10/1: Monocycle

Joe · 10-04-2001, 10:32 AM

What happens if you lock the brake?

In an ordinary multi-axle vehicle, stopping the wheels transforms the vehicle from something that can roll to something that can't. You slide instead, quickly using up stored energy.

In this thing, you lock the brake, but the vehicle can still roll. So there you are, stuck to the inside, going around and around, using up almost no stored energy! You couldn't stop!

You'd be stuck to the seat from the incredible G-forces caused by spinning. From that perspective, you're still level although a tad heavy, and *the rest of the world is doing flips around you*. It would scare the cr*p out of you if nothing else.

So there you'd be...
just spinnin' and pooin', spinnin' and pooin' ...

Don't look for those things at your local dealer anytime soon...

10-04-2001, 10:32 AM	#14
Joe Master of the Domain Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: AZ Posts: 221	oh ya one more thing: What happens if you lock the brake? In an ordinary multi-axle vehicle, stopping the wheels transforms the vehicle from something that can roll to something that can't. You slide instead, quickly using up stored energy. In this thing, you lock the brake, but the vehicle can still roll. So there you are, stuck to the inside, going around and around, using up almost no stored energy! You couldn't stop! You'd be stuck to the seat from the incredible G-forces caused by spinning. From that perspective, you're still level although a tad heavy, and the rest of the world is doing flips around you. It would scare the cr*p out of you if nothing else. So there you'd be... just spinnin' and pooin', spinnin' and pooin' ... Don't look for those things at your local dealer anytime soon...

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