The gyrowheel would make it so that anyone learning to ride a bike — or just keep any ol' bike upright — wouldn't need training wheels to keep from falling over. The gyrowheel replaces the front wheel and contains a battery-powered, spinning disk inside of it, which in turn generates a gyroscopic precessional force and helps stabilize the bike. It should keep a bike upright in the face of wobbles, and the folks at Gyrobike claim that it teaches better riding practices too~
A 12" version of the gyrowheel is due out in December, with a 16" version landing next spring~
via : ohgizmo
wouldn't this just be another device to make the next generations lazy? I remember my first pair, I remember getting my training wheels off my bike, and learning to keep my self straight, so, the wheels do this now? seems silly to me
ReplyDeletelol, theres something to be said for the ol' push off and pray method to be sure, but this could maybe help kids that have little to no coordination~
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