CarveItUp Posted August 29, 2005 Report Share Posted August 29, 2005 I'm currently in Seoul on a business trip. I was stopped at an intersection waiting for the light to change and a guy pulled up on an interesting machine. The thing had two wheels that were about 12" in dia with rather beefy pneumatic tires on them. In the middle of each wheel (where the hub would normally be) were straps to hold your feet - so the wheels would essentially go around your feet as if your feet were axles. The machine was articulated in the middle and had a gas powered motor (like a chainsaw motor) driving the rear wheel. Throttle was controlled by the hand held trigger control joined to the machine by a flexible cable. The light changed, the guy put his foot in and rode away. It looked like it handled quite like a snowboard. Cool. Anybody seen one of these before? I couldn't see a name. Derek Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Red Posted August 29, 2005 Report Share Posted August 29, 2005 http://www.miniracers.be/ Click on wheelman Is this what you encounterd? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CarveItUp Posted August 30, 2005 Author Report Share Posted August 30, 2005 Yes! That was it. Looked kind of fun, but I did notice the rider was wearing a lot of pads... Anybody tried one? Derek Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RJ-PS Posted September 3, 2005 Report Share Posted September 3, 2005 Along those same lines here's a 4WD offroad skateboard site. http://www.a2xtreme.com/dirtthingz/montage.html I was at the LA Launch, kind of fun but disappointing. http://www.a2xtreme.com/dirtthingz/ It turns out that there was only one guy who engineered the whole thing. He could have used some other perspectives. Bob Jeney, you want to hook them up with some Jeney Design? :o Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
www.oldsnowboards.com Posted September 3, 2005 Report Share Posted September 3, 2005 http://www.miniracers.be/Click on wheelman Is this what you encounterd? Saw a "Test" ride on TV a while back. They broke both of them within a few minutes. They were deliberately riding them hard , but they were within reason in what they tried to do with them. Expensive. On the right track, few years they may have something more manageable and dependable. Pretty cool ideas though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
www.oldsnowboards.com Posted September 3, 2005 Report Share Posted September 3, 2005 Along those same lines here's a 4WD offroad skateboard site.http://www.a2xtreme.com/dirtthingz/montage.html I was at the LA Launch, kind of fun but disappointing. http://www.a2xtreme.com/dirtthingz/ It turns out that there was only one guy who engineered the whole thing. He could have used some other perspectives. Bob Jeney, you want to hook them up with some Jeney Design? :o Yep, and around 5-6 grand!! Before shipping! OUCH!! Cool , but rich! Couldn't get the video to load. Are you going to carry them on Exotic Boards .com?? Qualifies? Sort of?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mirror70 Posted September 3, 2005 Report Share Posted September 3, 2005 Yes! That was it. Looked kind of fun, but I did notice the rider was wearing a lot of pads...Anybody tried one? Derek What sort of padding? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RJ-PS Posted September 4, 2005 Report Share Posted September 4, 2005 Yep, and around 5-6 grand!! Before shipping! OUCH!! Cool , but rich! Couldn't get the video to load. Are you going to carry them on Exotic Boards .com?? Qualifies? Sort of?? Good question, and yeah it definitely qualifies as an exotic board, that's why I went down to the launch. I was stoked after talking to the engineer and president, but then when I saw it in action I was much less impressed. They broke it and in my opinion weren't riding it as hard as I would have liked to ride it. I can't sell anything that I wouldn't buy, and I wouldn't buy one as they are now. I would get the new wheelman before that anyway. I was just putting it up here for fun. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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