So between Ricky Gervais, Daniel Wood, and Aleksander Polutnik… Who really made the self balancing electric unicycle? Well, I leave that question up for you to decide because the main purpose of this thread was to show the Enicycle.
This appears to be more bulky then the other electric unicycles but all I can say is, I’m tired of these dudes creating the same thing. Why can’t they benefit the existing unicyclers by adding new innovations to the real unicycle which dosen’t require a battery? Arg
This vid has a lot of appeal to normal people. Like the guy said in ^ vid , "I tried a unicycle and it was impossible, I was riding off on the electric thing in 4 minutes. "
I hope it is made and sold for less then 500 $. I think we uni riders have a warped perception, it is difficult for us to see something like this in the same way as a non uni rider. For instance, for us the sensation of turning while sitting over the wheel would lack novelty. It might be a very new sensation for some people, and worth the 500 $.
Also, at that price, it may have some utility as tight quartered transportation. The Segway was wide and heavy. It failed to take advantage of the general public’s excellent side to side balance ( from bike riding experience ), instead creating the Segway, a device to heavy, wide and costly. I could actually see people riding these unielectric things through crowded airports. They can pass each other without locking wheels, and never roll over toes.
Remember all the hype before the launch of the Segway ? World changer it was gonna be. If these things cost >2000 $ , but are still cool, they might go into permanent production. Should they hit 500 $ ish, and everyone is used to them, they might become very common.
That would be a world changer for uni popularity. Most of the barrier to learning a new skill is mental. If millions of people try the electric job, maybe a million extra people a year would feel comfortable trying a real uni.
Feel the light- I completely agree and, in fact, I have no problem with electric unicycles. I had the oppurtunity to meet with Mr. Woods and these electric unicycles are phenomonal and I some day hope to buy one. The only problem for me, is that there are too many inventors building the same, similar, electric unicycles.
Far as I’m aware, only one is actually for sale, so it doesn’t really matter. The more people are designing them, the better chance that one that actually made it to market would be affordable. Same with unicycles. The early “really good” Trials and mountain unicycles were around $1000 each. Now you can get a much better cycle for about half that. I’m quite glad there are lots of unicycle makers…
Its a problem because I would like them to design better “regular” unicycles! If they can make a unicycle electric… Imagine what they could do to a generic unicycle! Maybe new seats, cooler frames, etc. Hey, maybe they could create a totally different way to power a unicycle besides electricity, like water! I know it isn’t a “problem” I just wish one would establish that it has been done already so that the previous creators don’t become underdogs. Some believe that this is the first new electric unicycle… IDK I’m kinda just rambling here. I find it hard to write my opinion on the subject. lol
If you’re going to give the answer before the question, why not give us a chance at the right answer?
Why not include Professor Klaus Hofer, Dean Kamen or Trevor Blackwell in that list? Certainly the work of these guys, at least in part, has served as inspiration for the people you’ve named.
The answer might even be “all of the above”. History has shown the same “invention” appearing in two places at once (citation needed)… which leads me to wonder: what is the purpose of the question? The self balancing unicycle seems a natural evolution of the self balancing dicycle, which may have evolved from stable, wheeled robots…
Why don’t you do something about it, then? If you’re not showing interest in their work (i.e. investing your own $$$ or time), then you’re not going to motivate “these dudes” to come up with something better…
So you’re saying the ability to produce a SBU automatically qualifies one to produce new unicycling components, if not requires them to? Apples and oranges, dude.
They’re using motors and controllers to solve their “problem”. Whatever you’re looking for, they’d likely build it with more of the same. What exactly are you looking for, anyways?
Thanks for adding names to the list! I have “done” something about it by talking/discussing with Daniel about his SBU and doing further research into the SBU. I do believe that if one has the intelligence, as these smart people who contributed/built SBUs, then they could easily produce new ideas to the unicycle. What am I looking for? I am looking for new ideas. And that’s okay, you don’t have to understand! (But for not understanding you sure did a good job of understanding ) Communication comes easier for me when it’s vocally so I apologize if I confused you too much.
P.S.-Most of the SBU creators do have a lot of knowledge in engineering and working with unicycles so I have no doubt that the could build a new frame…
Unicycles never seem to get this sort of wide press coverage. I like that normal folks seem to be having fun with it. This can only help the uni sport.
I know it isn’t a “problem” I just wish one would establish that it has been done already so that the previous creators don’t become underdogs. Some believe that this is the first new electric unicycle… IDK I’m kinda just rambling here. I find it hard to write my opinion on the subject. lol 
) Communication comes easier for me when it’s vocally so I apologize if I confused you too much. 