Halfords not seling these yet..?

[A100man]

surely missing an opportunity to cash in on the next illegal nuisance vehicle trend..

https://www.advrider.com/inmotion-v13-monowheel-may-top-80mph/
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[pepperami]

I’ll give them a miss
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[Fat Angry Scotsman]

Yeah.... not for me chief.
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[yen_powell]

Saw something similar on the cycle track in Cable Street last year when working one weekend.

Brilliant if you step out in front of them suddenly, I saw the rider nearly faceplant himself, it did not like an emergency stop.

That and the two cyclists crashing when they looked up in panic and saw we had the cycle path fenced off and dug up kept me cheery during the pandemic.
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[ThunderGuts]

Yeah stopping would be fun. Unsure how effectively they would corner too. Just bizarre. Sometimes just because someone comes up with an idea, doesn't make it a better one . . .
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reinventing the wheel
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[Nobby the Bastard]

AKA the 'Darwin'
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[Polarbear]

There's a bloke in my marina who runs around on a monowheeled thingy like this. Either hes very competant or it's easier than it looks because he stops, starts and manouevers without falling off the thing or even putting his feet down.

Still looks scary as fcuk though.
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[Easy-X]

Why it doesn't "make sense" to look at is it leverages an active unstable system versus the passive stable systems like wot most ppl are familiar with (a car or motorbike doesn't do anything wildly unpredictable if you take your hands of the wheel/handlebars.)

They started doing this with fighter jets like the F16 with fly-by-wire years ago. Electric goes and you're flying a brick, no gliding out a landing for you, flight lieutenant! The advantage is you can pull off some more audacious manoeuvres which is why someone skilled with this mono-bike or the previous Segway looks so impressive.
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[A100man]

[hellkat]

Yeah nahhhh.

I *wanna* be modern.
Be fun to have a go, if you could get the hang of it.
But I don't wanna ... uhhhh , yeah I just don't

I mean, its not like the C1 or anything, is it.
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[c_dug]

Saw a guy absolutely flying up the cycle lane alongside the A13 on one of these last week, kitted out in motorbike gear, I reckon he must have been doing 35-40mph.

I've been seeing the occasional one wheeler around the city for a few years now but this thing was another level speed wise.

If the range is decent it would make a nifty commuter for somebody skilled enough, he was near the A406, if he kept that speed up he'd be to Canary Wharf in 15 mins or so.
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[chickenstrip]

[colin1]

When I visited london I saw someone using something similar on the road. It looked fun but a normal e scooter is going to be more sensible.
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[A100man]

[grr666]

Looking forward to the day I see one of these ricochet off the side of my Transit.
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[M.C]

They're our evolutionary betters... https://www.reddit.com/r/Damnthatsinteresting/comments/tjaaqh/onewheeled_segway_rider_doing_40_mph/

[RhynoCZ]

That must be the most idiotic way of transportation that I've ever seen.
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[chickenstrip]

[Easy-X]

Digging into the specs of the mad monowheel cited as >80mph it has a 4,500W motor and 24Ah 126V battery. I used to run an eBike with a 1,500W motor and 12Ah 48V battery and got ~20 mile range out of it. If I were to have a stab at the monowheel's range you could at least hope for double that if run conservatively at city traffic speeds.

Biggest problem for me would be no seat. Would you fancy riding a dirt bike for 40 miles straight just standing on the pegs?
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[M.C]

[A100man]

[Jmoan]

[Fat Angry Scotsman]

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