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Self-Balancing Unicycle

ercoerco Posts: 20,259
edited 2013-01-11 17:39 in General Discussion
I know Ken prefers the old-school version, but if anybody else has $1800 burning a hole in their pocket...

http://focusdesigns.com/buy

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  • Martin_HMartin_H Posts: 4,051
    edited 2013-01-10 10:27
    erco wrote: »
    I know Ken prefers the old-school version, but if anybody else has $1800 burning a hole in their pocket...

    Seeing that I suddenly don't feel so bad about the money I've spent on my robotics hobby.
  • User NameUser Name Posts: 1,451
    edited 2013-01-10 15:46
    FWIW, every time I have a few thousand dollars burning a hole in my pocket, I buy another wing. Never found a more satisfying way to blow dough.
  • Ken GraceyKen Gracey Posts: 7,400
    edited 2013-01-10 20:10
    Another interesting find, but that thing is a wimpmobile in my book. You can buy a unicycle for $80 off of eBay and actually learn some muscle control and balance at the same time. This is a case where you don't need to blow dough to have a great time. Go old school. . . .

    What's the next find, erco? I'm waiting!
  • NWCCTVNWCCTV Posts: 3,629
    edited 2013-01-10 20:37
    Ken Gracey wrote: »
    but that thing is a wimpmobile in my book. You can buy a unicycle for $80 off of eBay and actually learn some muscle control and balance at the same time. Go old school. . . .
    !

    I agree. My grandaughter is 11 and has been able to ride a unicycle since she was 7. I was so impressed with what she was doing with her school unicycle that I bought her a real fancy one off EBay. It was a little more than $80.00 but WELL worth it to watch her on it!!!!!
  • ercoerco Posts: 20,259
    edited 2013-01-10 20:38
    Ken Gracey wrote: »
    What's the next find, erco? I'm waiting!

    Hmmm. Non-electronic, but today's erco-approved Ebay deals are:

    Spenco running shoe insoles, free Priority ship, $12.50 ($20 @Sport Chalet): http://www.ebay.com/itm/Spenco-Cross-Trainer-Insoles-Size-5-/190770508958?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item2c6acef49e

    A $12 parafoil kite: http://www.ebay.com/itm/200871566285?ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1438.l2649

    and Dr. Amy's real $3 stethoscope (as inspired by "Elmo Goes to the Doctor"): http://www.ebay.com/itm/140867097292
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  • localrogerlocalroger Posts: 3,452
    edited 2013-01-11 17:39
    One of the few physically challenging things I ever made myself do was learning to ride a conventional unicycle. I never did learn to hover, but I was able to make it all the way around the block, crawl up and down tilted curbs, and mount it without a wall or other support. When they found out my high school marching band laid it on thick how badly they wanted me for Mardi Gras parades but I told them flat out there was no way I had the endurance to stay on it for more than half an hour or so.

    Of course I destroyed the cheap unicycle that my parents bought me in the course of doing this; I had no real teacher and learned by the "if you fall try something else" method. (Buying it was a bit of a dare on their part, I think. I was a born nerd and I think they were astonished that I took any interest in something like that.) Like NWCCTV they bought me a nice Schwinn to celebrate my success.

    Nowadays I'd probably put myself in the hospital if I tried to ride that wheel again, though.
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