seemingly during the closing ceremonial of the 2008 Beijing Olympics a clustering of performers were riding glow monowheels around the sports stadium . If you missed it , that ’s ok , because no one deal about the close ceremonies — and anyway , nowyou can now ownwhat sound like the most interesting part of the case .
At $ 7,000 , the cost of owning one of these foot lever - power monocycles is steep , particularly for a bicycle alternative that will make driver despise you even more . But , plait subway system of colorful light - up light-emitting diode powered by a small 1,800 mAh battery will surely make up for the steep learning curve ball required to control one of these . ( Wondering where the brakes are ? You ’re wearing them on your foot . )
shine speech pattern and leery braking method aside , this monowheel does attend like a alone way to get to and from work every mean solar day . And it ’s not like anyone is going to slip your tires , because the integral bike is just one turgid steering wheel . There ’s just one problem : this monowheel is n’t street effectual . So as soon as you go forth your driveway you ’ll want to keep an eye out for the cops — and do n’t forget , while depend on this contraption you ’ll be dead easy to fleck . [ Hammacher Schlemmer ]
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