UNO - a Unicycle-segway-motorcycle hybrid

[Number One]

Check this out....

http://i.gizmodo.com/384074/uno-a-unicycle+motorbike+segway-hybrid

Yes I tried to find it in search and couldn't - sorry if a repost but you will all get over it in time..eh?! :laugh:

[Slyer]

Pretty awesome!

[Grizzo]

What th...but...the...what about....only.:Oops::eek5:

[Nasty]

way cool ... I wanna new toy!!!

[GOONR]

Wicked, I want!

[oldguy]

This one looked cool, till it all went custard at the end of this clip.


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[Slyer]

Oh for fucks sakes no safety gear.
What did they think was going to happen?
Did it have to be a V8?

[Number One]

I found it interesting that we didn't see it go around any corners. ALSO you would want grunty soled shoes!!!

Looked really unstable and btw did they have to leave all that blurry grass action on the end?

OUCH

[Burtha]

when you can do it with one?

[Cheshire Cat]

eeehehehehehehehe!.....:eek5: weird.

[DarkLord]

Wheelies would be interesting.....

[Burtha]

Wheelies would be interesting.....

I didnt think of that - my widdle brain is short circuiting trying to figure that one out ... :crazy:

[Anarkist]

Would you not just be instantly thrown backward as soon as you accelerated?

[Dealer]

Would you not just be instantly thrown backward as soon as you accelerated?

Maybe its like a segway?

[Macros]

Would you not just be instantly thrown backward as soon as you accelerated?

probably have to keep your weight forward like on a unicycle.

[Laxi]

probably have to keep your weight forward like on a unicycle.

bugger that! you'd be doing stoppies on your helmet:crazy:

[munterk6]

there's always one isn't there :whistle:

[MarkH]

Here's a better one:
http://sacredwiki.org/index.php5/Sacred_2:Mobiculum

[Grizzo]

Wheelies would be interesting.....
Yeah but stoppies would be better:sweatdrop

[Riding LockedDown]

I loled at that hahaha.

[bogan]

the seating position looks none to fun to go over bumps with :pinch:

[cave weta]

Photoshopped the analytical side of your brains out - hasnt it!?

[Lurch]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TSlsCjVdFBI

This one is the winner.

But he gets seriously f*ed up in this following vid!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K4YmVP6i4qw&feature=related

Oh and the originally posted bike isn't a photoshop, you can see it here:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H6f2473Rw0o&feature=related

I suspect it's a Segway style of electric vehicle as was suggested earlier.

[bogan]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TSlsCjVdFBI

This one is the winner.

But he gets seriously f*ed up in this following vid!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K4YmVP6i4qw&feature=related

holy shit, that is awesome, i didnt know anyone had actually made one of those. I wanna see him jam the brakes on and go right round

as for the first bike, heres a utube of it (stills) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H6f2473Rw0o&feature=related and it has two wheels anyway, just very close side by side. Not sure if its all just shopped though, seems like a lot of effort to go to

[short-circuit]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TSlsCjVdFBI

This one is the winner.

But he gets seriously f*ed up in this following vid!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K4YmVP6i4qw&feature=related

Oh and the originally posted bike isn't a photoshop, you can see it here:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H6f2473Rw0o&feature=related

I suspect it's a Segway style of electric vehicle as was suggested earlier.

Great bin that second clip. Loved it

[bogan]

Great bin that second clip. Loved it

now would that be classified as a V8 monowheel tankslapper? cos theres no shame in hitting the pavement from that

[Thunder 8]

:blink:Unreal what some people build. Awesome amount of work must have gone into this........unfortunately not such an awesome end.:shit:

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[CookMySock]

I cant believe that idiot riding an obviously dangerous piece of claptrap around with bare arms like he is some sort of american hero chopper pilot, WTF?

Grow a fucking brain I reckon.

Steve

[short-circuit]

I cant believe that idiot riding an obviously dangerous piece of claptrap around with bare arms like he is some sort of american hero chopper pilot, WTF?

Grow a fucking brain I reckon.

Steve

You though this thread was about you or a Hyobung eh?

[Thunder 8]

I cant believe that idiot riding an obviously dangerous piece of claptrap around with bare arms like he is some sort of american hero chopper pilot, WTF?

Grow a fucking brain I reckon.

Steve
Yea was pretty out there i reckon.:no:

[phaedrus01]

I kepy waiting for the carnage pic at the end,
Whats up with the feet down riding style, is it not stable or something, if it isn't don't ride it, and if it is, tuck your feet in munter. And yeah what dangerousbastard said.

[ready4whatever]

For a wheelie you'd need to get the wheel spinning instantly with the push and pull force being equal and balanced. How to turn is the question?

[Ixion]

That is way cool!. Where can you get them?

[chef]

Would you not just be instantly thrown backward as soon as you accelerated?

exactly....

[grusomhat]

http://i1.sinaimg.cn/IT/ul/2008/0501/U1235P2DT20080501091638.jpg

http://www.treehugger.com/files/2008/05/electric_uno_bike.php

"Riders lean forward to accelerate" So no, you won't tip back.

[Pedrostt500]

So where is the off road version?.

[red675]

may be a repost but this could feature in a Top 10 list if I could just figure out which one

[chef]

yeah re post. so weired how it works couldnt think it being possible

[3lemental]

I'd assume it has some sort of stabilising mechanism like a Segway, keeping forward-back position of the bike central. Obviously left-right movement would be the rider's issue. It could turn out to be quite a powerful and useful design with a lot less weight (no swingarm, only one shock absorber etc) if the balancing mechanism worked well enough and was cheap to produce. Imagine a literbike with about 30-40 kilos stripped out!!

[hospitalfood]

it will never fly, to hard to wheelie!

[Dare]

it will never fly, to hard to wheelie!

Au contraire, it never stops :rockon: