Half a bike for the price of a whole one!
11-08-19, 12:38 PM
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I'm just curious as to how you're supposed to load/unload that thing without it falling over all the time. Say you have the handles resting on the ground like in the picture above. So I guess you just have it sitting there at a 45 degree angle while you load it? Or try to load it while it's laying over on the ground, then lift the load up? I'm sure once you get going it would probably work OK, but it's going to be awkward as heck loading/unloading and getting it going. Of course, if you don't put a very heavy load on it then you won't have much of a problem but if you have 200 lbs. on it it's not going to be very easy getting it upright.
11-08-19, 06:49 PM
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I'm just curious as to how you're supposed to load/unload that thing without it falling over all the time. Say you have the handles resting on the ground like in the picture above. So I guess you just have it sitting there at a 45 degree angle while you load it? Or try to load it while it's laying over on the ground, then lift the load up? I'm sure once you get going it would probably work OK, but it's going to be awkward as heck loading/unloading and getting it going. Of course, if you don't put a very heavy load on it then you won't have much of a problem but if you have 200 lbs. on it it's not going to be very easy getting it upright.
As to lifting up the load, you'd be doing a deadlift from the ground—not too good for the back. And once the load was lifted to the correct height, the handles would be quite high, making for a higher center of gravity and increasing the chances of toppling; the gentleman's hands seem to be grabbing the handles just below his chest level when a level just below the waist would offer far more stability. Looks extremely awkward to me.
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11-08-19, 07:31 PM
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It's actually 60+ deg. if you're referring to the picture in post #17 .
As to lifting up the load, you'd be doing a deadlift from the ground—not too good for the back. And once the load was lifted to the correct height, the handles would be quite high, making for a higher center of gravity and increasing the chances of toppling; the gentleman's hands seem to be grabbing the handles just below his chest level when a level just below the waist would offer far more stability. Looks extremely awkward to me.
As to lifting up the load, you'd be doing a deadlift from the ground—not too good for the back. And once the load was lifted to the correct height, the handles would be quite high, making for a higher center of gravity and increasing the chances of toppling; the gentleman's hands seem to be grabbing the handles just below his chest level when a level just below the waist would offer far more stability. Looks extremely awkward to me.
I wonder if this isn't one of those cult-like things, where people get all glassy eyed and overexcited about the uniqueness of the thing and fail to notice that it's pretty much a total design failure.
Cyclists don't get into cults about bicycle stuff, do they?
11-08-19, 08:41 PM
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There's a couple pictures on that website of someone putting children on those carts. Has anyone called the police yet?
11-10-19, 12:41 AM
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Seems to be missing the pedals...
I'm not above pushing my unicycle in certain circumstances, but why would I want to buy one that couldn't be ridden at all?
I'm not above pushing my unicycle in certain circumstances, but why would I want to buy one that couldn't be ridden at all?
11-10-19, 10:25 PM
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I cannot get my head around the design. What possible application warrants one?
A traditional single wheel barrow is stable because it has a low centre of gravity. They retail at 50 quid with a fat, bump-flattening pneumatic tyre. The design is unchanged for a three-figure number of years for a reason.
Or you could pay a bit extra for a 4-wheel sack trolley. You can put a cow in some of them, still a fraction of the price of these things, and considerably more stable.
A traditional single wheel barrow is stable because it has a low centre of gravity. They retail at 50 quid with a fat, bump-flattening pneumatic tyre. The design is unchanged for a three-figure number of years for a reason.
Or you could pay a bit extra for a 4-wheel sack trolley. You can put a cow in some of them, still a fraction of the price of these things, and considerably more stable.
