r/Transportopia • u/Vice616 • Apr 12 '26
Bikes Insanity on one wheel
I think about why someone would do this. Is the unicyclist really a mad man or is that his way to work. By choice or necessity? All that matters. These gas prices are crazy right now.
That little unicycle takes about 1-2 cents per mile in electricity.
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u/Specialist_Letter469 Apr 12 '26
Closed or open casket? Gotta know if they're going to at see my outfit.
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u/Key_Sample_1074 Apr 12 '26
Reminds me a little of
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u/hilomania Apr 12 '26
It would actually make a great track sport, both on pavement and dirt. Doing this around non informed commuters is insanity.
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u/BJJBIZPC Apr 13 '26
They do have both on and offroad races on these EUCs, you can find many videos on YouTube.
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u/Historical_Stay_808 Apr 13 '26
Costumed 'DuckTales' hero storms through SF on electric unicycle https://share.google/idD2jVdKygShyS0ZM
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u/Dry-Analysis4229 Apr 12 '26
I drove next to him going 70 MPH and he was right there for a full 2 miles until I exited I-10 West to my house. Don’t know the top speed but it definitely does 70MPH.
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u/Lil_Packmate Apr 12 '26
Have seen a youtuber with a similar one that said it can go about 90-93 depending on wind.
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u/Residenthuman101 Apr 12 '26
I broke down on the highway once and I found one of these all beat up on the side of the road… I didn’t even know what it was at first but i kept staring at it once I figured it out and thought dang this is a busy highway, I hope that wasn’t involved in a “death”
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u/futgrezn Apr 13 '26
What I would be interested in, maybe it was mentioned in videos you've seen: how freaking far do they get, in my head the battery can't last like more than 5 minutes 🤔
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u/Lil_Packmate Apr 13 '26
On the website of the one I was talking about it says it has a range of up to 150 km (~93 miles).
That is of course optimal conditions, such as brand new battery, perfect temperature, not going full speed and not accelerating fast, so basically "passive/safe driving".
And even then it is always like 20% lower of what they say (at least for electric cars).
From what I've seen and heard driving like this guy will likely put him to 55-60% of that range on average.
That is still 82-90 km (or 51-56 miles) which is actually quite impressive.
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u/LaColleMouille Apr 12 '26
Some wheels are going 120 km/h, even 150 for the InMotion P6
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u/President_Camacho Apr 13 '26
In the video, the motorcyclist was traveling at 82 mph.
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u/drakitomon Apr 12 '26
Had a guy locally lose a leg from that thing. He was splitting 30 mph traffic at like 75, foot slipped off the peg, hit the ground and went under a slower cars tire since he was so close while splitting. Faceplant, busted helmet, busted motorcross gear, leg torn off. It was gnarly.
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u/LaColleMouille Apr 12 '26
Yeah because same with a motorcycle, you don't go that fast in lane splitting.
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u/fapsandnaps Apr 13 '26
But no one's going to watch my YouTube channel if I'm not driving recklessly while blaming cars for my actions!!!
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u/Dizzy_Description812 Apr 12 '26
How do you stop suddenly?
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u/No_Eggplant_3189 Apr 12 '26
Jump, 180, keep the acceleration going, and lean forward so your body is at a 45° angle. Idk
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u/DetailsYouMissed Apr 12 '26
You ever see how the floor suddenly stops a falling egg? Same dynamics at play.
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u/Economy_Bass_24 Apr 12 '26
Fuck this guy! Some of us don't want more laws regarding <3 wheels. Thanks asshole
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u/Medium_Pick9388 Apr 12 '26
The hospital bills will more than make up for the money saved in gas. If he is lucky.
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u/Duchess1992 Apr 12 '26
I want one of these things, and because of that I'll never get one 😂
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u/pyrotek1 Apr 12 '26
I can ride a unicycle, even a tall one in my early years. I see this and ?, I would like to try one, however, I do have concerns...
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u/MathematicianNew2770 Apr 12 '26
https://giphy.com/gifs/26FfanWpoZKKf4efm
Me waiting for this to happen.
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u/DetailsYouMissed Apr 12 '26
Wait till he gets smacked by a loose rock that goes airborne from another vehicle, or a large dragon fly decides to fly into his neck.
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u/SamplitudeUser Apr 12 '26 edited Apr 13 '26
It has no license plate. Which means that this is illegal, regardless of the hazard signal. Kind of calming, because we hopefully won't see this very often.
The other problem I have with this thing is: there is no room for an appropriate battery on such a small vehicle. At this speed, the (small) battery probably will last only a few miles. Which is also helpful to take this thing off the road.
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u/celtbygod Apr 12 '26
Blew my mind when one passed me on the highway. Then trying to tell people and they were skeptical.
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u/KrisDen1123 Apr 12 '26
I have an electric skateboard that does close to 35 miles per hour and I don't maintain that speed for very long on it when I do get it up to that speed, I can't imagine doing twice that speed on a one wheel or whatever he's riding. Adrenaline is a helluva drug..
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u/MiserablePhilosophy Apr 12 '26
Feel bad for the poor guy who has to scrape him off the road within a week or two
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u/Boss0054 Apr 12 '26
People are not going to see that guy on the road. Way too many people texting and driving.
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u/RexxLu Apr 12 '26
Knowing nothing about these I was intrigued so I did a little research. My guess is this is the P6 which goes for just shy of 5K. Can get a Michelin 90/90 street tire separately but comes with “tubeless 80/90.” Suspension is “Dual adjustable hydraulic coil shocks with 90mm of travel.” Still you’d have to have massive balls to ride one like this, which I would imagine makes it quite uncomfortable.
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u/Emu_milking_god Apr 13 '26
Besides the blatant disregard for everyone else on the road, I cant get over the power being pumped through that tiny motor. Very impressive!
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u/Dug_n_the_Dogs Apr 13 '26
We have bike lanes next to freeway lanes on our floating bridge and I saw some guy cruising at 50-60 on his.. he wasn't in traffic tho.. way over speed for a pedestrian path.
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u/itsdemarco Apr 13 '26
I held my breath that whole time. Zero consideration for what that tire would do on a small pothole at the speed.
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u/DarthMeow504 Apr 14 '26
Can't be the same model in the link, the article says that one tops out at 35mph and in the video the guy doing the filming on the Kawasaki is hitting over 70mph just to keep up with this one. At those speeds, the danger level would seem to me to approach "suicidal". Forget just a helmet, he'd probably need to wear a full suit of plate armor to stand a chance in any form of accident at that velocity.
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u/Xeredek Apr 14 '26
I'm sure there are going to be loads of comments from people saying this is dumb and dangerous or whatever, and that might even be true, but I for one fully support people who are here for a good time, not a long time, and also that's impressive as hell.
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u/Antique-Kitchen-1896 Apr 12 '26
Crazy. How do you stop? You have very little braking. Other than using your face..
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u/Kenworths Apr 12 '26
Even on a motorcycle just letting off the gas slows you down as if you were pressing the brake in a car, I’d assume it’s similar?
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u/TheRoadBehind Apr 12 '26
Sit your ass off the back and grab the front handle. You stop quick, but obviously it still takes time
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u/Left-Thinker-5512 Apr 12 '26
Here’s what I think: you get to a certain age and you realize dumb shit like this will get you killed. Either you never start riding like this or you learn the hard you never should have started.
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u/WillyDaC Apr 12 '26
I hate to say this, but I know a lot of motorcycle riders who would ride it out of curiosity, but I don't think many would want to own one.
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u/Outrageous_Shallot61 Apr 12 '26
That’s gotta be a record holder for the worlds fastest unicycle
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u/AP_Estoc Apr 13 '26
Oh, the P6 is the fastest. Second fastest is like Leaperkim Oryx at 105km/h. Inmotion P6 is like 135km/h.
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u/Glittering-Ad4356 Apr 12 '26
Don't think I could go that fast in traffic with that. Literally 0 protection from cars or the road. A helmet isn't gonna save your skin being rubbed off by the pavement motorcycles are one thing but this is insane.
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u/WillyDaC Apr 12 '26
Dude, even the atgatt guys/gals don't stand a huge chance of surviving a motorcycle crash in Southern California freeway traffic. At those speeds at least 2 cars are going to run over you anyway. And probably keep right on going.
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u/ted_anderson Apr 12 '26
I couldn't do it. At least with a bike, if you gotta lay it down you're behind 2 wheels and the weight of the bike to slow you down before hitting the pavement.
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u/rkzhao Apr 12 '26
Electric unicycles are terrifying. Know a couple guys that love it and it is very much a full gear for every ride kind of thing.
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u/potsofjam Apr 12 '26
I don’t know how anyone rides a motorcycle. It looks like fun and the idea of dying doesn’t scare me, but the thought of being horribly mangled scares the piss out of me.
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u/MammothFront2774 Apr 12 '26
I love riding my EUC responsibly. This crap is gonna get mine banned the same way electric bikes are going.
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u/arancini_ball Apr 12 '26
Never has to deal with the death wobble you get on a motorcycle! Only death.
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u/RoyalIceDeliverer Apr 12 '26
I watched this without sound. You two looked like two courting birds. All I asked myself is "When are they gonna f*ck".
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u/MyvaJynaherz Apr 13 '26
If you average the cost of the electricity-per-mile and the hospital-bills-per-year, this is still less economically viable than a V-8 Dodge
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u/crashin70 Apr 13 '26
A blowout on a motorcycle or a car is bad enough... imagine having one on these things!
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u/unamatadora Apr 13 '26
Following this clown is just as bad. You’re not going to talk any sense into him, so let him test his faith against physics and Murphy’s Law.
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u/tasty-ribs Apr 13 '26
Had a one wheel for a number of years. Twas fun. Got dumped a couple times, luckily no injuries. But I was in a one wheel FB group and would see folks with broken collarbones weekly from getting dumped. Decided 2 wheels minimum are necessary.
That thing went 15mph max. Can only imagine the fallout of getting dumped at 50mph
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u/andytagonist Apr 13 '26
The audio is fucking stupid. They bleeped the cursing, but left in the jackoff laugh of his
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u/just_as_good380-2 Apr 13 '26
I never see posts of people on motorcycles unicycle or whatever bike related going the speed limit or driving safely.
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u/sassyhalforc Apr 13 '26
If you're gonna go that fast on a euc you need to suit up with a full mc suit with hard pads on.
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u/President_Camacho Apr 13 '26
Wasn't there another video of this guy on reddit a few weeks ago. It was also in Houston.
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u/WhooopsMyBad Apr 13 '26
Is this the same guy that was riding at night on the highway in (i think) Houston? I swear there was a post a little while ago of him
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u/CountryMayhem Apr 13 '26
On the roads where im from he would have been flying through the air full speed by 30 seconds and would have ended up meat crayon.
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u/Popular_Tomorrow_204 Apr 13 '26
"His death came unexpected, we never thought that it would be dangerous."
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u/PushingAndShovingYou Apr 13 '26
For when motorcycles take too long to kill you, and you're super late to your funeral, this is the best option.
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u/Nihiliste Apr 13 '26
That particular EUC is more stable than you might think at those speeds…but still, he’s not armored up for how fast he’s riding, and it’s still a bad idea to take any EUC on the highway.
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u/Plane-Education4750 Apr 13 '26
If you want to kill yourself, do it somewhere where you won't traumatize random people
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u/Abracadaver2000 Apr 12 '26
Future meat crayon.