Comments on: Monowheel

By: RickJ

RickJ — Fri, 08 Apr 2011 19:17:24 +0000

Looks very uncomfortable without back support, but the guy is kinda hot, so I say “woof!”

By: Mad Iguana

Mad Iguana — Sun, 09 Aug 2009 01:32:39 +0000

Centripetal force keeps it balanced, same concept is used for bicycles. As long as it is in motion, its center of gravity is changing therefore forcing it to stay up right.

By: whatsup

whatsup — Sat, 08 Aug 2009 02:33:09 +0000

Please help out a dumb old farm kid out here & explain the amount of gyroscopic effect involved with a bike traveling at say, 3 miles per hour.

By: Shran

Shran — Fri, 07 Aug 2009 21:34:43 +0000

I’d like to see one like this with a brake on the wheel, making a sudden stop.

By: evan

evan — Thu, 30 Jul 2009 21:15:18 +0000

please tell me what wheel you are using

By: Monocleta | @Italux

Monocleta | @Italux — Sat, 20 Jun 2009 13:14:21 +0000

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By: spuffler

spuffler — Tue, 21 Apr 2009 22:55:44 +0000

I wonder what happens when he has to stop SUDDENLY.

The wheel is rotating and his mass wants to keep it moving so the reaction should grind the pedals into the surface this is rolling over…. it’ll try to slow down until the whole show tries to climb over that wimpy attempt to halt forward motion and they all go cartwheeling into the nearest solid object. Rube Goldberg would be proud.

By: akkedjiboemba

akkedjiboemba — Mon, 13 Apr 2009 14:51:26 +0000

HAHA, all these people seeing something ‘wrong’ with it, without any evidence except their poorly explained intuition. I guess most of you don’t know how to ride a pushbike either. Did you know you can ride one without using your hands? Probably impossible either. You are all invited to get a life, and stop arguing on the internets.
If you run a wheel on it’s side, it will move in a curve. The ‘centrifugal force’ that results tries to right the bike again, thus stabilizing its balance. So the trick to steer with this thing is the same how you steer a bike without using your hands: you lean into the corner. But as pointed out, it will be a steep learning curve to keep your balance from starting. The disturbances from shifting your weight around to push the pedals will be relatively high, and the reacting force from leaning one way or the other will be small due to the low speed. But it can be done, the same as one can learn to ride a bike or a monowheel.

By: Alex

Alex — Fri, 30 Jan 2009 20:13:08 +0000

I want one!

By: Logic

Logic — Thu, 22 Jan 2009 16:30:07 +0000

I just looked this up on YouTube. I take back everything I said. This is the coolest thing ever