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Designed for the XXIst Century Man exhibition in Tokyo, this monocycle by Ben Wilson is pretty damn cool. While not as ornate as last year's steampunk monocycle, Wilson's one-wheel wonder is stunning in its simplicity, like many of the other product designs on his website. The Brit, who has several other bike designs under his belt, claims to be a fan of propulsion "ever since cycling for the first time without stabilizers." The XXIst Century Man exhibition, curated by Issey Miyake, is in Tokyo at 21_21 Design Sight until July 6. [Dezeen and Ben Wilson Design]
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Ben Wilson's Monocycle Calls for Pert Buttocks
5:40 AM on Tue Apr 22 2008
By Addy Dugdale
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This invention brings to mind a certain episode of South Park:
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General Grievous would love this ride.
This looks so much like the southpark car
It's all fun and games untill you brake and instead of stopping it just rolls on, but this time with you rolling with it. Woohooo...
@ianmanning: On top of that, the episode was on the TV last night.
@ ScotteusMaximus I thought the same thing the first second I saw the picture.
Motorcylce??? I see no 'motor'! I see peddles, cog wheel, and chain.
@dirk1965: But doesn't it say "monocycle"?
He needs to step his game up
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@ScotteusMaximus: ROTFLMAO
But, how much does IT cost? When can I buy IT? And is IT available without the rectal probe control?
Well, I guess it's better than the airlines.
*nudge* oops
thank you Gizmodo for your annual feature of the IT.
@ScotteusMaximus: I thought the exact same thing
Am I the only one who thought "Grandia Extreme" when watching this?
I suppose so.
Cool! His website pretty slick too.
Just insert the molded flexigrips....
@ScotteusMaximus: This was the first thing I thought of too when I saw the pic, too funny
@ScotteusMaximus: I thought that too the second I saw this...
@skittlzncombos: It said motorcyle when I read it. I believe Gizmodo corrected the typo. We all make them you know.
"Did you take it off any sweet jumps?"
Gosh
@dirk1965:
It's pedals, not peddles. You would be tortured by BikeSnobNYC.
this guy ripped off South Park
@ScotteusMaximus:
Haha Yeah I thought the same exact thing. Ironic how that episode was on last night.
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