The Segway was supposed to be the future of urban transportation, but here’s a better idea:
The RYNO is an electric, gyro-balanced unicycle. As you can see in the video, it seems to work perfectly well. It’s limited to about twenty miles per hour, but in the “30 Zones” of the not-so-distant future, it’s perfectly competitive with traffic. The 20-mile range isn’t great, but when you think of it as “across Manhattan and back, plus a lunch trip” it becomes more sensible. Pricing is projected at $4500, and while a good bicycle can be had for a third of that amount, the RYNO promises a sweat-free urban commute — at least when it’s not July. Details and investor-seeking hype at RYNO.
Posted in Future Vehicles, Marketing, News Blog
Tagged as gyroscopes, personal transportation, ryno, segway, the general feminization of urban men
Tagged as gyroscopes, personal transportation, ryno, segway, the general feminization of urban men
I for another, appreciate your entomological Simpsons reference!
I, as well. These unfortunate people here will be instantly killed. … Well the… the real humans won’t uh… won’t burn quite so fast in there, mw-hai.
HOYVIN-GLAVIN!
You know what would be cool? If you could meet three other guys on said unicycle and could then link up while you’re riding down the road…
MotoGP needs RYNO: RYNO needs MotoGP. Let it happen!
You know it’s cool and edgy because they spell it R-Y-N-O! See what they did there?
No not really.
I’m tempted to respond to that video with another Simpsons quote: “Act your age Simpson, you look foolish!”
I’m also reminded of the climactic “Enforcer” chase scene in the MST3K classic “Space Mutiny”. Compilation below:
youtube.com/watch?v=HrAcY8Daw_4
Slab Bulkhead!
Crud Bonemeal!
Thick McRunfast!
Am I going to have to point out that the animation series most appropriate for this product isn’t the Simpsons, but Southpark; season 5 episode 11?
Yeah but can the controls and the seat be changed??
Wasn’t this design first proposed in the comic strip BC?
It was sort of pioneered in the comic strip “Smokey Stover” in the 1950′s and 60′s. The chief’s car was a brass-era, crank-started side-by-side two-wheeler, like a Segway.
The strip has a great website. Really ahead of its time and still my all-time favorite comic. http://www.smokey-stover.com/history.html
Notary Sojac!
Not exactly the same thing, but motorized monocycles have been around since the early 20th Century. The difference is, on a monocycle you sit inside the wheel rather than above it as on the BC Wheel and the RYNO.
That’s brilliant
There is a reason some motorcycle magazines don’t review 3-wheeled motorcycle derivatives…
Racism. Same reason cycling competitions ban 60 mph streamliners. It’s their way or the highway.
“My daughter showed me a picture and said ‘Daddy, why don’t you make one of these?’ So I did.”
He’s either the best or worst dad in the world. Though I’d put my money on the former.
My daughter drew a picture of a purple half-monkey half dog and asked me to create it…I didn’t know where to start.
By denying G-d, obviously.
I object to the tag: “The general feminization of urban men.”
If taking away two wheels makes you a bad-ass, shouldn’t taking away another make you even more so?
Or maybe that makes you either bad… or an ass.
What is the point of this? Even inside dense city like Chicago, you’d get run over on some of the main streets (Western avenue) you’d get run over at 20mph.
Outside of the city it’s simply too slow.
Why buy this instead of 250cc sportbike? I don’t get it…
The RYNO people believe that it will be generally permitted to take one of these on an elevator and put it next to one’s desk. If they are correct, that’s a big difference and one that makes their product very desirable.
My building doesn’t even allow bicycles or push carts for equipment on the elevators. No way this thing is getting on. Besides, to be able to take it to your desk in your building, it would have to be USEFUL to get you to work, first, no?
Can this thing legally use the bicycle lane in most cities?
Wow…
That really pops my cork!
This looks delightfully goofy, fun, counter-culture, oxymoronic, and practical. (^_^)…
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I think the only requirment to make this street legal is the operator has to register as an organ donor.