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Zeltini Z-Triton

71 points by Gravityloss 6y ago

jvalencia 6y ago
I was curious if anyone could speak to the toilet design they have on their product page. Does it work so simply?
- jacobush 6y ago
  Probably you have to climb on top of the roof and spread the compost manually.
- opwieurposiu 6y ago
  Last year I installed a composting toilet at our off-grid mountain cabin, and it stinks less then our regular bathroom at the house in town. The caveat is we have a solar powered extractor fan that pulls air down though the toilet seat and exhausts it out a chimney. If that fan quits working for whatever reason, it smells pretty bad.
mberning 6y ago
The cost is unannounced, but it will surely be astronomical. The penny farthing design feature is going to really appeal to the urban hipsters that will be able to afford it. I would bet the price approaches the cost of a nice used pull behind camper.
- lxe 6y ago
  This is a design concept project, not a mass market product.
  - matt_morgan 6y ago
    It says "price coming soon." It's fair to predict that it's going to be really high.
nanomonkey 6y ago
What size wheel is that up front? I've gone on several long distance bike tours, and I'm not sure I'd be happy with a nonstandard size wheel. Cool design none the less.
- jml7c5 6y ago
  Why do you find a nonstandard/large wheel problematic for bike touring? Just difficulty in finding replacement tires/tubes/etc?
  - pengaru 6y ago
    Nonstandard anything is a nuisance for wear items on any equipment seeing many hours of duty.
- tln 6y ago
  36" As long as you can find a unicycle shop, you should be fine :)
- imglorp 6y ago
  I'm not sure I'd be happy pedaling all that mass of a boat/camper/bike/stuff up hill even with a bunch of granny gears. It's hard enough getting myself up hill.
  - aivisol 6y ago
    It's electrically assisted, it says.
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intrepidhero 6y ago
This is weirdly wonderful.
dmix 6y ago
I don't speak German but I like the Der Spegiel headline for some reason: > Das Hausbootfahrrad (The Houseboat Bike) https://www.spiegel.de/panorama/lettland-erfinder-baut-hausboot-fahrrad-a-efda1b22-2646-4486-a8a6-cc4ef2331c0f https://www.spiegel.de/panorama/lettland-erfinder-baut-hausb...
zokier 6y ago
I know that quick dismissals are not good, but that seems ridiculously heavy thing to ride around. Tellingly there is no weight rating.
throwaway_pdp09 6y ago
I feckin love this kind of absurd invention. The thing itself may not be usable but it may give rise to something that is, and that style of thinking, of looking at far corners of the design space, will work elsewhere. This is good stuff. Indirectly I think thinking like this really is of value, and perhaps should be taught.

Zeltini Z-Triton

71 points by Gravityloss 6y ago

jvalencia 6y ago

I was curious if anyone could speak to the toilet design they have on their product page. Does it work so simply?

jacobush 6y ago
Probably you have to climb on top of the roof and spread the compost manually.
opwieurposiu 6y ago
Last year I installed a composting toilet at our off-grid mountain cabin, and it stinks less then our regular bathroom at the house in town. The caveat is we have a solar powered extractor fan that pulls air down though the toilet seat and exhausts it out a chimney. If that fan quits working for whatever reason, it smells pretty bad.

mberning 6y ago

The cost is unannounced, but it will surely be astronomical. The penny farthing design feature is going to really appeal to the urban hipsters that will be able to afford it. I would bet the price approaches the cost of a nice used pull behind camper.

lxe 6y ago
This is a design concept project, not a mass market product.
- matt_morgan 6y ago
  It says "price coming soon." It's fair to predict that it's going to be really high.

nanomonkey 6y ago

What size wheel is that up front? I've gone on several long distance bike tours, and I'm not sure I'd be happy with a nonstandard size wheel. Cool design none the less.

jml7c5 6y ago
Why do you find a nonstandard/large wheel problematic for bike touring? Just difficulty in finding replacement tires/tubes/etc?
- pengaru 6y ago
  Nonstandard anything is a nuisance for wear items on any equipment seeing many hours of duty.
tln 6y ago
36" As long as you can find a unicycle shop, you should be fine :)
imglorp 6y ago
I'm not sure I'd be happy pedaling all that mass of a boat/camper/bike/stuff up hill even with a bunch of granny gears. It's hard enough getting myself up hill.
- aivisol 6y ago
  It's electrically assisted, it says.

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intrepidhero 6y ago

This is weirdly wonderful.

dmix 6y ago

I don't speak German but I like the Der Spegiel headline for some reason: > Das Hausbootfahrrad (The Houseboat Bike) https://www.spiegel.de/panorama/lettland-erfinder-baut-hausboot-fahrrad-a-efda1b22-2646-4486-a8a6-cc4ef2331c0f https://www.spiegel.de/panorama/lettland-erfinder-baut-hausb...

zokier 6y ago

I know that quick dismissals are not good, but that seems ridiculously heavy thing to ride around. Tellingly there is no weight rating.

throwaway_pdp09 6y ago

I feckin love this kind of absurd invention. The thing itself may not be usable but it may give rise to something that is, and that style of thinking, of looking at far corners of the design space, will work elsewhere. This is good stuff. Indirectly I think thinking like this really is of value, and perhaps should be taught.