Brian,
You’re referring to the vehicle like a LeRun, the kind you see from time to time on Ebay, right? I haven’t tried those, but a year or so ago, I acquired the vehicle shown below through Ebay. We call it the Uniskate for lack of a better term. This one is actually designed to ride with the skate truck in the rear, differently than the LeRun vehicle.
We’ve found that the Uniskate is actually difficult to ride and really does no justice to the thought of training to ride a unicycle. As unicyclists, we’ve found that it’s actually much easier to ride the thing backwards (with the wheels in front) and pull the wheels up off the ground. Rides like a unicycle that way.
I’m told that there was a Monkeys album once upon a time, or maybe just a scene (I’m not sure) that depicted the foursome riding this very Uniskate vehicle. Maybe the mighty Raphael can use his research superpowers to help find the picture.
Either way, the Uniskate cured me of buying such obtuse items from Ebay. This thing is bulky, it’s in the way, impractical, etc. etc. etc. But it’s almost one of a kind so I think we’ll hang on to it as a conversation starter.
Bruce
