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07/27/09
the same goes for ollie, you could use your hands if they improve on a spot for hands on top of the wheels' insides. it's more of an ollie cheat tho
and yeah, i definately dont wanna fall off this thing, it looks like it was designed as a foot-trap
07/27/09
problem with brakes - engaging brakes on this thing would cause it to roll forward. balancing the lean-back with the rotation induced wouldn't be cool, just annoying, and unnecessarily dangerous.
07/24/09
Secondly, it’s way too high off the ground – the last thing you want at high speed is a high center of gravity.
Thirdly, aren’t hubless wheels plagued by exorbitant cost and sketchy mechanical reliability over time?
Fourthly, a normal skateboard runs somewhere around $150, $200 and up if you go for premium components. This thing looks like it’ll cost at least $400, and without an established hobbyist culture around the device, you’ll be hard pressed to get newcomers to drop $400 on what is essentially a novelty.
Fifthly, you can’t ollie with it, which means getting off every time you get to a curb. WTF. The entire point of being a decent skater is that things like curbs and stairs don’t stop you, or even hardly slow you down. BTW this is one of my major gripes about the segway.
Sixthly, I see no braking system, nor a decent way of implementing one. And you might say, well, ‘neither does a skateboard’ but at least with a skate you can drag the toe of your rear foot, or skid the tail. Also trivial on a skateboard but not on this – jumping off when a crash is inevitable. Imagine careening towards a blackberry bush and trying to jump off, and you get your feet tangled in the hubs, causing you to tumbleweed all over the place. Not cool.
07/24/09
You know what this reminds me of? That Star Wars drone from Episode 2, the Hailfire.
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07/23/09
Looks a lot like these:
Big Wheel
and Di-Cycle.
The second I hadn't seen before I started searching, but the two linked products look suspiciously similar...
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kids are already playing this all over the place in asia. Has it landed in the US yet? You kinda zigzag it by alternating the two feet, looks pretty smooth.
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@cnewhall: i dont think it can be too much more dangerous than those Rip-Stick things with Two wheels that go any direction.
07/23/09
Meanwhile she's flying down hills on it.
07/23/09
I'm sorry, this Loop-In concept just isn't complete. Where are the necessary controls? And how do you stay stabilized on that ridiculous seat/platform/whatever?
There are much better designs out there, such as the example shown above...
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07/24/09
"I think Mr./Mrs. Garrison admitted those controls weren't actually necessary in the end."
pun intended? (in the 'end')
07/23/09