a guy buzzed by me on the sidewalk..on a wheel! one wheel

vash · vash's Garage

i felt compelled to call to him and he stopped and showed it to me.

it was very cool looking, and he had the prerequisite safety gear. looks like a tough learning curve for sure. i have subpar balance abilities anyways. he showed me what it looked like at 30mph, and it look wild.

i was curious, and googled it. thankfully, it is expensive as hell!! what will they think of next?

Evans, Marv · 01-26-2022, 11:46 AM

That's super interesting. What was the cost range?

hcoles · 01-26-2022, 12:01 PM

One of these passed us in the bike lane the other day. Pretty much keeping up with traffic. They are fast.

Jims5543 · 12:06 PM

I see these all over the place here in FloRida.

Just looked - $1K to $2K each.

Nordwest · 01-26-2022, 12:05 PM

I've seen a few on local MTB trails. Pretty cool. One guy could hit all the gap jumps with style.

masraum · 01-26-2022, 12:05 PM

There are several one wheeled conveyances out there. The ones that I like the most look like what you've got above, because they remind me of the comic "BC"

The other one that I used to see in downtown Houston a fair amount is like this.

THis is why I like the one like what you've got in your post

Tishabet · 01-26-2022, 12:05 PM

I see people on the one wheel pretty regularly here in the Seattle area, not uncommon to see someone wearing a motorcycle full face helmet riding one on the street and keeping up with traffic. I remember the first time I saw that from my office window I stood up and watched the guy zoom by and was just amazed at his speed... Appeared to be a guy commuting on it as his daily.

vash · vash's Garage

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Originally Posted by Evans, Marv

That's super interesting. What was the cost range?

it costs $2500 ish...too rich for me to stuff into a closet.

Jims5543 · 01-26-2022, 12:23 PM

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Originally Posted by vash

it costs $2500 ish...too rich for me to stuff into a closet.

I can break my collarbone or shatter my elbow spending a lot less money.

vash · vash's Garage

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I can break my collarbone or shatter my elbow spending a lot less money.

hahahhaha..truth.

cantdrv55 · 01-26-2022, 12:31 PM

That’s a widow maker

Ayles · 01-26-2022, 12:35 PM

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Originally Posted by Tishabet

I see people on the one wheel pretty regularly here in the Seattle area, not uncommon to see someone wearing a motorcycle full face helmet riding one on the street and keeping up with traffic. I remember the first time I saw that from my office window I stood up and watched the guy zoom by and was just amazed at his speed... Appeared to be a guy commuting on it as his daily.

I concur, they are everywhere.

Interstingly, they seem to have a lot more longevity than the Segway. They were on the streets but for a very short time. The single wheel for quite a bit longer so far.

masraum · 01-26-2022, 12:46 PM

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Originally Posted by Ayles

I concur, they are everywhere.

Interstingly, they seem to have a lot more longevity than the Segway. They were on the streets but for a very short time. The single wheel for quite a bit longer so far.

Yep.

rwest · rwest's Garage

There is a dude that flys down the streets near me on a slightly smaller version of a single wheel between the legs- he’s all geared up and we like to joke that it’s not a man, but rather a cyborg- he will wave back, so he was programmed with AI

Best wait until COVID settles down so there will be hospital beds available before you buy one!

Seahawk · 01-26-2022, 01:24 PM

Snow boarders on wheels. Different can be as good or better.

I love this new stuff; when I was young I would have been all over this stuff like a loose ball in basketball practice.

I was born to late...my hip broke looking at the pictures.

flatbutt · 01-26-2022, 02:08 PM

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Originally Posted by Seahawk

Snow boarders on wheels. Different can be as good or better.

I love this new stuff; when I was young I would have been all over this stuff like a loose ball in basketball practice.

I was born to late...my hip broke looking at the pictures.

When I was that young, I was too broke to even pay attention!

masraum · 01-26-2022, 02:29 PM

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When I was that young, I was too broke to even pay attention!

Good one! I picture Rodney Dangerfield pitching that line.

Evans, Marv · 01-26-2022, 02:58 PM

I might be interested in one later on when they might be more common, refined, & lower in price. What's not to like about 30 mph & 70 miles per charge.

Man, I just noticed I passed 8K posts. I've got to find a life.

fintstone · fintstone's Garage

They already have something suitable for the OT crowd:

Jeff Higgins · 01-26-2022, 03:31 PM

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Originally Posted by Ayles

I concur, they are everywhere.

Interstingly, they seem to have a lot more longevity than the Segway. They were on the streets but for a very short time. The single wheel for quite a bit longer so far.

No kidding, you can't swing a dead cat around here without hitting someone on one variety of these or another. I have to wonder if we are kind of like we are with Teslas, where we have more per capita than anywhere else.

Oh, and the Sedgeway - are the airport load/unload zone cops still on them? About the only place I ever saw one in real life.