02GF74
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| posted on 20/9/06 at 09:50 AM |
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Who's ever heard of a dicycle?
no, not a spelling mistake - I do mean dicycle or a diwheel?
according to designer (Belgium) top speedd is 116 mph).
wonder if it would get through SVA?
[Edited on 20/9/06 by 02GF74]
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graememk
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| posted on 20/9/06 at 09:55 AM |
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how would you stop ?
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graememk
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| posted on 20/9/06 at 10:01 AM |
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again, how would you stop ?
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graememk
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| posted on 20/9/06 at 10:07 AM |
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if you pulled on the brakes you'd just spin around with the wheel
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nitram38
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| posted on 20/9/06 at 10:08 AM |
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I am pretty sure than the motorcycle one has been involved in a loop the loop of the driver before!
I would prefer to slide rather than flip!!!
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nitram38
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| posted on 20/9/06 at 10:19 AM |
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Except in an emergency
Sometimes other drivers shorten our braking distance for us
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graememk
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| posted on 20/9/06 at 10:22 AM |
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braking distance to long to measure
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smart51
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| posted on 20/9/06 at 10:36 AM |
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They are called monowheels. The trick is to brake gently. If you lock the wheel up, you don't skid, you just spin round with the wheel. Think
Scooby doo in a tumble drier. They made some on scrapheap challenge one time.
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mistergrumpy
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| posted on 20/9/06 at 11:22 AM |
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Ha ha. Where'd you get a tyre for that? "Alright mate, I need a tyre","what size Sir?", "erm, well about 5 and a
half foot?!"
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omega 24 v6
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| posted on 20/9/06 at 11:38 AM |
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I prefer the donuts to be in the centre of me rather than the other way round
Looks like a sure way to get yourself disorientated.
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Peteff
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| posted on 20/9/06 at 03:05 PM |
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How much is a tyre for that thing?
yours, Pete
I went into the RSPCA office the other day. It was so small you could hardly swing a cat in there.
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jolson
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| posted on 20/9/06 at 08:12 PM |
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I've ridden one of these...
Remarkably easy to balance on once it's moving. If you start to fall forward, the extra pressure on the pedals pushes the wheels back
underneath you. You brake very (!) gently
Cheers
John
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mistergrumpy
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| posted on 20/9/06 at 08:26 PM |
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quote:
I've ridden one of these...
Erm, Jolson. Mind me asking exactly how old you are?
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gazza285
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| posted on 20/9/06 at 08:32 PM |
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Also consider that a quick getaway is a clever trick to master, much too fast and you'll spin around the wheel and fall over, too fast and
you'll climb the wheel and end up looking at the sky as you accelerate (and probably not in a straight line). You'll still need a helmet
though as it is still a motorcycle.
I used to have a monocycle. When I first started riding it I found that the backwards/fowards thing was easy, but I kept falling of the side.
DO NOT PUT ON KNOB OR BOLLOCKS!
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