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ianjk
09-15-09, 05:41 PM
First thing I though of was JohnnyPayphone.

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2445/3884300514_ae52309b13.jpg

http://www.yikebike.com/site/


Just not as cool:

http://www.johnnypayphone.net/steam/johnnyandbike.jpg

mastershake916
09-15-09, 08:25 PM
That thing is worse than the segway, way too high of a price point.
StephenH
09-15-09, 10:39 PM
Yeah, "Yike!" at the price.

MWPdx
09-16-09, 11:27 PM
LMAO, "what happens if I brake hard?"
Answer: you eat *****.

They say you can "easily jump off the front of the yike bike"... which is apparently a good thing if you're trying NOT to run into whatever's in FRONT of you... hmm.
echotraveler
09-17-09, 12:58 PM
that bicycle not the segway thing looks rad and dangerous...
lz4005
09-17-09, 02:15 PM
that bicycle not the segway thing looks rad and dangerous...

Here's video of one being ridden.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=znbOXVpXzgg

I want to make one for myself, but damn it just looks like it'll throw you off every time you try to stop.
Much safer with the bars under your legs than over top of them, though.

As for the Yike...it's probably a superior design to other stand-up electric scooters, but the price is laughable.

ps: Payphone vs Yike would make a great lawsuit.
Artkansas
09-18-09, 09:03 AM
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2445/3884300514_ae52309b13.jpg


It's surprising that they did it big wheel in front. The small front wheel ordinaries were far more endo proof.
Snowsurfer
09-18-09, 09:07 AM
It's surprising that they did it big wheel in front. The small front wheel ordinaries were far more endo proof.

That's what gives it the "Yike!" in YikeBike.
billyymc
09-18-09, 02:07 PM
So..the cute woman laughing at the guy riding this thing is supposed to be a selling point?
Yly
09-23-09, 10:39 PM
That thing only goes 12 mph and can only go 6.2 miles, then it has to charge for half an hour! What a joke.
lz4005
09-25-09, 08:50 AM
6.2 miles is a hell of a lot farther than I'd ride it.
And would you really want to go faster than 12mph on it?

Kidding aside, those numbers are probably fine given its intended use for "too far to walk, not far enough to drive" trips. The price is still double or triple what the market will support, though.
AllenG
09-25-09, 10:54 AM
So..the cute woman laughing at the guy riding this thing is supposed to be a selling point?

That's the girl singing the music track.
She likes to draw on her face with a magic marker.
http://www.herasings.com/