http://www.hyperbike.info/default.aspx
In the video, it only showed it going maybe 5mph, 10 at the highest. I wanted to see it hit 50 like it said.
And in the interview, when the guy is asked how much money he was looking for he said “A few million dollars”.
Still looks fun.
Can’t wait to see the roof rack setups that Thule and Yakima make to accomodate that thing…
what are you doing putting a device of efficiency in unicyclist forum?
Well, to be fair, I put it in “Just Conversation”. Also, I’m not sure it’s all that efficient.
yea, but that would be pretty sweet if it could really go 50+mph. i don’t see how it’s safer than a car if it can go that speed, you would roll and that harness thing didn’t look too secure.
I think if you move the center of gravity forward a bit then it would be more stable
Interesting…
I don’t understand the big wheels. He could use some chains and gears and get the same mechanical advantage with smaller wheels. They are a bit excessive.
Also. I had to laugh: big whole-body workout translates to not very efficient…
I couldn’t really tell, is it an isometric workout? The motion of the hands and feet bracing against eachother? It didn’t seem configured for that. That would increase efficiency.
They sure have some hot teenie boppers in wet suits posing with it. Kind of funny… How about putting big bladders on it and a paddlewheel Then the wetsuit would be useful!
Also, I’d like to see how it climbs hills. Okay, so he says 50mph. I bet it can go a hell of a lot faster and be impossible to steer with all that radial inertia down hill!!
OKAY. That’s my nay sayer … I also found a bunch of errors in Bear’s science handout today.
I think it looks fun, cool, and yes, I’d LOVE to give it a try!
Thanks for sharing, Steve!
At least there is a hot, wet… suit-wearing woman strapped into that thing.
Uhm… Unicycles are faster.
Its not a bike its a tricycle.
it looks like theyve engineered the whole thing nicely, and its all yellow, but right at the end they thought “shit what about the third wheel, oh i know just grab the fork off my bike and weld it to the front, great idea”
Or they thought s***, making a suspension fork from scratch is really difficult and costly, let’s rob one from a bike.
it seems like the most gigantic waste of time to me, the 50mph blurb shows an undestanding of cadence but no comprehension of the basic concpet of energy balance i.e. the drag of that thing is going to be enormous at 50mph, there’s no way the human body can supply that much energy, basically all they’re saying is, it’s really high geared.
Amusingly in the ‘true hype’ section a high proportion of reviews comment on how good exercise it is, not one makes any mention of the speed achieved.
What i want to know is How do you turn it? and if it can be turned. I’m preety sure that small 3rd tire is going to be under alot of pressure/force because of the bigger tires being on an angle. The whole thing looks weird but in a way mayo and unique. 
You know what would really be fun? Go down a steep slpe, hit the brakes, and just roll:D
you cant they put a dodgey extra wheel on the front !
but yes that would be fun
and you would get hurt
“It increased the circulation in my whole body.” Robert Frank: Sound Engineer; ‘Snow Bum’ enthusiast.
I could see a hill just completely wrecking someones body up. If you are strapped in and can’t coast or put any brakes on, then trying to slow down something so big and heavy would be really really hard, basically the wheels would be spinning like crazy and your arms and legs would be thrown around like a rag doll.
I think this idea is pretty dumb, swimming is a way better and safer form of exersize is you want the perfect form of exersize you can find it elsewhere.
It is also a pretty stupid form of transportation.
He was talking about how it could replace the car, but who the hell wants something that actualy uses their energy. the whole point of driving a car is so that you don’t have to do any of the work, or being able to transport large loads. You can’t do either in this.
Sure it is neat, but its the kind of thing that people would like to see in skymag, or other similar magazines for people who have nothing better to spend their money on.
This works fine with normal diwheels, but because the wheels on this one arent perpendicular to the ground when you were upside-down you’d have a very narrow base and would be quite likely to fall over, while travelling at speed and pretty much out of control. Not a recipe for fun 