facthunter Posted February 13, 2015 Posted February 13, 2015 I wonder how they handle Emu's and Kangaroos? Nev
facthunter Posted February 13, 2015 Posted February 13, 2015 You are inviting a problem with installing a battery with unknown charge state in an aircraft, sometimes Nev 1
Kyle Communications Posted February 13, 2015 Posted February 13, 2015 I like JG's pushbike idea but everything would need to be titanium to keep it really light
OZJohn Posted February 13, 2015 Posted February 13, 2015 I have a Japanese made folding bike in as new condition. It weighs about 12 Kg. No further use. $85.00 John.
Akromaster Posted February 13, 2015 Author Posted February 13, 2015 Haha...battery thing was very tongue in cheek!
Akromaster Posted February 24, 2015 Author Posted February 24, 2015 Here's another contender althought again it's still in development but expected to ship 2015: http://urb-e.com/products/
kgwilson Posted February 24, 2015 Posted February 24, 2015 If you have plenty of spare cash the Yike Bike would be my choice. Made of hi tech carbon fibre, weighs just 11.4 kgs, 20km range with 23kmh top speed & 1.5 hour re-charge time.
Guest Andys@coffs Posted February 24, 2015 Posted February 24, 2015 So size of wheel is the major determiner of how small the fold up result is. 20inch wheels are much less stable than the larger 26" that most of us have graduated to as teenagers, and probably left as we got older. 20" is about as unstable as I would want...something with 8" wheels is in my opinion not something I want to park my butt on...I want to hit a rock and ride over it still on bike...on 26" I wouldn't generally notice the rock, on 20" it might cause a wobble on 8" I might well be sailing over the handlebars........ Andy
Akromaster Posted February 25, 2015 Author Posted February 25, 2015 @ Andy...that's a good point. The small wheels on the URB-E is probably not going to work well on a highway. For the cost, weight and size I think the AirWheel is still well ahead, although the learning curve is a little higher. I did see that the Australian distributor of AirWheel shut up shop because they couldn't get exemptions for public use. Seems the same thing happened to the Segway.
Bruce Tuncks Posted March 1, 2015 Posted March 1, 2015 As Jabiru Phil said, an Avocet would be the go. It is exactly this problem which the Avocet was designed to solve.
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