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Retro-cool electric self-balancing unicycle rides out

Paul Ridden April 30, 2018

John Dingley, the guy behind last year's electric luge, has been in the workshop again. This time he's been working on a new version of his self-balancing electric unicycle. Similar to the Ryno, but home built and using a brushless motor.

John Dingley hasn't yet ridden his Mega Hub Motor Electric Unicycle at full power

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Solowheel's latest innovation is (daft as) a brush

James Holloway February 14, 2018

The team behind the Solowheel electric unicycle has unveiled a learning aid that sweeps away all competition. The Solowheel Brush deploys large brushes where you might expect trainer wheels, providing similar stability but without inhibiting steering.

Solowheel makes a very pleasing swooshing noise as you ride by

Urban Transport

Feet on: InMotion's R2 self-balancing transporter

Eric Mack January 11, 2015

The second generation of InMotion's flagship transport gets a new design and a companion unicycle, adding options for portable personal urban transport. Gizmag took them for a ride at CES.

The InMotion R2 in action at CES (Photo: Eric Mack/Gizmag.com)

Bicycles

Lunicycle is designed to make unicycling easier

Ben Coxworth October 20, 2014

Riding a unicycle is infamously hard to master. While some people might say that that's the whole point in learning to do it, others just want to get riding that one-wheeled bicycle ASAP. If you're among the second group, then you might like Inventist's uniquely-designed Lunicycle.

The Lunicycle features an elliptical wheel, offset cranks, and calf braces

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The story of the RYNO electric microcycle – in the inventor's own words

Mike Hanlon March 22, 2014

Six years ago, Chris Hoffmann's 13-year-old daughter Lauren said, “Daddy, I’ve been thinking about this one-wheeled motorcycle I saw in a video game. Could you actually build something like that?” What happened next changed his life.

In the next few months, Chris Hoffmann's start-up Ryno Motors begins shipping its self-balancing, one-wheeled US$5250 ...

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Testing Honda's "mind-controlled" UNI-CUB β

Mike Hanlon December 7, 2013

Honda’s UNI-CUB β deduces its instructions using a combination of complex though known technologies, but the experience of riding it is one of telepathically controlling the tiny transportation appliance. It seemingly possesses a direct vehicle-brain-interface, with a “degree of difficulty” of ZERO.