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mckitterick ([personal profile] mckitterick) wrote2010-02-08 08:51 am

1932 Dynasphere vs. 2010 Uno

How do you improve the motorcycle? Why, get rid of everything it doesn't need! Including the second wheel:


And here's the modern iteration of the one-wheeled cycle:


Click the image to see the story.


Personally, I'd prefer the Dynasphere. Okay, back to work....

[identity profile] normalcyispasse.livejournal.com 2010-02-08 10:23 pm (UTC)(link)
There was a follow-up on this in a recent issue of PopSci or Wired or one of those.

Turns out, they added a second wheel because the gyro-stabilized unit was too unstable above 20mph.

So now it's a Duo.

[identity profile] mckitterick.livejournal.com 2010-02-09 03:35 am (UTC)(link)
Yeah, I read about it in one of the cycle mags, too!