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Honda's new "One Wheeler"

DufferDuffer Posts: 374
edited 2009-09-24 10:33 in General Discussion
This little baby looks like it would be fun to ride!

http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/24/hondas-u3-x-personal-mobility-device-is-the-segway-of-unicycles/

Duffer

Comments

  • waltcwaltc Posts: 158
    edited 2009-09-24 06:09
    This is a gas!!

    I'm sorry but that unicycle is nothing but a Rascal for normal folks too lazy to walk and a humor magnet for the rest of us.

    And yeah all the model needs to complete her image is a clown suit and some circus music.

    But the real humor will start with some 250lb'er sits on and it gets stuck where it doesn't belong or just outright crushes it.
  • LoopyBytelooseLoopyByteloose Posts: 12,537
    edited 2009-09-24 06:48
    This confirms what I've long suspected. Toys just keep getting better as one keeps getting too old for them.

    I'd rather have one than a wheel chair - if the price was right.

    I have had a unicycle and while they are great on flat level ground, any hill soon becomes a formula for disaster - no brakes but you legs.

    Does this thing have to keep moving to stay upright? If so, that is a huge drawback. 3 or 4 wheels not only allow one to move, but to stand still. Even Segway suffers from that drawback to some extent.

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    Post Edited (Loopy Byteloose) : 9/24/2009 6:53:38 AM GMT
  • UnknownUnknown
    edited 2009-09-24 10:33
    I think this concept would be a great assistant to those with physical disabilities.

    I would like to see how the design handles bumps and I think it may need handles and would it stay upright when you are low on power?· It looks like a good design overall.


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