Simon notes this benchmark is win-win, since he loves pictures of pelicans riding bicycles — if they spend time benchmaxxing it’s like free pelicans for him.

He originally promised to generate a bunch more animals when we got a “good” pelican. This is not a good pelican. This is an OUTSTANDING pelican, a great bicycle, and it even has a little sun ray over the ocean marked out. I’d like to see more animals please Simon!

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hnuser123456 3 hours ago | parent | next [-]

It is visually outstanding. The only thing that sticks out to me is that the steering column bends out forwards towards the ground (negative trail), which would make it oversteer rather than self-stabilize. Interestingly there's a slight positive trail bend in the second one, though.

	▲	ManuelKiessling an hour ago \| parent [-]
		> the steering column bends out forwards towards the ground It’s really fascinating in a way because I would have thought that this would be one of the least difficult parts of the challenge.

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romanhn 3 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

Agreed, good is quite an understatement. Every item is drawn superbly, and the basket with the fish is just great. Feels like a big jump over the other models (though granted, this is such a known "benchmark" by now, it's likely gamed to some extent).

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alterom 3 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

> a great bicycle

It's not. Sorry.

Go look at some real bicycles for reference.

	▲	sdenton4 3 hours ago \| parent \| next [-]
		This is a very reasonable drawing of a bicycle. It has a solid rear triangle, and forward swept front fork, which is an important detail for actually being able to steer the bike. The drivetrain is single speed, but that's fine, and the wheels are radially laced, which is also fine: both of those simplified details are things which occur in real bicycles.
	▲	losthubble 3 hours ago \| parent \| prev \| next [-]
		What part is missing? It appears to have all the core parts of a bicycle to me?
	▲	romanhn 3 hours ago \| parent \| prev [-]
		A better comparison would be the monstrosities generated by older models.