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  • this is fuckin nice! maybe we could ride together :)

    cheers!

  • @wautur your big tire bouncing would be fast and not too much work to ride...

    we'd need good brakes, yes?

  • this thing would get millions of views if you put a camera on a track to get footage of the machine movie from the side. this video is lacking, get a better camera. still sweet tho, don't get me wrong

  • @ModernModr no worries. I'm just a builder / rider, sharing my stuff. There's loads of video of me riding/racing this machine. look for the parades & Kinetic Races videos on my favorites. I'm not going for gorgeous quality, just showing what's around...

  • ;.,,,,,

  • Hey, cool. Paint it black and stick some guns on it, and you have yourself your own bouncing Bat-Pod =D

  • Yeah... I've seen 'you tube's of it. those big boys are hell to balance, unless you can stand up like on mine. Most of the Bat Pod in motion has to be CG or blue screen. Mine's pretty easy AND you can ride double..humpa, humpa!:-O

  • is it more or less tiring than pedaling??

  • once you're moving, it is little effort. Going up a hill isn't hard, since the drop of your body and the weight of the machine pushes it up hill @ half the time. Can't go too fast, but cruises nicely at @ 6-8 mph... sprints up to @ 12...

  • wow i want!!! thats amazing

  • thanks! for more , look at the links on the more 'about this video' ..

  • so wehn u bounce it reacts to prepel u in forwar motion?

  • it's like when you push the pedals down on a bike, the wheels turn forward. The axle on this makes the wheel & frame act like a pedal, so you push down w/ your weight on the machine, the wheel goes around, as the axel goes down. Look at the video by swingbike chick...twice.

  • ok.. so all i see is a scooter with big wheels, why did 5 people favorite this?

  • Pay closer attention...no scooting going on..

    all bounce and forward you go.. like a perpeptual motion machine and all-terrain to boot. no big whoop...

  • Very nice!

    how do you have the chain drive the wheel? if it's using an up/down force wouldn't it need a push to start off?

  • No chain at all. the Rear axel is 5 inches off center. That's the whole deal. The handlebar is 'fixed', but it rocks in rhythm with the rest of the rise and fall of the frame. So you pump the floorboard, and push/pull on the 'bars. Google 'Bounce For Glory ' and look at the close ups on Flickr.

    Thanks for asking!

  • Look at the 2 other videos linked in the "About This Video" section above. To start or climmb a hill or a dune or go htru deep mud, I walk the tire 'lumberjack' style. That's good for starts, too.

  • so it really is kinetic! haha, that's great! Are you going to develop it some more, or is the the final model?

  • Oh duh... now I see it, I feel stupid... rear wheel off center... ingenious!

  • There are 3 w/ the Hoosier tires, 1 more planned (all amphibians for our races). I've made @117 with bicycle wheels, and one with a 40" trampoline for rear off set wheel

  • a trampoline?!?! That's thinking outside the box...

  • if back wheel is a 40" trampoline, whats the front wheel?

  • Great : )

  • cool as

  • Thanks for bringing this to the parade in Berkeley, it was one of the highlights for me.

  • look kinda like the new bat bike

  • that would suck on bumpy terrain lol

    jump jump jump -slip- oh crap.

  • Actually the bounce cancels out most of the bumps...smoother! It kicks ass over most other kinetic racers, esp. on sand and really steep hills. no suckage.

  • awesome but what about if the surface is wet or something lol

  • Doesn't matter. We race on mud, sand, rivers, in the rain. Kicks butt. My boots don't slip in the rain. First place in 2 races, 3rd in two others... Grand Champion in June. Water, bumps, let me at 'em. The ride is a blast, and all the other racers have to go through the same stuff.

    I just do it standing up, with no gears.....

  • For the Glory!!

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