sitting down in that tube that's part of the frame (I think?), as opposed to just plopped on top. I did the exact same thing with mine, and realized my mistake after looking at everyone else's.

BuboScandiacus@mander.xyz · 4 pts · 354d

And kids, this is why AIs halucinate things

nicerdicer@feddit.org · 4 pts · 352d

Translation: Bicyles don't stink ... are silent

aeronmelon@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 354d

ā€œLo…ri…derā€¦ā€

badbytes@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 353d

overat8@sh.itjust.works · 2 pts · 353d (1 reply)

black background and a white illustration of a simple bicycle sketch

Luckily for me, I’m had experience on servicing a mountain bike before so that I know what a bike should look like. I could’ve done a better job by adding the disc brakes and rear derailleur. But I couldn’t be bothered to since illustrating on a phone screen is tough :/.

ivanafterall@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 353d

Really nice. After seeing all of the good ones you guys did, I think my bikes will be better in the future. Start with two triangles, bike is on the middle triangle line, etc...