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Build Your Own Monowheel

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the need-something-quelled dept.

glengineer writes "Just when you thought it was safe to buy a Segway, Popular Sci has an article on the Monster Monowheel, an 1,100 pound single wheel 'scooter'. From the article: '...works on the hamster-in-a-wheel principle: Move a wheel's center of gravity forward and the wheel turns.' It has an 80cc four-stroke Honda scooter engine and 80 pounds of lead for ballast. Scary part: the driver's seat is in the very front, and the seat scrapes the ground when braking really hard." The builder's website is theriotwheel.com.

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  1. More of a Shelbyville idea... by Digitus1337 · · Score: 0, Redundant

    What's that name? Monowheel! Say it again, Monowheel!

  2. Re:that heavy? by dsheeks · · Score: 0, Redundant

    Who wants to be sitting in front of an 1,100 pound wheel when it hits something (like a wall; even at "only" 25 MPH)? For the 55+ MPH version, I can just imagine hitting the brakes hard and having the wheel roll right over you. Didn't I see that happen to the Coyote once on the Road Runner show?