# Motorized Monocycle on South Park **URL:** \ **Category:** General\ **Created:** [June 10, 2003, 9:25am UTC](https://unicyclist.com/t/motorized-monocycle-on-south-park/56991 "2003-06-10T09:25:15Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 14\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![uw1](https://unicyclist.com/user_avatar/unicyclist.com/uw1/32/162_2.png) [@uw1](https://unicyclist.com/u/uw1)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2003, 9:25am UTC](https://unicyclist.com/t/motorized-monocycle-on-south-park/56991/1 "2003-06-10T09:25:15Z")
Hi I don’t normally watch such trash but did anyone see the monocycle on South Park? The premise was that this vehicle was putting the airlines out of business. Its one of the few one wheeled vehicles I would not want to ride. 🙂 David ---
**Author:** ![andrew\_carter](https://unicyclist.com/user_avatar/unicyclist.com/andrew_carter/32/115_2.png) [@andrew\_carter](https://unicyclist.com/u/andrew_carter)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2003, 3:20pm UTC](https://unicyclist.com/t/motorized-monocycle-on-south-park/56991/2 "2003-06-10T15:20:53Z")
I haven’t seen that, but I did see Ned Flanders riding a unicycle (on TV) yesterday. Andrew ---
**Author:** ![phil](https://unicyclist.com/user_avatar/unicyclist.com/phil/32/96_2.png) [@phil](https://unicyclist.com/u/phil)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2003, 3:56pm UTC](https://unicyclist.com/t/motorized-monocycle-on-south-park/56991/3 "2003-06-10T15:56:56Z")
There’s a unicyclist in a diving suit riding on the ceiling in an episode of possibly my favourite cartoon, Dangermouse. Or is it the floor? Phil ![dm.jpg](https://unicyclist.com/uploads/default/original/2X/2/2fd674f79fef1514a9165276a8c3d7b1c9b464f9.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![paulb](https://unicyclist.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/p/ac91a4/32.png) [@paulb](https://unicyclist.com/u/paulb)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2003, 4:36pm UTC](https://unicyclist.com/t/motorized-monocycle-on-south-park/56991/4 "2003-06-10T16:36:24Z")
> [@](#): > > Or is it the floor? ![dm.jpg](https://unicyclist.com/uploads/default/original/2X/c/c106d54196200da4500cfc734366dfa0063630f7.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![johnfoss](https://unicyclist.com/user_avatar/unicyclist.com/johnfoss/32/85_2.png) [@johnfoss](https://unicyclist.com/u/johnfoss)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2003, 4:41pm UTC](https://unicyclist.com/t/motorized-monocycle-on-south-park/56991/5 "2003-06-10T16:41:16Z")
I watch South Park occasionally and find it very funny. Nothing is sacred to that group! Is it possible the motorized monocycle was a metaphor for the Segway? Were they making fun of Segways? ---
**Author:** ![paulb](https://unicyclist.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/p/ac91a4/32.png) [@paulb](https://unicyclist.com/u/paulb)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2003, 4:53pm UTC](https://unicyclist.com/t/motorized-monocycle-on-south-park/56991/6 "2003-06-10T16:53:42Z")
I always wondred if you could use the balance principle of the segway to make it like riding a bike (you don’t have to balance front/back, only left/right), but that would probably useless because you would have to know how to ride a bike, and the only person that would really need a segway is someone who couldn’t ride a bike. ---
**Author:** ![uw1](https://unicyclist.com/user_avatar/unicyclist.com/uw1/32/162_2.png) [@uw1](https://unicyclist.com/u/uw1)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2003, 5:27pm UTC](https://unicyclist.com/t/motorized-monocycle-on-south-park/56991/7 "2003-06-10T17:27:08Z")
Well it definitely looked like a monocycle. I’d rather not give the details about its seat and mouth piece. I could not help laughing though. Dangermouse and his hamster friend (name?) are so cool (right up there with Droopy Dog). And they save the whole world in every episode. What do we have today… South Park and Pokemon. 😠 David ---
**Author:** ![Fool](https://unicyclist.com/user_avatar/unicyclist.com/fool/32/224_2.png) [@Fool](https://unicyclist.com/u/Fool)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2003, 5:36pm UTC](https://unicyclist.com/t/motorized-monocycle-on-south-park/56991/8 "2003-06-10T17:36:11Z")
DM Penfold? Fool ---
**Author:** ![mz1](https://unicyclist.com/user_avatar/unicyclist.com/mz1/32/150_2.png) [@mz1](https://unicyclist.com/u/mz1)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2003, 2:49am UTC](https://unicyclist.com/t/motorized-monocycle-on-south-park/56991/9 "2003-06-11T02:49:47Z")
Re: Motorized Monocycle on South Park > [@](#): > > Originally posted by uw > Its one of the few one wheeled vehicles I would not want to ride. 🙂 Would you like to ride this one ? [http://www.jackiechabanais.com/le\_monoroue.htm](http://www.jackiechabanais.com/le_monoroue.htm) ---
**Author:** ![GILD](https://unicyclist.com/user_avatar/unicyclist.com/gild/32/64_2.png) [@GILD](https://unicyclist.com/u/GILD)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2003, 3:14am UTC](https://unicyclist.com/t/motorized-monocycle-on-south-park/56991/10 "2003-06-11T03:14:30Z")
Re: Motorized Monocycle on South Park > [@](#): > > Originally posted by uw > Hi > I don’t normally watch such trash but did anyone see the monocycle on South Park? > David it’s a good thing we dont all like the same thing (and any other relevant cliches) i quite like the satirical social commentary spewed forth by the south park bunch and i’m curious to find out why u would describe the show as ‘trash’? ---
**Author:** ![treepotato](https://unicyclist.com/user_avatar/unicyclist.com/treepotato/32/258_2.png) [@treepotato](https://unicyclist.com/u/treepotato)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2003, 5:42am UTC](https://unicyclist.com/t/motorized-monocycle-on-south-park/56991/11 "2003-06-11T05:42:55Z")
i just wondered… GILD what does “Namaste!” mean? ---
**Author:** ![JJuggle](https://unicyclist.com/user_avatar/unicyclist.com/jjuggle/32/9_2.png) [@JJuggle](https://unicyclist.com/u/JJuggle)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2003, 5:51am UTC](https://unicyclist.com/t/motorized-monocycle-on-south-park/56991/12 "2003-06-11T05:51:35Z")
Re: i just wondered… > [@](#): > > Originally posted by treepotato > [B]GILD what does > > “Namaste!” mean? [/B] This question needs to go on a FAQ. 🙂 Raphael Lasar Matawan, NJ ---
**Author:** ![system](https://unicyclist.com/uploads/default/original/3X/d/4/d44cf5a6365651cf6b50671d1ff0c84adf0c7726.png) [@system](https://unicyclist.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2003, 3:23pm UTC](https://unicyclist.com/t/motorized-monocycle-on-south-park/56991/13 "2003-06-11T15:23:05Z")
Re: Motorized Monocycle on South Park uw wrote: \> Well it definitely looked like a monocycle. I’d rather not give the \> details about its seat and mouth piece. I could not help laughing \> though. Yeah, but as I recall the seat and mouth controls proved to be unnecessary anyway, since they were all duplicated in the hand controls. Season 5, episode 511, according to the episode guide at [http://southparkstudios.com](http://southparkstudios.com) . There’s a couple of pictures of the machine in the downloads section for the episode: [http://tinyurl.com/e332](http://tinyurl.com/e332) [http://tinyurl.com/e334](http://tinyurl.com/e334) – Danny Colyer (remove safety to reply) ( [http://www.juggler.net/danny](http://www.juggler.net/danny) ) Recumbent cycle page: [http://www.speedy5.freeserve.co.uk/recumbents/](http://www.speedy5.freeserve.co.uk/recumbents/) “He who dares not offend cannot be honest.” - Thomas Paine ---
**Author:** ![system](https://unicyclist.com/uploads/default/original/3X/d/4/d44cf5a6365651cf6b50671d1ff0c84adf0c7726.png) [@system](https://unicyclist.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2003, 4:28pm UTC](https://unicyclist.com/t/motorized-monocycle-on-south-park/56991/14 "2003-06-11T16:28:07Z")
Re: Motorized Monocycle on South Park On Tue, 10 Jun 2003 18:53:42 -0500, paulb \ wrote: \>I always wondred if you could use the balance principle of the segway to \>make it like riding a bike (you don’t have to balance front/back, only \>left/right) On a Segway you don’t have to balance left/right because it is wide enough not to fall over. Do you mean to use the balance principle of the Segway to make a (motorised) unicycle ride like a bike? I wonder if that would work because the Segway will have its own ideas on acceleration (based on front/back balance) and that may be incompatable with what you require at any moment for left/right balance. You can control the steering but not the acceleration or deceleration. BTW, I would love to try the Segway as-is. ## Klaas Bil - Newsgroup Addict Armadillos are the only animal besides humans that can get leprosy.