Push scootering

Has anyone seen the high-end scooters that are different from the Razor model?
GETaSCOOTER.com has a comparison of the razor, goped, xootr, sidewalker, and
mp10. Some scooters have bicycle-type handbrakes & air-filled tires.

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Re: Push scootering

I had an idea similar to that but with pedals so that you could stand on it and
the uni would roll, i thought you could use it on ramps like skateboarders and
BMX riders

Gus


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Re: Push scootering

But none of them have only one wheel… :frowning:

Re: Push scootering

A few months ago, David Poznanter built a sort of uni-scooter. It was a 20" (I
think) uni with stationery pegs where the cranks would have been. It was like an
impossible wheel with a frame, except the pegs didn’t roll.

He brought it to school a few times and let us play around on it. We found out
very quickly that trying to ride the thing by sitting on the seat was a bad
idea; we had the most success by mounting and riding with the seat in the front,
using the seat only as a handle. It worked best on a very slight downgrade; even
so we could only go about ten feet (if we were lucky) without falling, but it
was a really fun ten feet.

Still, we had the feeling that with enough practice, and a loose handbrake, this
could be a neat method of transportation – the “lazy” man’s downhill uni! This
sort of thing seemed perfectly suited to the hilly campus at UC Santa Cruz.

Unfortunately, the last I heard, David was trying to sell the thing. It was
pretty expensive, too, because he made it from quality parts. Did anyone
out there buy it, or has anyone made a similar contraption? David, are you
out there?

Sam

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merphant@remoovzees.cats.ucsc.edu (Sam Hernandez)

>A few months ago, David Poznanter built a sort of uni-scooter. It was a 20" (I
>think) uni with stationery pegs where the cranks would have been. It was like
>an impossible wheel with a frame, except the pegs didn’t roll.
>
>He brought it to school a few times and let us play around on it. We found out
>very quickly that trying to ride the thing by sitting on the seat was a bad
>idea; we had the most success by mounting and riding with the seat in the
>front, using the seat only as a handle. It worked best on a very slight
>downgrade; even so we could only go about ten feet (if we were lucky) without
>falling, but it was a really fun ten feet.
>
>Still, we had the feeling that with enough practice, and a loose handbrake,
>this could be a neat method of transportation – the “lazy” man’s downhill
>uni! This sort of thing seemed perfectly suited to the hilly campus at UC
>Santa Cruz.

This appears to be a coasting or wheel walking unicycle with dorns for placing
the the feet. Ideal for downhill coasting.

An inexpensive version could be made from an artistic bicycle front fork or by
straightening the forks of a regular bicycle front fork. Simply add a front
bicycle wheel, seat, seatpost, seatpost clamp and two dorns.

Sincerely,

Ken Fuchs <kfuchs@winternet.com>

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Re: Push scootering

Ken Fuchs <kfuchs@winternet.com> wrote:
> merphant@remoovzees.cats.ucsc.edu (Sam Hernandez)

>>A few months ago, David Poznanter built a sort of uni-scooter. It was a 20" (I
>>think) uni with stationery pegs where the cranks would have been. It was like
>>an impossible wheel with a frame, except the pegs didn’t roll.

There was something like that at cycle fest back in 1995 in Lancaster Uk, didn’t
even belong to unicyclist, tho it had bars rather than a saddle
. Twas VERY hard to stay on I recall, but easier on a slope than the flat. At
the same event I had my " beast" uni with handle bars in place of a saddle.
Both were riden standing up.

sarah