Meet the Dynasphere or “Jumbo”, as it was also known, a “one wheel, 4-seater” devised by a Dr. J. A. Purves in 1932. The Dynasphere had a 2.5 horsepower and could reach speeds of up to 25 miles per hour, it was “an invention of spherical motion” intended to one day revolutionize transportation. For some reason it never caught on, though Mr. Garrison tried something similar with his “gyroscope-powered monowheel” in the cartoon series South Park. View photos of Dynasphere testing on Weston beach here. Via British Pathe
The monowheel was tech's improvement on bicycles. It didn't catch on.
Woody Allen is a guy who know his rides...
The monowheel was tech's improvement on bicycles. It didn't catch on.
Photographs from biking's golden age...
Who needs more than one wheel anyway? This former circus performer built himself the vehicle of his dreams, but you may want to think twice before taking it for a spin if your sense of balance isn't quite up to par.
Photographs from biking's golden age...
Monowheels, by their very nature, are fairly simple machines; after all they only have one wheel! Here is a look at their 5 important parts.
The monowheel was tech's improvement on bicycles. It didn't catch on.
The Dynasphere was a monowheel electric vehicle invented in 1932 by Dr. J. A. Purves from Taunton, Somerset, UK. It had 2.5 horse power and once attained a speed of 25mph.
The Original McLean Monowheel For Kerry McLean it all started with the first monocycle he built in 1971 (pictured above) and after his first ride he was smitten with the bug to make it better. Kerry has been building his unique monocycles ever since then and he continues to refine his creation with each new […]
dieselpunkflimflam: “Somewhere there’s an alternate-historical 1970s in which Ringo Starr and Graham Chapman were hybrid-cloned and sent out to fight crime in Evel Knievel’s monowheel. ”
Un monowheel est un véhicule constitué d’une seule roue où le conducteur est à l’intérieur de la roue elle-même1 [fig. 1]: Ce type d’engin est ici distingué du monocycle (unicycle en anglais) où le conducteur est assis au dessus de la roue unique. Nous évoquerons aussi parfois les diwheels (parfois...
The basic principle of the monowheel is easy enough: build a big enough wheel, and you can fit a rider in it along with a motor to move the whole works forward.
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the kiwano K01 smart electric scooter is shedding pounds off the classic scooter in a rather unconventional way–by getting rid of an entire wheel.
We've been puzzling over this image posted to the H.A.M.B.'s pre-WWII photos thread for a few days. Originally posted by swi66, we've been able to determine that a Mr. M. Goventosa of Udine, Italy, built this monowheel in 1931, and that it was capable of 150 KPH, or about 93 MPH. And thaaaat's about...
Kevin Scott holds the Guinness World Record for fastest monowheel motorcycle. It's really unstable.
