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I Cheated At Cycling By Using An Exoskeleton

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What to study

Expectation Violation

Cyclists measure effort in watts, and 1000W is a big sprint for most riders. Here it's pointing at a motor strapped to a rider's hip, glowing red. 'I Cheated' plays it as a guilty joke, so you click to see how much it really helps.

How the packaging works
Title

'Cheated' turns a sponsored gadget test into a confession, and 'Exoskeleton' is a sci-fi word most viewers have never seen near a road bike.

Thumbnail

The red glow outlines the exoskeleton against black shorts so it reads at feed size, and BIONIC LEGS says in two plain words what the strange device does.

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When your subject is a strange new tool, show it in use, close up, with an outline that separates it from the background. Give it a plain two-word name and one number your audience already understands.

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The transferable lesson

Make the strange tool glow, name it plainly, add one number.

NicheGeneral SportsGeneral Technology
Click driverExpectation ViolationScale & Specificity
Visual signalSupporting TextArrowUnusual ObjectBlurred BackgroundPhotographyNo faceHeadline Text
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