The RIOT Wheel
November 8th, 2007
In perhaps the awesomest advance in transportation since monster cars, Jake Layall has combined the motorbike, unicycle, and 1,100 lbs of badass to create the R.I.O.T. Wheel, the “first radical departure in single-wheel designs in over a hundred years”. Housing a motor and counterweight inside a giant wheel, the driver sits on a platform that extends out in front of the device, where they can fully appreciate the admiring glances from laydeez. It looks like it shouldn’t work, but it does. And if you feel the need to live out your steampunk / Dr Doom fantasies, simply stump up several thousands dollars and Jake will build you one himself!
See awesome video action below the fold!
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3 Comments Add your own
1. Looking Out To Sea »&hellip | November 9th, 2007 at 10:15 am
[...] not too addled) a “tank killer”. It appears on the front cover of the old-style books. This guy’s invention, the RIOT wheel, is as close as I’ve seen anyone get without the futuristic go-anywhere [...]
2. Imam S | November 12th, 2007 at 1:26 am
One question. how does it turn? it’d be useless if it can only run in a straight line.
3. Frank the SciencePunk | November 12th, 2007 at 3:43 pm
Imam: I think it uses a gyroscope to balance and to steer. But there are crudely-drawn plans on the site that you can inspect yourself.
And in answer to a question raised on the GearHead forums, yes, it is road legal!
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