Chariot Skates

Has anyone seen these before? I thought they looked pretty cool…!

They’re made of carbon fiber and have a little wheel at the back for stability. Apparently the manufacturers are still working out how the braking system will work! :astonished:

More info and videos at the link above.

(I’m in no way affiliated with these things or the site linked, I just thought people here would appreciate them!)

Those look like good fun.

I’d like to hear from skiers if those could be used for off-season training.

I’m a skier myself, and I think the movements look pretty similar. I don’t know if they’d be any better / worse than plain ol’ skates though. I imagine they won’t be cheap when they finally hit mass production!

yea i’ve seen them, they were made by an australian inventor. they were featured on The New Inventors (aus) aaaaages ago.

I want big knobbies tires for single track… oh and brakes.

These seem pretty similar to land rollers: http://www.landroller.com/index.html

but the larger wheel would make them go faster. kinda like 20" vs 36".

These are coasting so not necessarily faster. A larger uni is faster because the wheel goes farther on one revolution of the pedals. Longer distance in same unit of time equals faster.

dont be a smart arse. :stuck_out_tongue:

you know what i meant.

No idea.

Explain yourself.

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good enough?

Ghastly.

LOL, I’m guessing TheJoker meant that the bigger wheels would be a lot more stable at higher speeds. Small wheels can be twitchy.

…although even these have been done before. see

at about 5:38 minutes in.

Nao

Never thought I’d see a clip of “Last Of The Summer Wine” on a unicycling forum. Sadly enough I used to watch that with my Granny as a young lad - brings back memories!

yea, good enough.

A+ in andrew translation.