NOMADICISTA

I wouldn't mind having one of these.

http://www.yikebike.com/site/home

Looks kind of like a face plant waiting to happen. Sort of like the old penny farthings, except with under seat steering. Pretty cool concept.

Only has a range of 6 miles and max speed of 12 mph.. My bike commute is 20 miles each way, and I can average 17. I’ll stick to pedaling.

Mark

I prefer to pedal also. I think this concept is for people traveling on subways, trains & buses. I have a Dahon single speed folding bike that I currently use for that.

Jones'n4chrome wrote:I prefer to pedal also. I think this concept is for people traveling on subways, trains & buses. I have a Dahon single speed folding bike that I currently use for that.

For that, it would be a pretty cool thing. 12 mph is pretty slow, though. The video makes it look like he’s going faster than that. I realize there are limitations to keep it small and packable.

Mark

You sure can tell the kids that played with Transformers toys, are now becoming adult design engineers.

http://www.bikemenu.com/photosunibike.html

I know these are not electric but they all roll about the same.....

The guy in the big photo built his first one years ago. Small block pontiac engine if I remember correctly. I saw the footage of the "face plant" it looked like when a penny or a hoola-hoop quits rolling and starts wobbling. Made you feel queasy to watch....by the 6th viewing I no longer felt bad for the guy but was laughing like crazy.

Took him a lo-n-n-n-g time to heal.

Then he built a new one. Nice....


Imagine a panic stop in one of those...heeheeheehee...

"You sure can tell the kids that played with Transformers toys, are now becoming adult design engineers."

Chuckie.....you hit the nail on the head there....