I never had training wheels. it was scary how I was taught. I guess I was a natural rider, first time on a bike at 8, uncle put me on one, told me how the steering and pedals worked, pushed me off and I rode all the way to my school 2 miles away...because no one taught me how to STOP and that was the only place I knew how to get to at 8
They gotta make these in larger sizes. These would be really useful on adult bikes as well, especially for those of us who never really learned as a kid...
At the risk of sounding older than I really am, what the hell ever happened to just learning how to do things without being babied about it? I learned to ride a bike the hard way, and if I have kids, they will too.
or you could just be like me and be able to ride it the first time you ever tried and skip all the stupid training the reason it takes kids so long to learn is because they are scared but i was confident and did not have any adults pushing me and then letting go it is so easy kids don't learn to ride a bike they learn to not be afraid
And if you fit the thing backwards so the spin of the wheel and the gyro contradict each other, you can make Jonny develop a permanent fear of cycling!
question here, is there anyway i can get this for an adult bike, my grandparents love cycling however as they get older they are experiencing trouble getting of the bike, i read you actually need to be up to speed to reach a proper stability but i think falling more slowly would actually be of great help anyway.
What happened to dad? That was one of the things I remember about growing up evenings after dad got home from work teaching me (scared to death) how to ride a bike! Never had training wheels, just dad!
Has the World gotten to the point where the lack of necessity is the mother of invention?
How freaking lazy must a parent be that they view helping their child learn to ride a bike must be abbreviated? Heaven forbid they have to interact with their spawn.
@midnightfapper How is this contraption going to help, in a better way than training wheels? it is not. This and training wheels simply aids balance for longer, for the kid to adapt. Simple things are usually the best.
@irishchrisc i agree with you 100% simple is usually better. learning how to ride a bicycle is complex. at slow speeds you turn the handlebars left to go left. once you're moving over 5mph or so the opposite is true: turn the bars right to go left. this is counter steering (affects all two wheeled vehicles). training wheels dramatically affect the physics involved (no longer 2 wheels), increase learning time, and confuse the child. there is a lot of material out there on the web, check it out.
Neat idea....but I would never trust a company that says you cannot return the product once the box has been opened. To me, that says that the product isnt all that its cracked up to be.
@gaboon1 Gyrobike fully stands behind the quality of its products. We have a 90-day warranty should a customer have any issues with his or her Gyrowheel. Given the effectiveness of our products, we cannot accept products that have been used. If you have any questions -- give us a shout: 888 489 9790 or info[at]thegyrobike[dot]com.
@gyrobike I like the product and will probably purchase one in the future, however a 90 day warranty leads me to suspect it will not perform well. Why not a year or five years warranty? Is it not made well enough to last? Just my two cents :)
@KangenWaterOC Thank you for your two cents! Gyrobike fully stands behind the durability of its products and we realized that some people were interpreting our warranty in a similar fashion. Therefore, we updated our policy and recently extended our warranty to 1 year. How does that sound?
@gaboon1 Gyrobike fully stands behind the quality and effectiveness of its products. We also have a one year warranty. We do actually accept returns of unused Gyrowheels. You can check out dozens of consumers videos of them using Gyrowheel with their kiddos on our YouTube channel.
Not to take away from the gyrowheel, but when I was teaching my kids to ride a bike I held them by the back of their neck adjusting for the imbalance as they road their bike. This, I felt was a more direct way of teaching/compensating the inner ear. I found this method very succesful. Holding their handle bars or the back of the seat works but not with much self assurance. Congradulations to the four inventors!!!
This is fantastic until a week into the gig, some punk kid steals the wheel, and now your kid is helpless and clueless!! What would be even funnier is a removing the gyroscope and putting the wheel back on.... And watch from a distance.... YouTube enabled recorder of course!
@Badhabitsjay And by everything you mean, of course two words? Haha youtube hate at its best. Tell me kid, how many languages do you speak? I wonder if you can speak portuguese, french, or spanish half as good as i can, since i'm not allowed to make a few english mistakes. Try again.
@Badhabitsjay By the way, you apparently don't know what a straw man is, you should check the meaning out before talking about it. Just thought i'd let you know.
@An1MuS a proposition by substituting a superficially similar yet unequivalent proposition (the "straw man"), and refuting it, without ever having actually refuted the original position.
I suggest you just grow up and leave well enough alone. I didn't attack you or commit any kind of hate, I pointed out that another person could have just as easily found flaw in your grammar as well. You replied by asking if I speak other languages, a superficial and inequivalent attack.
@Badhabitsjay Yeah, quoting from Wikipedia is hard... gosh. You know what isn't? Knowing to spot a straw man, and you didn't. You talked about my english mistakes and i replied. However, i talked about the fact of the gyrowheel being heavy, but instead you brought out my english mistakes. Sorry, but you're wrong, and if you believe otherwise you're illuded. Besides, i'm not the one who started the attacks, you were. So i suggest you follow your own advice.
@An1MuS What if the other part was good and I agreed with it, should I button my lip? Of course one can criticize only part of comments, come on! Luckily for you I'm quite happy to criticize the other part too, since you insist!
"Must be very light with batery and gyroscope inside " No, you're wrong, it must not. Batteries and gyroscopes make the wheel heavy. /sarcasm
I should have clarified myself I suppose. The comment is from a person is from someone whose family and friends never required training wheels and just started from a bicycle. I think if the child needs help, that is where the parent comes in to hold them. I look at this wheel as a last resort type of item or for those who do not have the time to help their kids directly.
When I think of how many hours I spent jogging behind some of my kids to keep 'em going after the trainer wheels came off ...
I can see how an adaptation of this could keep quite a few senior citizens cruising along bike-paths to the shops, etc. where otherwise the fear of a fall puts them off cycling and curbs their independence.
thats unfair, i learnt to ride a bike when i was 3, i didnt have no fancy tech, i was just.. smart, it took me about 20 minutes, yeah apparently i figured out falling off a bike hurt, i mean some times kids should learn the hard way, imi mean yno bikes are here to save the planet and blardy bla, not so we can use electricity on something we dont really need, so kids can learn quicker, and after re reading what i just said, i thought i sounded old :(
they seem confident enough the wheel on its own will fall slowly but she never lets you get the chance to see the bike falling over itself. probably the speed at which it happens could be slower, but thats what i would ask if was there.
what if i were to put 2 of those on the same bike? would it fall then? can 2 of those comunicate with each other and share or update their... "stabily situation"?
if it was a real gyroscope, it wouldn't fall at all. It's a cool invention but it's just not a real gyroscope. A real gyroscope wouldn't have its axle fixed to the bike. By definition a gyroscope's axle must be able to change orientation. Do a youtube search on "gyroscope" and you'll see the difference.
i think its better to teach ur kid how to ride a bike without training wheels, thats how i learned, an i got it the first time, except i wasn't shown the brakes lol, guess they thought i'd just fall :-o
@tigerboy1227 that's impossible: detracting energy from the wheel would destroy the balancing effect. And if you intended to use the kid's energy... well, that kinetic energy was gonna keep him balanced anyway, since the bike is by itself an example of a gyroscope.
Could they have found someone with a slightly less annoying voice to do the demo? Holy Jebus, it hurts my central nervous system.
Aside from that, this looks cool. I wonder how well it withstands total immersion. We used get our bikes into ponds, the ocean, you name it, all the time.
Having the front wheel turn as the bike topples is not a bad design flaw, fortunately the direction of precession is such that the wheel turns in the direction that an experienced rider would turn the handles to stop falling over. So essentially the gyrowheel teaches the kid how to ride!
The rear wheel however is not free to turn about the vertical axis (the rear wheel can't steer!) and so as the bike topples it just applies a bending moment throughout the frame.
With the wheel in the front, if the kid had really strong arms and held the handlebars rigid so the wheel couldn't turn then the bike would fall over as a normal one would.
Why is this wheel in the front rather than the back? i would think it would be hard to turn the gyro when in the front rather than just keeping the kid upright. Could anyone enlighten me?
@binford: maybe because the back wheel normally has the gear and chain hooked up to it and since this new fangled device is already thick i guess it has to go up front.
i agree it would make turning more difficult but perhaps initially they dont want the poor kid turning the handlebars much. but then again should the kid manage to get a turn in then it'll be harder to get out of.
Gyroscopic theory. There are three axes: through the axle, through the steering tube (vertical) and along the length of the bike (horizontally). The disc spins around the axle axis. Gyroscpic theory states that applying a couple about one of the other axis will cause the disc to precess about the third. i.e. as gravity tries to topple the bike, instead of it falling over the gyroscope precesses about its vertical axis and the front wheel turns.
I was at that show. INTERBIKE in Vegas. I am one of 3 people in charge of product purchases for our shop. We bought 10 of these and sold them in less than 2 weeks. The demo bike at the shop allowed people to try the gyro and their kids found it so easy that the kids wanted to take the demo bike home. Very cool concept. We get older kids at our rental shop who never learned to ride. The 16" will be a welcome addition this summer.
suck. a kid should fall off his bike to learn how to balance on it. >o it's the scrapes and bruises that make it worth while when you finally learn how to ride the bike! kids these days...
Even with the wheel, a kid is still going to fall off a few times, if not while learning to ride, then after. However, it is much more effective to let them feel like they are succeeding. Consider the difference between, "Good job staying on the bike!," and, "If you fall off the bike, you get more pain." Also, note that it is meant to replace training wheels, so they should not fall at this stage anyway. Finally, I think it's the bike riding skills that make it worth while, not the bruises.
that ghost bike is fucking creepy
7he7ubes 3 weeks ago
I never had training wheels. it was scary how I was taught. I guess I was a natural rider, first time on a bike at 8, uncle put me on one, told me how the steering and pedals worked, pushed me off and I rode all the way to my school 2 miles away...because no one taught me how to STOP and that was the only place I knew how to get to at 8
Mikenopolis 1 month ago
Rooster teeth sent me
fbello 1 month ago 2
Drunk Tank!
Ryan0556 1 month ago 5
SSSSLLLLOOOOWWWW MMMMOOOOTTTTIIIOOONN
transformersloverjon 1 month ago
Is this even necessary? What kind of life altering "bad habits" did we learn on training wheels? It's a cool idea, but could be put to better use.
OldSpice0420 1 month ago
At some point, you just have to learn how to ride a bike. I just asked my dad to take off my training wheels one day when I was five.
Venaloid 2 months ago
They gotta make these in larger sizes. These would be really useful on adult bikes as well, especially for those of us who never really learned as a kid...
VinLAURiA 2 months ago
Wouldn't gyroscopic precession make steering heavy and strange? And wouldn't the child have to unlearn the muscle memory?
I think attentive parents are probably a better way to learn. I learned with no training wheels at all.
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Stupid over priced piece of shit, how did anyone learn to cycle? No pain no gain, bitch.
MrAbortionClinic 3 months ago
When did sara silverman start selling wheels?
deckstore 4 months ago 2
I wonder what would happen if i mounted one of these sideways on a carbon fiber mountainbike? Automatic wheelies maybe? :D
CaptainKorhonen 4 months ago
should put it on a unicycle
colbykubicz 4 months ago
Why are these not on dirt bikes, and street bikes!
2for1cups 4 months ago 2
I had this idea when I was six. I just didn't know how to work out the mechanics.
elwood180 4 months ago
Exactly what a kid needs, a heavier bike that costs a bomb and will be difficult to turn. good one guys!
TheMickyb1994 4 months ago
While you sell that $100 gyro wheel, I'm gonna go to the yard sale across the street at get normal training wheels for less than $2.
winegard64 4 months ago
Or you can train your kid to not be a pussy and have him fall of his bike and take it like a man.
watnazn 4 months ago
At the risk of sounding older than I really am, what the hell ever happened to just learning how to do things without being babied about it? I learned to ride a bike the hard way, and if I have kids, they will too.
Nemephosis 5 months ago
You can get it for $100 at Think Geek...
laylajune17 5 months ago
i used two wheels and several rose bushes and i can ride a bike just fine
kevfromMA 6 months ago 2
or you coudl buy him a normal bike and he will learn to ride it just like i did
pofkeltlt 7 months ago 2
or you could just be like me and be able to ride it the first time you ever tried and skip all the stupid training the reason it takes kids so long to learn is because they are scared but i was confident and did not have any adults pushing me and then letting go it is so easy kids don't learn to ride a bike they learn to not be afraid
nnnjc1 7 months ago
Man this thing would have been awesome for ghost riding a bike down the hill, if it ever stopped.
Ajbolt89 7 months ago
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worenhite 8 months ago
amazing if you prefer to push your bicycle not ride on him
worenhite 8 months ago
And if you fit the thing backwards so the spin of the wheel and the gyro contradict each other, you can make Jonny develop a permanent fear of cycling!
bombusmaximus 8 months ago
question here, is there anyway i can get this for an adult bike, my grandparents love cycling however as they get older they are experiencing trouble getting of the bike, i read you actually need to be up to speed to reach a proper stability but i think falling more slowly would actually be of great help anyway.
mwahisgoed 8 months ago
i thought the gyro wheel was going to be invented for us older people to look like badasses not for childrens safety pff
glodude108 9 months ago
Клёвая штука. Все-тки американцы не совсем тупые :)
XaHyMaH 9 months ago
And it also increases its moment of inertia! So kids would have to peddle harder than kids with training wheels.
More exercise right there.
RzmmDX 9 months ago
Can they make this in a 24" size so I can use it too???
AggieTreed 10 months ago
....wish I had THAT 20 years ago, gotta love advancements in technology lol
blackcerberus999 10 months ago
Where was this when I learned to ride?
CuttlefishPi 10 months ago
What happened to dad? That was one of the things I remember about growing up evenings after dad got home from work teaching me (scared to death) how to ride a bike! Never had training wheels, just dad!
stetsonwalker 10 months ago 3
Has the World gotten to the point where the lack of necessity is the mother of invention?
How freaking lazy must a parent be that they view helping their child learn to ride a bike must be abbreviated? Heaven forbid they have to interact with their spawn.
KittycatWrangler 10 months ago
Sorcery I tell you. SORCERY!!!!
TheSiglerr 10 months ago
just another item that will end up in landfill ! Do you really need it ?
sanfrancaman 11 months ago
115$ !! very nice for children
iasca100 1 year ago
How exactly do training wheels teach bad habits?
irishchrisc 1 year ago
@irishchrisc I think she meant that the child doesn't learn how to balance themselves with training wheels.
GorillazDemonDays11 11 months ago
@GorillazDemonDays11 ...If that is her logic. How exactly is the gyrowheel a improvment in learning? Complete bollocks. This thing is a contraption.
irishchrisc 11 months ago
@irishchrisc the issue with training wheels is children don't learn how to countersteer.
midnightfapper 11 months ago
@midnightfapper How is this contraption going to help, in a better way than training wheels? it is not. This and training wheels simply aids balance for longer, for the kid to adapt. Simple things are usually the best.
irishchrisc 11 months ago
@irishchrisc i agree with you 100% simple is usually better. learning how to ride a bicycle is complex. at slow speeds you turn the handlebars left to go left. once you're moving over 5mph or so the opposite is true: turn the bars right to go left. this is counter steering (affects all two wheeled vehicles). training wheels dramatically affect the physics involved (no longer 2 wheels), increase learning time, and confuse the child. there is a lot of material out there on the web, check it out.
midnightfapper 11 months ago
@midnightfapper training wheels worked fine for me, fap boy
MrFibertiger 11 months ago
Just ride the goddam bike. Are kids more stupid today?
davewatcher 1 year ago
@davewatcher Both ways in the snow!
come on grumpypants. Cheer up.
AngelusDlion 1 year ago
sooo innovative
YouthDrummer 1 year ago
Ok Mr. Jones, I'm sure little Tommy will love his new training bike! That'll be $400,000.
ZDoggMD 1 year ago 44
Its operated by a woman with extremely annoying voice...
kimosabesun 1 year ago 2
I wish I has this when I was a kid.
punctualjinx 1 year ago
that would be awesome for ghosting bikes!!!!
rc18trocks 1 year ago
DRUNK TANK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
whalefish1010 1 year ago
Neat idea....but I would never trust a company that says you cannot return the product once the box has been opened. To me, that says that the product isnt all that its cracked up to be.
gaboon1 1 year ago
@gaboon1 Gyrobike fully stands behind the quality of its products. We have a 90-day warranty should a customer have any issues with his or her Gyrowheel. Given the effectiveness of our products, we cannot accept products that have been used. If you have any questions -- give us a shout: 888 489 9790 or info[at]thegyrobike[dot]com.
gyrobike 1 year ago
@gyrobike I like the product and will probably purchase one in the future, however a 90 day warranty leads me to suspect it will not perform well. Why not a year or five years warranty? Is it not made well enough to last? Just my two cents :)
KangenWaterOC 11 months ago 2
@KangenWaterOC Thank you for your two cents! Gyrobike fully stands behind the durability of its products and we realized that some people were interpreting our warranty in a similar fashion. Therefore, we updated our policy and recently extended our warranty to 1 year. How does that sound?
gyrobike 11 months ago
@gyrobike Now we are talking! Way to go!
KangenWaterOC 11 months ago
@gaboon1 Gyrobike fully stands behind the quality and effectiveness of its products. We also have a one year warranty. We do actually accept returns of unused Gyrowheels. You can check out dozens of consumers videos of them using Gyrowheel with their kiddos on our YouTube channel.
gyrobike 10 months ago
u charge it to da max then because of the gyroscopes properties its going to resist turning and the little kid will be daddy kan u fix mi wierd bike
sahminu 1 year ago
u charge it to da max then because of the gyroscopes properties its going to resist turning and the little kid will be daddy kan u fix mi wierd bik
sahminu 1 year ago
cant i backflip with it?
squirlybmx 1 year ago
UNICYCLE AND GYROSCOPE lol
2ben67 1 year ago 3
WITCHCRAFT
koneye 1 year ago 80
super slick lookin huh? It looks terrible!! Like an alien!!
sasoon38 1 year ago
That is not for bicycle...
TheFanofFPS 1 year ago
A great idea based on simple physics.
Love it
Hellstrom03 1 year ago
Not to take away from the gyrowheel, but when I was teaching my kids to ride a bike I held them by the back of their neck adjusting for the imbalance as they road their bike. This, I felt was a more direct way of teaching/compensating the inner ear. I found this method very succesful. Holding their handle bars or the back of the seat works but not with much self assurance. Congradulations to the four inventors!!!
nullflux8is 1 year ago
For kids who never want to turn... still a genius idea!
NowinWTF 1 year ago 2
@NowinWTF Gyrowheel actually makes it easier for kids to turn. It simply helps to keep kids upright.
gyrobike 11 months ago
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gyrobike 10 months ago
cool!! I want one!
cappie2000 1 year ago
but i think falling is the most important part of learning to ride a bike
ariguacamole 1 year ago 2
@ariguacamole
Exactly! The best way to learn is to make mistakes. This will just baby kids too much.
PiefaceclownPrdctns 1 year ago
more shit noone needs... skinned knees build character
atalltimeswhenimflip 1 year ago
fuck yeah science!
skullraze 1 year ago
What ever happened to just learning how to ride a fucking bike the hard way? You fall a couple times but eventually you get it. No big deal.
youtubasoarus 1 year ago
@youtubasoarus sorry to tell you this but most people actually want to avoid the physical pain/discomfort that comes from falling off a bike.
LlNUXPYTHON 1 year ago
kids aren't even allowed to fall these days!
Yacoodle 1 year ago 3
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Why does she? Talk in nothing? But questions? Like you know? This?
MikeDickson 1 year ago
Why does she? Talk in nothing? But questions? Like you know? This?
MikeDickson 1 year ago
@MikeDickson I always thought that was called the 'American Accent'.
BokoNOM 1 year ago
@Badhabitsjay and by everything you mean, of course, one word? You're so funny! Youtube hate at its best. :)
An1MuS 1 year ago
Pretty cool! I knew I didn't want to do training wheels for Cameron, but this is cool!
jpassmore 1 year ago
This is fantastic until a week into the gig, some punk kid steals the wheel, and now your kid is helpless and clueless!! What would be even funnier is a removing the gyroscope and putting the wheel back on.... And watch from a distance.... YouTube enabled recorder of course!
xirtamtech 1 year ago
Nice! Where physics meets children's toys is where the scientists of the future are born.
fordalulz123 1 year ago
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LOL :D HEY REDDIT!!!!! xDDD lol
neoecs 1 year ago
I know they said they said it was tested but what will happen when you add about 50lbs of child to a now top heavy bike?
cujonuke 1 year ago
I love you science
Tarantulus666 1 year ago
if this is worth more than 10 bucks, it's not worth it
xridethelightningx 1 year ago
@xridethelightningx English, learn it motherfucker!
rhoffer21 1 year ago
@rhoffer21 common sense, learn it motherfucker
xridethelightningx 1 year ago
@xridethelightningx You're an idiot.
rhoffer21 1 year ago
@rhoffer21 You started it! *sticks out tongue*
xridethelightningx 1 year ago
Must be very light with batery and gyroscope inside :) Specially good for montain biking.
An1MuS 1 year ago
@An1MuS Good thing mountain bikers usually already know how to ride a bike and thus do not need training wheels nor this.
Zigiwy 1 year ago 3
@Zigiwy Way to pick and chose the part of my comment that you can critize. How about criticising the other part? :D
An1MuS 1 year ago
@An1MuS The part where you spelled everything wrong?
Badhabitsjay 1 year ago
@Badhabitsjay And by everything you mean, of course two words? Haha youtube hate at its best. Tell me kid, how many languages do you speak? I wonder if you can speak portuguese, french, or spanish half as good as i can, since i'm not allowed to make a few english mistakes. Try again.
An1MuS 1 year ago
@An1MuS Nice strawman.
Badhabitsjay 1 year ago
@Badhabitsjay Same for you, and yours came first.
An1MuS 1 year ago
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An1MuS 1 year ago
@Badhabitsjay By the way, you apparently don't know what a straw man is, you should check the meaning out before talking about it. Just thought i'd let you know.
An1MuS 1 year ago
@An1MuS a proposition by substituting a superficially similar yet unequivalent proposition (the "straw man"), and refuting it, without ever having actually refuted the original position.
I suggest you just grow up and leave well enough alone. I didn't attack you or commit any kind of hate, I pointed out that another person could have just as easily found flaw in your grammar as well. You replied by asking if I speak other languages, a superficial and inequivalent attack.
Badhabitsjay 1 year ago
@Badhabitsjay Yeah, quoting from Wikipedia is hard... gosh. You know what isn't? Knowing to spot a straw man, and you didn't. You talked about my english mistakes and i replied. However, i talked about the fact of the gyrowheel being heavy, but instead you brought out my english mistakes. Sorry, but you're wrong, and if you believe otherwise you're illuded. Besides, i'm not the one who started the attacks, you were. So i suggest you follow your own advice.
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@An1MuS What if the other part was good and I agreed with it, should I button my lip? Of course one can criticize only part of comments, come on! Luckily for you I'm quite happy to criticize the other part too, since you insist!
"Must be very light with batery and gyroscope inside " No, you're wrong, it must not. Batteries and gyroscopes make the wheel heavy. /sarcasm
Zigiwy 1 year ago 4
nice idea
doctr1ne 1 year ago
kids gonna be ghost ridin like bosses
FlippyMcDoodoo 1 year ago 2
excellent ideea, i hope they put this in some heavy duty DH rims. ... it will help the bike stay up
quatroportte 1 year ago
Sooo.. A spinning wheel.. in a wheel?
Damn.. Like a normal front wheel on a riding bike doesn't act as a gyroscope :P
Still, kids will stop falling at low speeds, get confident, and crash their bikes at top speed so I like i! :D
tijmenspier 1 year ago
broken bones from bike falls are a major source of health care needs every year.
shpoffo 1 year ago
No. My children will learn the hard way. Bruises, cuts, and general bike crashing pain teach them to ride properly...and is free.
shabulojenkins 1 year ago 4
@shabulojenkins
I agree with this. If they do not fall, they will not understand the consequences of acting like a monkey on a bicycle.
Sunmasta 1 year ago
@Sunmasta
Well they can't fall with ordinary training wheels ANYWAY. So learning the consequences of being an idiot on a bike will still be learnt.
EarthCore8080 1 year ago
@EarthCore8080
I should have clarified myself I suppose. The comment is from a person is from someone whose family and friends never required training wheels and just started from a bicycle. I think if the child needs help, that is where the parent comes in to hold them. I look at this wheel as a last resort type of item or for those who do not have the time to help their kids directly.
Sunmasta 1 year ago
Thats awesome.
gaurdienshadow 1 year ago
Gee, seems like training wheels are probably a cheaper, easier solution.
killamonkey 1 year ago
... How much?
eclipse75 1 year ago
@eclipse75 $99 and up.
gyrobike 10 months ago
$99 and up.
gyrobike 10 months ago
"For kids whose fathers are drowning in their sorrow"
ribbit510 1 year ago
How can I purchase these?
derman077 1 year ago
@derman077 check out Gyrobike's website. You can purchase there or find a retailer in your area.
gyrobike 10 months ago
Crashing builds character; my kid won't even be allowed to use training wheels.
Freebeernhotwings 1 year ago 5
@Freebeernhotwings
Calvin's father?
Gigamacdaddy 1 year ago 5
does it slow down the bike?
IhateJohnMayer 1 year ago
i'd use one. Notice the word 'use', not 'buy'
LogicalWaste 1 year ago
i want trhis for on my unicycle, where can i buy it.
d4gh0st 1 year ago
use that on the trails.
chenshiwei 1 year ago
that is just brilliant!
When I think of how many hours I spent jogging behind some of my kids to keep 'em going after the trainer wheels came off ...
I can see how an adaptation of this could keep quite a few senior citizens cruising along bike-paths to the shops, etc. where otherwise the fear of a fall puts them off cycling and curbs their independence.
xodarap 1 year ago
thats unfair, i learnt to ride a bike when i was 3, i didnt have no fancy tech, i was just.. smart, it took me about 20 minutes, yeah apparently i figured out falling off a bike hurt, i mean some times kids should learn the hard way, imi mean yno bikes are here to save the planet and blardy bla, not so we can use electricity on something we dont really need, so kids can learn quicker, and after re reading what i just said, i thought i sounded old :(
imalilsquirt 1 year ago 5
Can we use it for unicycle ? It would be a great way to learn it without too much of a stress.
becomepostal 1 year ago
they seem confident enough the wheel on its own will fall slowly but she never lets you get the chance to see the bike falling over itself. probably the speed at which it happens could be slower, but thats what i would ask if was there.
kenoad 1 year ago
Segway buddy !!!,,
contain like six Gyroscopes :)
jenjerx 1 year ago 2
OMG. we are getting too smart. cant wait for a klutz to get a gyroscope implanted so they never fall over again >.<
txrangerkidd222 1 year ago 2
Can it be used in an Unicycle ?
conrick23 1 year ago
Fuck training wheels. Get your pussy kid to two wheel that shit.
goldenate 1 year ago
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MrChadthemonkey 1 year ago
GREAT IDEA!
davfritz 1 year ago
what if i were to put 2 of those on the same bike? would it fall then? can 2 of those comunicate with each other and share or update their... "stabily situation"?
qwertzu3 1 year ago
throw a fat kid on that bike and the laws of physics won't apply. LOL
MrAndrewDuong 1 year ago
One word... unicycle
xylenz 1 year ago 125
@xylenz agreed, i think I'll get one of those so i can learn to ride a unicycle (even though I've never tried before)
aseqret1 1 year ago
@xylenz the only problem with that is that you can fall forwards and back on a unicycle, this wheel only stabilizes lateral motion
krkhans 1 year ago
@xylenz you mean one wheel
anevilscientist 1 year ago
@xylenz That exists my friend.
TheIrishMagician 1 year ago
if it was a real gyroscope, it wouldn't fall at all. It's a cool invention but it's just not a real gyroscope. A real gyroscope wouldn't have its axle fixed to the bike. By definition a gyroscope's axle must be able to change orientation. Do a youtube search on "gyroscope" and you'll see the difference.
zeuserx 1 year ago
i think its better to teach ur kid how to ride a bike without training wheels, thats how i learned, an i got it the first time, except i wasn't shown the brakes lol, guess they thought i'd just fall :-o
satbir129 1 year ago
I taught myself how to ride and without trainers so this is really cool.
brian820 1 year ago
is there a version for adults? lol I dont know how to balance a bike... fail for me
rqm06 1 year ago
would it be possible to make one that is powered by the forward movement, no batteries
tigerboy1227 1 year ago
@tigerboy1227 that's impossible: detracting energy from the wheel would destroy the balancing effect. And if you intended to use the kid's energy... well, that kinetic energy was gonna keep him balanced anyway, since the bike is by itself an example of a gyroscope.
aragost 1 year ago
Could they have found someone with a slightly less annoying voice to do the demo? Holy Jebus, it hurts my central nervous system.
Aside from that, this looks cool. I wonder how well it withstands total immersion. We used get our bikes into ponds, the ocean, you name it, all the time.
Replacemat 1 year ago
very cool hopefully not to expensive tho
hitcb 1 year ago
Part 3
Having the front wheel turn as the bike topples is not a bad design flaw, fortunately the direction of precession is such that the wheel turns in the direction that an experienced rider would turn the handles to stop falling over. So essentially the gyrowheel teaches the kid how to ride!
milohiscox 1 year ago
Part 2
The rear wheel however is not free to turn about the vertical axis (the rear wheel can't steer!) and so as the bike topples it just applies a bending moment throughout the frame.
With the wheel in the front, if the kid had really strong arms and held the handlebars rigid so the wheel couldn't turn then the bike would fall over as a normal one would.
milohiscox 1 year ago
Why is this wheel in the front rather than the back? i would think it would be hard to turn the gyro when in the front rather than just keeping the kid upright. Could anyone enlighten me?
Binford2500 2 years ago 3
@binford: maybe because the back wheel normally has the gear and chain hooked up to it and since this new fangled device is already thick i guess it has to go up front.
i agree it would make turning more difficult but perhaps initially they dont want the poor kid turning the handlebars much. but then again should the kid manage to get a turn in then it'll be harder to get out of.
mklvebu 2 years ago
Part 1
Gyroscopic theory. There are three axes: through the axle, through the steering tube (vertical) and along the length of the bike (horizontally). The disc spins around the axle axis. Gyroscpic theory states that applying a couple about one of the other axis will cause the disc to precess about the third. i.e. as gravity tries to topple the bike, instead of it falling over the gyroscope precesses about its vertical axis and the front wheel turns.
milohiscox 1 year ago
@Binford2500 Children like to freekout with their arms and not their legs
HermesTheMessanger 1 year ago
@HermesTheMessanger If that is true, I must have never been a child.
2t22tornadosiren 1 year ago
The third to last question on the FAQs page of our website has the answer to this question. Character limit here prevents me answering here.
gyrobike 1 year ago
I was at that show. INTERBIKE in Vegas. I am one of 3 people in charge of product purchases for our shop. We bought 10 of these and sold them in less than 2 weeks. The demo bike at the shop allowed people to try the gyro and their kids found it so easy that the kids wanted to take the demo bike home. Very cool concept. We get older kids at our rental shop who never learned to ride. The 16" will be a welcome addition this summer.
PavePaws 2 years ago
go ahead, this is just as good as reverse mortgages and high interest pay stub loans.
mgrelecki 2 years ago
My cat's nephew once flew a lizard across the grand canyon on a Sunday while drinking coffee through his invisible architecture spectrometer.
PavePaws 2 years ago
I remember when I learned how to ride a bike. This is a clever invention but i agree with drgnballz
AX53B60 2 years ago
suck. a kid should fall off his bike to learn how to balance on it. >o it's the scrapes and bruises that make it worth while when you finally learn how to ride the bike! kids these days...
drgnballz 2 years ago 3
Even with the wheel, a kid is still going to fall off a few times, if not while learning to ride, then after. However, it is much more effective to let them feel like they are succeeding. Consider the difference between, "Good job staying on the bike!," and, "If you fall off the bike, you get more pain." Also, note that it is meant to replace training wheels, so they should not fall at this stage anyway. Finally, I think it's the bike riding skills that make it worth while, not the bruises.
TikiTDO 2 years ago 2
Anyone notice they prevented it from tipping and shit? Like they wanted to prevent you imagining it being anything but perfect :/
chrispomroy 2 years ago
So salesmen want to sell you stuff? Preposterous!
Tordekar 2 years ago
Wow, that's totally unexpected and was EXACTLY what I was pointing out.
I was pointing out the dishonesty behind trying to give off a false impression ;)
Might not be news that that happens a lot with salesman, but I'm pretty sure it didn't necessitate a comment like yours.
chrispomroy 2 years ago
I wish I had that wheel when i learned to ride my bike. Beats the hell out of getting the skin ripped off my arms and legs everything I fell.
Teasel02 2 years ago
:O that was a good one, but there's nothing like the old school hahah XD
escorpion1991 2 years ago
I just placed my order by phone. So excited! They're $99.95.
cyclefanSF 2 years ago
HAHAHA you got scammed dude!
maxamojaxamo 2 years ago
Ummm, how did he get scammed?
TheHathaway 2 years ago
How much do they cost?
TheFutureLooksGrimm 2 years ago
a well applied well known physic principle in a wheel
Amarao 2 years ago 47