The taxation of bicycles is certainly not the biggest problem currently facing the Brazilian population. Nevertheless, what designers have been inspired to do by the enormously high tax rate for bikes is pretty ingenious. A horrendous 70 percent tax is added to the sales price of bicycles. According to a Brazilian resident in Switzerland, imported bikes can even be taxed at over 100 percent.
The situation is completely different for furniture. 12 percent tax is added to the sale of furniture. The Brazilian advertising agency Talent Marcel came up with a campaign to draw attention to this practice, which makes bicycles more expensive and hinders their distribution. The solution: the Outlaw Bike, or in other words, an armchair and a coffee table that can be transformed into a sporty bike in a few simple steps (ok, a few dozen steps). According to the inventors of the Outlaw Bike, it would only cost around a third as much when sold as a living room set as it would as a bicycle.
Unfortunately, the neat wooden bike in the video is only available as a prototype and there are no plans to put it into series production. Instead, the campaign aims to encourage Brazilians to take action against the anti-bike tax policy. It doesn't matter so much that it remains unclear how the Outlaw Bike will be braked. In any case, there are no corresponding attachments to be seen.