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Baroque Bloke
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As I walked back from lunch today, a guy whizzed by me, on the sidewalk, on an electric unicycle. No seat – instead he stood on axle extensions. Neat machine! He was going at least 15 mph. He had a controller in his hand. I’m sure that it was self-balancing, like a Segway. It must be ankle stiffness that supplied counter torque to wheel torque.

I’ve never seen anything like it before. I have no use for one, other than just plain fun. Didn’t appear to have much space for a high capacity battery, but he went by me (from behind) so fast that I didn’t get a good look. Has anyone else seen these?

P. S. – Now I’m wondering if there was a seat, and I just didn’t see it.



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I'll just wait until we have suspensor belts, and I'll glide around like the Baron Harkonnen.




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Hah! Modern reality, straight from the comic strip about the prehistoric age fondly known as "BC".
 
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My co-worker has one.

I call him Peter from BC.


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