@@nippoland didn't he say 80-something percent efficient for a normal bike? 100% more would be double which still doesn't work out. Sounds like he is just talking out of his ass. Let alone him saying "risk free" and the ridiculous returns.
S B there's quite a few on these shows that can't answer something that is not on their script, so if you guys are correct then I'm guessing there are tons of scammers on these shows....
Man, you guys are super polite over in Australia. If this guy was on the Dragons Den, the British version of the show, he would've been absolutely torn to pieces.
@@RanTaoSama Nah, but i often scroll through them while i watch the vids, as they give me a chuckle while not much visual action is going on in the vids themselves
Mechanical engineer saying his bike has 100% efficiency? What a load of crap. He isnt fit to teach 5th grade science if he thinks his (or any) real life mechanical machine can ever be 100% efficient.
Duh, it’s a show, they accept people on to said show, they don’t want to waste their time with broken projects, or projects that don’t do anything, so of course they cherry pick
@@SourceCod33 You missed my point. They cherry picked this guy because he's NOT a good investment. That's my point. They picked him cause he's good TV. He's laughable.
@@Underhills I doubt the sharks would want to invest in all contestants every episode as well, it might be too much to invest at once with too much work/risk. Getting someone like him to just be made fun of on TV for like 15 minutes is great for them.
Not forgetting him being the only one in the entire tour, with that style of pedals. due him not selling it till after the tour. to prevent competition from having a even playing field im 99% sure they will break when you go uphill, as it requires torque/grip which that bike does not have. due the strange push/pull conversion to rotational force.
I am pretty sure he didn't mean THAT bike would be in the Tour De France, but a bike with his cranks. But that style of cranks has been introduced before. They are NOT more efficient. They are less efficient. And the UCI would never allow a bike with weird cranks like that anyway.
How AWESOME would it be to see THAT bike entered into the Tour though. No team, just that guy on his bike, laying back, bombing down mountains whizzing past everyone
He just found what he thought was a loophole to scam the government out of money and threw his best idea at it. I guarantee no more thought went into it than that
One thing is for sure, he's pretty salty about the whole thing : www.linkedin.com/pulse/shark-tank-pig-richard-ploszaj?trk=portfolio_article-card_title
dolfijn 94 ummm no that’s exactly what a business loan is idiot. You start a business and you can take a loan out from your bank and if your business doesn’t go bankrupt you payback more than what they have and if you do go bankrupt they lose money. That’s literally how a loan works. It’s a risk. It’s just here the way to pay back is with shares of the company instead of money.
@@bulldozer8950 no because even if you do go bankrupt, you have to repay the loan unless it's filed under the business if it's a plc or ltd. Investing is not a loan.
this was not a scam, this man was delusional, he does not understand how finance works, how the tour de france works, and maybe not even how pedals work. His pump action pedal is no more efficient than a traditional pedal. Yes it has more leverage, but leverage merely generates the same amount of force over a longer time. So there is no power advantage over a traditional pedal arrangement. You get more go for every pumping cycle, but every pump cycle takes longer. There is a still the up and down motion of the feet.
Bikes havent even been around that long. Its only til like 1880 the first chain driven bike was made. Before that was some weird bike you rode by pushing on the ground and the penny farthing bikes with the huge front wheel which really isnt a traditional bicycle
Deborah on the UK version would've lectured him about how you cannot lie to investors by making false promises. It's interesting I often think Deborah and Mark have similar views on things but Mark is way more polite about it unless someone gets his back up.
"enhanced comfort, safety." "It also has a turbocharger.." I imagine little Johnny hits the turbocharger, flys into oncoming traffic and gets splattered by a semi.
Yeah, the only place that word can be used is in the Australian property market where the government will literally step in and prevent investors from falling on their arse when the market is set to crash (like they did during covid)
UPDATE: The sharks messed up BIG on this one. In the 6 years since this aired, Troppo Bicycle has gone on to generate over $14 TRILLION in profits and Richard himself has won the Tour de France a record-breaking 78 times. Incredible.
As a Mech Engineer, am so embarrassed. A career like Mech refines you into a good thinker and problem solver with damn limited resources and impossible targets. Enough to make it all delusional. But hey, we achieve it not this way Common man
I was once there. Conception, drive to realisation. Environment see you wasting time and resources on something then u know inwardly it's worth billions. Getting people to invest in ur idea is a different ball game. They think little in ur area, your product so you give them little, hide new things and speak their language, real figures
It’s not doing this guy a favor to be polite and acting like they considered the investment, but it wasn’t their cup of tea. They need to tell him to see a shrink.
Probably because the UK comes from a parliamentary democracy under a constitutional monarchy where as America is a capitalistic democracy. Americans understand the freedom that comes with capitalism and so Im sure that understanding leaves very little patience for stupidity. MURICA
@@kavatractionmeditationstud2825 Capitalism was invented by British economist Adam Smith. It's not unique to America at all. During the 19th century Britain was so capitalistic, it wouldn't even do anything about massive famines in its colonies because they didn't believe in interfering with the market. Don't assume capitalism is unique to America because it most certainly isn't.
The way he think is called "Toxic of Positivity". It happens when someone keep being positive on their failures with no ending until that someone dies in failures. It's very dangerous.
@@deathifight7408 I just got into this but apparently, Jenny was on a similar British show called Dragon's Den and she's known for getting out of any business that came on the show.
"The bicycle has not changed for 200 years" LMAO what? Bicycles have changed a lot in the last 40 years. 100 years ago was around when the first single gear safety bikes were invented. 200 years ago was like... when the safety bike-like velocipede was invented, with no pedals.
Hakman Tim some bikes go up to 10000-12000 dollars Walmart and target bikes are not pro bikes so yeah I can see why you e never seen a real bike with real value to it
What you missed is that he puts the 2600$ (x 20 bikes) into a government fund , which matches it dollar for dollar. At any given point in time he withdraws his 52,000$ , and has 52,000$ from the government. Its all very risk free and 100% guaranteed. ( x 1000 by 2020 after winning the tour of france , he makes $52 million. You didn't ask me for the figures, but I gave it to you anyway )
@Selim Mašić If that's how you respond to a simple harmless comment, then I guess you were used to social distancing at these "parties" long before this pandemic began.
Even ignoring the motorcycle, it's still not true. While the first thing that could be considered a bicycle was the "Draisine" or "Laufmaschine" invented in 1817 by Baron Karl von Drais, the modern bicycle is far more closely related to the "safety bicycle" which was invented in the 1880s.
Update: Richard Ploszaj now has a net worth of 20 billion dollars, exceeding even his own valuation of his bicycle company. Nearly every person in the world owns one his bikes, including the most recent Tour De France winner Tadej Pogačar who using it demolished all previous records.
I'll be honest, that pedal design is actually very innovative and looks efficient but that sales pitch just murdered any chance of it going anywhere in future.
I mean, the fact that he simply chose to make 20 bikes and then sell them at cost to test the market really isn't that big of a deal. If he, as a random engineer self building these things, can make them for $2,600 and get someone to pay $2,600...then a business expert can very likely find ways to produce them for a lot less and sell them for a lot more. It's just...everything else he's saying that makes him ripe for the looney bin.
I think either they were understanding that he was delusional and were trying to be kind, they were genuinely curious about how far the delusion went, or they were stupid enough to think it was legit
As a professional cyclist, this man knows NOTHING of the UCI and how stringent its rules are for what's allowable in competition. Something like this will never, ever be allowable in a UCI-sanctioned race. Ever.
It's a pedaling bike. He mentioned it has a turbo. How the fuck does a pedaling bike that YOU have to pedal have a turbo? It's just a stupid ass looking bike that isn't worth 2,600k it's just a bike with different pedal style.
@@crazyshit8 how about you pay attention before running your mouth. The pedal builds on momentum without extra effort like a regular pedal. Good invention horrible business man
"The traditional bicycle is obsolete" Well...it gets me to the grocery store and to class well enough. And if that becomes "not good enough," I can get a moped or a motorized bicycle. Also how is biking "with less effort" also "better exercise?"
@@pcprinciple3774 ikr! he kept telling ppl to let him finish, they were like wtf haha. and the brunette lady in the middle was so polite when he told her to wait lol
also ive been watching a lot of dragon den clips and often hear pitches for 150k pounds even 125 or 175 even one knob had the audacity to ask for 250,000 pounds
I mean its a ponzi scheme... because it means someone has basically already 'invested' five million because theyve insured a investment of five million, likely against the value of the company. So in essence its just passing the risk down the line, like a ponzi scheme.
@@Hdoggy447 and the Tour wouldn't allow it. They have BEYOND strict guidelines, and this "inventor" made the claim that it would win the Tour. Again, the design wouldn't be allowed in.
It’s simply amazing how some people have this sense of conviction that if they say something a certain way with confidence then its true. Logic and Truth doesn’t matter.
Oh man, when he started with the 12 months deposited in the bank and withdraw anytime I knew exactly what he was trying to pull. It's a shame he can design innovative equipment but can't design reoccurring legal financial revenue.
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When someone starts the pitch with:
"100% secure, risk free"
*It's a SCAM*
Maestro seems legit to me... I’m in. 👍
Every business venture has risk. It's stupid or dishonest to say otherwise.
It's not a scam, he's just stupid.
Yeah, nothing is risk free. Ya never know for sure until it all plays out.
The risk is 100% for free.
This man is like the Chinese amazon item descriptions.
I would like but it’s at 420
I made this comment 666 likes
You mean Wish?
hahahahahah
Mason Hadley hahahahahahahha
“I’m a mechanical engineer by trade...”
“100% efficiency”
Press X for doubt.
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I'm from future, and he is not billionaire yet
I’m a mechanical engineer and soon as he said 80-100% efficiency I called bullshit lol
Exactly 😂
Physics is just a suggestion
This guy is the definition of
*just trust me bro*
lmao fr
😂 😂 😂 😂 😂 😂
If he really believes his bicycle is 100% efficient then he has just proved that he is no mechanical engineer.
wetwingnut yeah that’s so true hahah, it’s impossible
I think he actually said 100% MORE efficient compared to a standard bicycle design, but his sentences got jumbled.
nippoland ohhh thst would make more sense
@@nippoland didn't he say 80-something percent efficient for a normal bike? 100% more would be double which still doesn't work out. Sounds like he is just talking out of his ass. Let alone him saying "risk free" and the ridiculous returns.
@@chadii195 100% more wouldn't make more sense. It would actually be even worse :D
first guy to put a engine on a bicycle must been like: Imma call this a motocycle, this is going to win the Tour of France
Well if he had a big enough gas tank he wouldn't be wrong. Although I don't think the "win" would count.
The Tour of France
Actually I think that is what happened. But they used them as support bikes. Don't quote me on it, but it sounds vaguely familiar.
@@Parents_of_Twins you really have nothing important going on huh?
@@MsNoPixel Says the person who took the time to both read and respond to my facetious comment. It appears you are the pot calling the kettle black.
He did the scammer quote: "Let me finish."
He has script memorized and apparently they're hindering.
"I also have to mention" sounds like a man with a script, as well.
Argumemnon don't they all have to memorise a script?... I'm sure they're not all winging it 😂
Icydsting the dragons don't have a script. People should know their numbers without study.
@@icydsting6037 there's a difference between having a script memorized and being completely unable to go off the script
S B there's quite a few on these shows that can't answer something that is not on their script, so if you guys are correct then I'm guessing there are tons of scammers on these shows....
"More efficient" and "better exercise"
That's not how that works...
don't forget it's turbo charged
Hmm if I turbo charge then I go faster. If I go faster then I lose more weight!
@@BeczaBot yea because youre going so fast your blood pressure is high from trying to dodge everything and everyone 😂😂😂😂
Bodybuilding as well, stop being so negative 😂
@@ronanbudiyono2117 looool
If this was in America, he wouldn't last 1 second and all the sharks would be on the floor dying with laughter.
It would have happened when he said "risk-free."
😂
Mark Cuban would have been out Mr wonderful would it tell him to take it behind the barn and shoot it
They throw red meat to the US sharks too but AU version of the show feels more nutty.
Mark: **Laughing**This is ridiculously stupid.
Kevin: What about sales though?
Man, you guys are super polite over in Australia. If this guy was on the Dragons Den, the British version of the show, he would've been absolutely torn to pieces.
Doctor Dankeston even just the American version lol Mark Cuban would be roasting his ass for Christmas dinner
i just started watching that show 3 days ago and i was thinking the same thing lmaooo
Doctor Dankeston coming from the dragon's den too I was really concern for this guy's life. aussies are a delight
Dragons Den is Canadian?
@@MultiversX Shark Tank/Dragons Den is an international brand, with around 40 shows in 40 different countries with those names.
“I’m not even on this show, nor am I even in this country, so for that reason I’m out”
- Jenny
Tfw when you switched from watching Dragon's Den to Shark Tank because you got tired of all the mediocre Jenny comments and run into this 🤔
@@chuckmursi3947 You watch these shows just for other peoples comments?
@@RanTaoSama Nah, but i often scroll through them while i watch the vids, as they give me a chuckle while not much visual action is going on in the vids themselves
best comment so far 2020 :D
So glad to see a Jenny comment here!
Ahhh, so this is what happens when those scam E-mails become an actual person.
Good one!
Yep
@VeryPidgeon So you say he's like an onion and if we remove enough layers, we will find hints on, how to return the nigerian prince from ISS😂😂
We must return this Nigerian prince to his throne by matching his government money!
lol
Mechanical engineer saying his bike has 100% efficiency? What a load of crap. He isnt fit to teach 5th grade science if he thinks his (or any) real life mechanical machine can ever be 100% efficient.
I cringed a bit when I heard that too
You may want to look into the coefficient of performance of a very large heat exchanger area air conditioning system in certain conditions..
Yea that was bollocks
Made of steel frame ass. It would be carbon fiber at the very least to get near that efficiency
@@N4CR yeah thats not mechanical.
An electrical heater is also always 100% efficient
The producer has cherry-picked this guy. No question about that.
Duh, it’s a show, they accept people on to said show, they don’t want to waste their time with broken projects, or projects that don’t do anything, so of course they cherry pick
@@SourceCod33 You missed my point. They cherry picked this guy because he's NOT a good investment. That's my point. They picked him cause he's good TV. He's laughable.
@@Underhills I doubt the sharks would want to invest in all contestants every episode as well, it might be too much to invest at once with too much work/risk. Getting someone like him to just be made fun of on TV for like 15 minutes is great for them.
ventende this is what the whole show is about. It’s for our entertainment
@@SourceCod33 He's the William Hung of investors.
"I can't afford a plane ticket to Australia, and for that reason, I'm out." -Barbara
Oh boy 😂😂
LOL
Jenny - Im not in so im out
Is Barbara the Jenny of AUS ?
@@AR00001 usa
Your telling me you can’t have a turbo charger in the Tour de France? I can’t believe this
Lol🤣
Turbo charger makes you work harder more efficient body building 100% risk free.
He would be better off inventing a cycle porta potty for the race
Not forgetting him being the only one in the entire tour, with that style of pedals.
due him not selling it till after the tour. to prevent competition from having a even playing field
im 99% sure they will break when you go uphill, as it requires torque/grip which that bike does not have. due the strange push/pull conversion to rotational force.
@@timtim2856 😂😂
I am pretty sure he didn't mean THAT bike would be in the Tour De France, but a bike with his cranks. But that style of cranks has been introduced before. They are NOT more efficient. They are less efficient. And the UCI would never allow a bike with weird cranks like that anyway.
@Cas link?
@@SwiftGQ What link? Cas is referring to the original comment...from a bike YT...🤣🤣🤣
How AWESOME would it be to see THAT bike entered into the Tour though. No team, just that guy on his bike, laying back, bombing down mountains whizzing past everyone
He just found what he thought was a loophole to scam the government out of money and threw his best idea at it. I guarantee no more thought went into it than that
thus guy hadn't done his homework. He was just throwing the biggest names he could think of, in this case the Tour of France.
I would love to see this guy pitch in front of Kevin O'Leary. Lol
Instant “you’re dead to me” lol
Steve Howard hahaha , so true.. now I can’t help imagine that scene 😂🤣😂🤣
Jonathan Phillips Your pewnie, IM BIG. Your nothing lol Your dead to me
😝
“What’s to stop me from taking your idea, starting my own company, and crushing you like the cockroach you are?”
“I’m not even in this show and for that reason I’m out”
-Barbara
J J damn. i was thinking i might be able to escape these comments here
J J lmao
Copy
Barbara looks good in this episode
That's a line stolen from Jenny's UK dragons den.
If this engineer was one of my employees and I saw this, I would call into question every calculation he's done for me.
Not very macho man of you
It’s 2020 and I haven’t seen a single fkn one of those bikes.
Its cos its fkn 2020
No it cause it invisible idiot
And you never will see one of these ridiculous bikes.
Same.
Hahahaha. A hope and a prayer.
He is a billionaire inside his mind.
It's 2020, I wonder what he's doing with his billions
Hahahaha right!
One thing is for sure, he's pretty salty about the whole thing : www.linkedin.com/pulse/shark-tank-pig-richard-ploszaj?trk=portfolio_article-card_title
The bikes have replaced all other vehicles my city
Scamming others
He said by the end, give him some time dude! Don't be a pushover!
This guy thinks he’s coming for a bank loan 😂
Technically Shark Tank is a loaning company
Its not a loan if you can loose what u invest or make more from it
dolfijn 94 ummm no that’s exactly what a business loan is idiot. You start a business and you can take a loan out from your bank and if your business doesn’t go bankrupt you payback more than what they have and if you do go bankrupt they lose money. That’s literally how a loan works. It’s a risk. It’s just here the way to pay back is with shares of the company instead of money.
@@bulldozer8950 no because even if you do go bankrupt, you have to repay the loan unless it's filed under the business if it's a plc or ltd. Investing is not a loan.
Freshtaa R I’m out 5 billions $ is too much for mi to handle for that reason I’m out
I wish i believed in myself as much as he believes in his company.
You CAN.
Just fully embrace magical thinking,and stop letting that pesky reality get you down.
Lmaoo mood
this was not a scam, this man was delusional, he does not understand how finance works, how the tour de france works, and maybe not even how pedals work. His pump action pedal is no more efficient than a traditional pedal. Yes it has more leverage, but leverage merely generates the same amount of force over a longer time. So there is no power advantage over a traditional pedal arrangement. You get more go for every pumping cycle, but every pump cycle takes longer. There is a still the up and down motion of the feet.
Not understanding the basics make him a really bad engineer.
And the fact that you have to push and pull back the whole time instead of circular motion
But he has ample experience riding his bike.
Mate it’s a scam😂
When someone starts the pitch with:
"100% secure, risk free"
It's a SCAM
I edited this comment and you'll never know why it got so many likes. Your welcome
LMAO
sharks are i australia not america
ok
there are most definitely sharks in America you ignorant twat
it's a copy because it is a franchise. lol. It is licenced and must confirm as any franchise does.
@@carsonp3389 zoos, hawaii and 100 miles off of the shore dont count... btw your name sounds like something straight out of harry potter
"The bicycle hasn't changed for 200 years" Has this guy never actually seen a bicycle before?
A similar design bike was sold in Australia well before i was born it didn't work then.
@Fist Finger crying, best comment on here
Man I'm small as fuck, I probably wouldn't have even been able to reach the pedals on one of those old bikes XD
If im not wrong..
In order to turn the first bicycle.
You had to stop, turn and then continue,
Bikes havent even been around that long. Its only til like 1880 the first chain driven bike was made. Before that was some weird bike you rode by pushing on the ground and the penny farthing bikes with the huge front wheel which really isnt a traditional bicycle
He says more impossible things before breakfast than most people say in their entire lives.
They wouldn’t serve him at that restaurant
I think this same guy works at the “IRS” and calls me every day to pay my taxes.
Customer service here, you have to pay your bills. Please send money to verylegitinottechscammerhahagobrrrr@youaregettingscammed.com
@@denassyl5346 sent
Rio Vesay he calls me too.
Someone calls you to pay your taxes? Hell, if they pay my taxes, they can call me twice a day!
Hahaha..I really laughed..
I think we found the Nigerian prince who needs help moving his money from the Cayman Islands
Hahaha
Best comment ever 🤣
i heard they still trying to rescue that Astronaut that's been floating about in space for last 25 years too :P
The moment when he said risk free
Within 5 sec mark cube said I am out
I wish this was US Shark Tank, Cuban would of absolutely ripped him a new one
Cth Justin shark tank usa is a pile of crap..and mark cuban is another pile of crap
@@elephantsong7782 🤣🤣🤣 mark Cuban wipes his ass with more money then ak the assuie sharks will ever see. Fuck outta here.
Charles Xavier it’s better than any other version
Deborah on the UK version would've lectured him about how you cannot lie to investors by making false promises. It's interesting I often think Deborah and Mark have similar views on things but Mark is way more polite about it unless someone gets his back up.
"enhanced comfort, safety."
"It also has a turbocharger.."
I imagine little Johnny hits the turbocharger, flys into oncoming traffic and gets splattered by a semi.
That was fun to imagine. Thanks
Nah dawg, shits risk free
"This bike will win the 100 metres freestyle in the Olympics."
It has Turbo Lol. Fucking he'll that's cheating
Lmao
"This bike will win High jump golden medal at the olympics"
Paralympics you mean?
Russia: Where I send the money?
I automatically hate anyone using the description “risk free” in anything.
Unless it's the game risk and I'm getting it for free.😊😂
You post "IS" completely risk free.
No investment is risk free
Yeah, the only place that word can be used is in the Australian property market where the government will literally step in and prevent investors from falling on their arse when the market is set to crash (like they did during covid)
When someone says risk free just remember the dynamics of language mean all they're saying is it's risk free for them.
If Mark Cuban was here, he’d probably make this dude cry lol
He'd probably buy one of those pedal things lol.
@@jason5674 To throw at the dude? Or to just break it to pieces in front of him? Lmao
Dillon Brunschon kevin is fat though
UPDATE: The sharks messed up BIG on this one. In the 6 years since this aired, Troppo Bicycle has gone on to generate over $14 TRILLION in profits and Richard himself has won the Tour de France a record-breaking 78 times. Incredible.
Living the dream riding on the beaches 😊
The sarcasm is strong in this, love it
I almost believed you, when i saw the trillion i got the sarcasm
Risk free!
Wow thank you for sharing this update. This man is truely a legend living among us
Waiting for him to say how the bike will also cure any and all cancer.
How do u know it won’t?
@@kynt9896 Because it's a fucking bike
He should have led with that. A cancer curing bike would be worth billions.
Ass cancer!
Maybe this guy is that Nigerian Prince I've been hearing James Vich talk about.
James vich is the biggest fucking fake ass showman out there
I thought you tried to spell James veitch
Lol. Maybe he knows my long lost dead uncle Alberts lawyers, too
@@D3FKONMusik123 he might be fake, but lots of people (me included) think he is funny, so does it really matter if its fake?
NO HE IS A WHITE PRINCE AS YOU CAN SEE. THE WHITES STARTED THE GAME OF SCAM ARMED WITH BIBLES AND FIREARMS.
Cost of bicycle - $2,600
Selling price - $2,600
In conclusion, the company gonna be worth $5 billions.
This guy should be arrested. LOL
For?
To be fair the cost of production would go way down with an investment
he is such a scammer he didnt even want to reveal the actual price it cost him
How did this guy even find the set
Them: 5 billion dollars by 2020
Me in 2020: 👁👄👁
I mean, he sold 20 bikes already. Produced for 2600 dollar, sold for 2600 dollar- Pure profit
Nah, it's 2021
@@transee7912 *2022
Cuz he retired and now spending time counting billions..
Did this man just say it has a turbocharger
@Corality it actually has a turbo its a pretty fucking sick bike but more for novelty it has little to no practical use
Striker Productions ^^^^ this idiot one hundred percent bought one 😂😂
@@isaiaheltrapo9172 why not selective receiver
Get at em, Ron.
@@strikerprod7955 how in the shitfuck does one pop a turbo in a pedal bike
I just looked up the word delusional and saw this guys picture there.
Funny.. i was looking for clown and he showed up there too !
@Bikram Chhetri you ruined it bikram
I tried it just then and I didn't see it so either it's taken down or you're delusional.
As a Mech Engineer, am so embarrassed.
A career like Mech refines you into a good thinker and problem solver with damn limited resources and impossible targets.
Enough to make it all delusional. But hey, we achieve it not this way
Common man
I was once there. Conception, drive to realisation.
Environment see you wasting time and resources on something then u know inwardly it's worth billions.
Getting people to invest in ur idea is a different ball game.
They think little in ur area, your product so you give them little, hide new things and speak their language, real figures
These Sharks are much more polite than their American counterparts.
I think on the UK Dragons Den he'd have got a bit of a telling off.
It’s not doing this guy a favor to be polite and acting like they considered the investment, but it wasn’t their cup of tea. They need to tell him to see a shrink.
Australians are more polite than muricans in general
Probably because the UK comes from a parliamentary democracy under a constitutional monarchy where as America is a capitalistic democracy. Americans understand the freedom that comes with capitalism and so Im sure that understanding leaves very little patience for stupidity. MURICA
@@kavatractionmeditationstud2825 Capitalism was invented by British economist Adam Smith. It's not unique to America at all. During the 19th century Britain was so capitalistic, it wouldn't even do anything about massive famines in its colonies because they didn't believe in interfering with the market. Don't assume capitalism is unique to America because it most certainly isn't.
"I'm a mechanical engineer", proceeds to call something 100% efficient
The way he think is called "Toxic of Positivity". It happens when someone keep being positive on their failures with no ending until that someone dies in failures. It's very dangerous.
Yeah man that guy is crazy. That’s why I like to be toxic of negativity.
Pew pew lol
toxic positivity is something totally different but yea
He’s like a real like tech support scammer😂 “100% secure” “risk free”
And 100% efficient
Kitboga will turn into Edna and catch him out!
When he said “I’m looking for a 5 million dollar investment” Jenny already knew she was out
lool just like someone in Dragon's den
Who is jenny?
@@deathifight7408 I just got into this but apparently, Jenny was on a similar British show called Dragon's Den and she's known for getting out of any business that came on the show.
Janine?
She wasn't even invited in shark tank yet she's already out.
"The bicycle has not changed for 200 years"
LMAO what? Bicycles have changed a lot in the last 40 years. 100 years ago was around when the first single gear safety bikes were invented. 200 years ago was like... when the safety bike-like velocipede was invented, with no pedals.
It cost him 2600 to make the bike then he sold them for 2600 profit 0 😂😂 yep billionaire status bruh
deflow a bike does not cost $2600 dollars, he is delusional
Hakman Tim some bikes go up to 10000-12000 dollars Walmart and target bikes are not pro bikes so yeah I can see why you e never seen a real bike with real value to it
What you missed is that he puts the 2600$ (x 20 bikes) into a government fund , which matches it dollar for dollar. At any given point in time he withdraws his 52,000$ , and has 52,000$ from the government. Its all very risk free and 100% guaranteed.
( x 1000 by 2020 after winning the tour of france , he makes $52 million. You didn't ask me for the figures, but I gave it to you anyway )
@@ashifvelji1632 the bikes don't qualify to even make it there 🤦♂️🤦♂️ but he can keep dreaming
@@HakmanTim you obviously know nothing about real bikes lol my buddy has 2 in his garage he rides 30 miles a day on that combined cost him about 8000
When someone says the bicycle has not changed in 100 years. It's a scam.
Russell Carlile What if he says... it hasnt changed in 200 years?? !(0o0)!
Tour de France is just like any other sporting event. The equipment is all standardized.
This guy's basically trying to sell an F1 car to Nascar, or flippers to Olympic swimming lol
He’s just funny! Delusional.
“The bicycle has not changed in 200 years”
Motorcycles: Am i a joke to you?
@Selim Mašić bicycle with a motor and engine
@Selim Mašić wow you sound like you’re fun at parties
@Selim Mašić If that's how you respond to a simple harmless comment, then I guess you were used to social distancing at these "parties" long before this pandemic began.
Even ignoring the motorcycle, it's still not true. While the first thing that could be considered a bicycle was the "Draisine" or "Laufmaschine" invented in 1817 by Baron Karl von Drais, the modern bicycle is far more closely related to the "safety bicycle" which was invented in the 1880s.
The poor, poor man. He has lived his entire life with people laughing at him. You know this isn't the first time.
This guy:
*Im gonna do whats called a pro gamer move*
[Mission Failed]
Jasper L. Ferini we’ll get em next time
I used to be a gamer like you, but then I took an arrow to the knee.
million, billion, trillion, whatever ion, lol
Might as well just make up a number.
Squadrillion.
Lol
@@BeczaBot Or pentillion
@@BeczaBot Scamillion
@@BeczaBot that’s a million to the power of how many people are currently in your squad
Update: Richard Ploszaj now has a net worth of 20 billion dollars, exceeding even his own valuation of his bicycle company. Nearly every person in the world owns one his bikes, including the most recent Tour De France winner Tadej Pogačar who using it demolished all previous records.
no? he just dissappeared and did not even reach 5 billion what r u talking about
@@tongtomg5909 sarcasm is a lost art nowadays, eh?
@@tongtomg5909 you're not too far from being Richard Ploszaj with that 100% efficient thinking
Can confirm I have 5
32.6 billion now. These sharks really screwed up
But guys, he has a UA-cam presentation!!
I'll be honest, that pedal design is actually very innovative and looks efficient but that sales pitch just murdered any chance of it going anywhere in future.
also, based on the physics principles of levers, it probably really works to improve the efficiency.
Actually it is a very old design.
MrBerg4ever check out train wheels...
I remember bikes that looked like that in the early 80's.
but also he said he made only 20 sales with essentially zero profit on each bike.....so yea.
I would have paid money to see Mr Wonderfull tear his ass apart in 20 seconds :D
bReAtH same ! I thought the same
I wish this was the US version. Imagine Mark and Kevin reacting to this guy 🤣🤣
But would you pay $5mil 100% risk free though?
I'd like to see Deborah from Dragon's Den tear him apart too. Either Kevin or Deborah would've been so brutal.
When he say "it's gonna be the fastest speed bike in..." My brain was think ...in the world...but then he says neighborhood, i lose it😂
He sounds like a tech scammer with everything he's saying LOL.
He sounds like a bad Mario impersonation.
@@johnmilo6688 that Indian accent 😂
I agree and for that reason, I'm out. 🤣
He guarantees you will get each and every of your monies back
He seems like the guy that uploads these free energy perpetuum mobile videos on youtube 🤣
"It cost me $2,600 to make, and I sold it for.....$2,600" - see, that's how you make $5BN of profits in 5 years!!!😂😂😂😂
MaxM888 Kevin and Mark on the US version would have just told him to gtfo and stop waisting their time if they heard that
Valeria wasting*
$2'600 to make, sell for $5'000'002'600 to make a five billion profit easily 😂
To be fair he had only made and sold 20 of them, you get a lot of savings on manufacture when you are making in bulk.
I mean, the fact that he simply chose to make 20 bikes and then sell them at cost to test the market really isn't that big of a deal. If he, as a random engineer self building these things, can make them for $2,600 and get someone to pay $2,600...then a business expert can very likely find ways to produce them for a lot less and sell them for a lot more.
It's just...everything else he's saying that makes him ripe for the looney bin.
Honestly wish they weren’t so nice to him for once. If anyone ever deserved to be chewed out on this show it’s him lol
ua-cam.com/video/ZpKj8LIBn5k/v-deo.html This despicable scammer deserved it way more, yet she got an investment!!
I think either they were understanding that he was delusional and were trying to be kind, they were genuinely curious about how far the delusion went, or they were stupid enough to think it was legit
Alex Nicoles I can understand that but they really shoulda done him a favor and knocked some sense into him
Pataganja agreed! I was just saying those are possible reasons they didn’t. Besides, if he was delusional then nothing they said would have helped
“This bike will make your legs stronger, faster, longer, tanner, more leg-like, and able to pedal 1-second into the future”
"the bike hasn't changed in 200 years". Rides out on PeeWee Herman bike
What's wrong with PeeWee Herman?! ...oh, right.
If he compares bikes from 200 years ago to now, he would notice a massive change lol
Perfect!
🤣
Loved that sarcastic
"Does it feel like 5 billion dollars mate?"
Comment 😂
Lol “then will win the Tour de France” as if this thing isn’t a walking UCI violation
Rolling*
Nathan Robins hah !
Richie Porte may get through stage 9 of the Tour with one of these
@@nathr94 gosh darn it. I actually laughed out loud at that. Got me good with that one.
As a professional cyclist, this man knows NOTHING of the UCI and how stringent its rules are for what's allowable in competition. Something like this will never, ever be allowable in a UCI-sanctioned race. Ever.
You rack riciprine
But is better?
We're nearing 2020. I wanna know how many billions he made😂
Edit: it's already 2020!
Same here
I wanna know if he even made it to Tour de France 🇫🇷 😂
Troppo Bicycles is no longer a registered entity as of February 2019.
@@saturnGEEK lol
@jb-lone They're based on an existing design by multiple companies globally. Nothing new here, as the sharks clearly pointed out.
You know it’s serious when one of em takes their glasses off ☠️
“There’s a term for that! It’s called ‘Fraud!’”
Ah, satisfaction.
He said end of 2020, still got a couple of weeks. Give him a break!
Failed
It's now 2021....where is the $5 billion ....🤣
@@stevehoward3049 legend says, he blew it all in Vegas in one night
If you type in "Mechanical engineer invents 7 billion dollar bike" you will see that he did make his money claims and much more. All before 2020.
@@reggieglubber5420 no he didn’t
"This is the safest most comfortable bike ever"
"It also has a turbo charger for burst speed"
LOOOL
“The fastest bike in the neighborhood”
@@Habubasaur The Way He Said That Made Me Spit Out My Drink Hahaha!
Love From India :)
Yeah i wana hear more about the turbocharger
😂😂😂😂😂😂
Imagine if he brought this pitch to “shark tank” in the US. he would’ve been destroyed by all of them. These investors were so soft on him
This is shark tank 😂
TheGamingReptile lmao I meant the one in the US. I would love to see Kevin’s face when meeting this guy
Or dragon's den!
The invention itself looks awesome, but the bicycle he's put it on and his whole presentation was ridiculous.
The numbers was the most ridiculous thing. 5billion in 4 years. Hahahaha. He'd be the first business t
in history to make that in 4 years
Shem Kigen No he wouldn’t be...but it’s incredibly rare.
It's a pedaling bike. He mentioned it has a turbo. How the fuck does a pedaling bike that YOU have to pedal have a turbo? It's just a stupid ass looking bike that isn't worth 2,600k it's just a bike with different pedal style.
@@crazyshit8 how about you pay attention before running your mouth. The pedal builds on momentum without extra effort like a regular pedal. Good invention horrible business man
"The traditional bicycle is obsolete"
Well...it gets me to the grocery store and to class well enough. And if that becomes "not good enough," I can get a moped or a motorized bicycle.
Also how is biking "with less effort" also "better exercise?"
You asked for numbers?
I’m giving you the numbers 😂😂😂😂😂😁 what a blast!
This man: if all bikes now are replaced with my bikes, i make 5 billion dollars
But he has to invest 5 billion dollars since he sold this for 2600 dollars and paid 2600 dollars to make them
Well near 6:40 he says he just needs to sell 5 percent of the worlds bike purchases in a year to make that
He's like a child using business terms that he really doesn't understand
@O M he certainly needs to watch his microaggressions
He sounds like Trump talking about tariffs.
@@pcprinciple3774 ikr! he kept telling ppl to let him finish, they were like wtf haha. and the brunette lady in the middle was so polite when he told her to wait lol
The line between "over-confident" and "fraudulent" statements can be a fine one . . . but this guy definitely crossed it AGES ago.
Just came from Dragon’s Den binge. My eyes bugged when I heard someone asking for more than £100,000.
British pound is worth a lot more than Australian dollar
also ive been watching a lot of dragon den clips and often hear pitches for 150k pounds even 125 or 175 even one knob had the audacity to ask for 250,000 pounds
@@isaacbarco7120 That may be, but it's not that large a difference.
@@infiniteshay8660 it is 1 Australian Dollar is 0.56 Great British Pound so it is nearly half the value
@@isaacbarco7120 Okay so we're looking at 2.5 million British pounds. That's still way more than what gets typically asked for on Dragon's Den.
"Five million for a 49 percent stake"
"Risk free"
Pick one.
IM IN.
I mean its a ponzi scheme... because it means someone has basically already 'invested' five million because theyve insured a investment of five million, likely against the value of the company. So in essence its just passing the risk down the line, like a ponzi scheme.
Doesn't matter, but this bike wouldn't even be allowed in the Tour De France.
StormCrowYo the bike isn’t what he’s pitching he’s pitching a new type of peddle
@@Hdoggy447 and the Tour wouldn't allow it. They have BEYOND strict guidelines, and this "inventor" made the claim that it would win the Tour. Again, the design wouldn't be allowed in.
@@citisoccer even if it was allowed in if it gave such an advantage it would get banned anyway 😂
StormCrowYo exactly, must have bribed someone 5million to change the rules?😂
When you order something of wish from reading the brilliant description 😂
Any time someone says "risk-free" in a pitch, I worry.
I think this guy's been smoking stuff at the wrong kind of den
On ya bike grandad.
He’s a few days away from being a billionaire 😂
He probably dead from COVID-19.
Dark Amyntas : Even though he’s scammer or hasn’t been a billionaire yet, you have no rights to say that to him!
Look back to yourself first!
Lol
It’s simply amazing how some people have this sense of conviction that if they say something a certain way with confidence then its true. Logic and Truth doesn’t matter.
He sells his bike at cost price. How on earth is his company gg to be valued at $5billion down the road. 100% delusional.
Did he say turbo charger on a bicycle,
v8 turbocharged bicycle
Homer Simpson
"In this house we obey the laws of thermodynamics!"
"Our take from that would actually be 2.5 billion." love that dry wit lol
Wow when I heard he said 5 million for 49 % and risk free I thought scam
Oh man, when he started with the 12 months deposited in the bank and withdraw anytime I knew exactly what he was trying to pull. It's a shame he can design innovative equipment but can't design reoccurring legal financial revenue.
Not innovative. This is an old idea.
"I dont ride bikes and for that reason I'm out"- Barbara
Jenny: she's out so im out too.
Barbara rides bikes naked withou the seat.
But she did invest in designer bicycles in shark tank nd she does spend her weekends riding bikes with her family
“This bicycle will go 100% faster than a Tesla Roadster, and be the best boat in the neighborhood”
By 2022 it will go faster than a 747. By 2023, it’ll surpass a Concorde.
So he sold the bikes for literally the same amount of money he spent making them. He's a terrible businessman.
I'd go for it; the guy is clearly a wizard with a 100% efficient bicycle.
It takes less effort but it’s also more exercise. Last I checked you can’t exercise without effort...
But I think his point is with less effort it will make you do more
The pedals are actually awesome, but the dude is such a "good salesman" that he's sold himself out of a sale
Yeah, his product was good, but he didn't know how numbers work, so