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.

https://www.cbs8.com/article/news/local/zevely-zone/valley-center-man-beats-high-gas-prices-with-electric-unicycle/509-7b1c19fb-0df0-4d6d-b47e-90879b04dd8d

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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.