Video: Steampunk Segway ditches electric motor for the sake of authenticity
By Darren Murph 
posted April 19th 2009 11:42PM
posted April 19th 2009 11:42PM
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Now, even more useless!
Should be steam-powered.
Shifting water changes speed, or something.
Yes, I thought steam-punk meant steam powered. This is just a regular punk. :)
O__o wtf
Haha, i love the kids in the vid.
pedobear?
there's a van outside...
This is awesome! Steampunk rules!
And this is a cool execution of a rim-driven wheel, rather than an axle driven wheel. Very cool : )
I think you mean fake rim-driven wheel.
At first glance it does appear that the small gears on the ends of the crankshaft are driving the wheels. But this is not the case.
Take a closer look.
Good lord, that's funny. How about just using bike?
a bike, even.
yes, even a bike...
2 wheels = technically a bicycle
Yup... a bike with a horrible gear ratio :-D. This might actually even work if there would be some kind of transmission. A simple planetary gear setup should be able to do that :-).
@giroro
If 2 wheels = a bike does a segway count as an electric motorcycle?
"How about just using bike?"
Or walking... I mean, he's even doing a walking motion to power it...
Perfect solution for the individual looking for a mode of transportation that can't turn. If only every destination was an unobstructed straight line from the origin.
Turning's for noobs.
Of course you can turn. It just requires a bit of a hop!
now that's what I'm talkin' about!
give this to the over weight mall cops
seth rogan is hiiilaarrrrious
Wait, so how do you turn?
You get off pickup the legway then put it down in the orientation that is required, get back on and continue on your journey.
Cool Huh?
If this is steampunk shouldn't they show how it works on grainy yellowed, snapshots instead of that new fangled video???
no! the kid was running with the camera! oh wait j/k he was walking...
I want a Legway now.
Almost like walking, but much harder...
There's always the Treadmobile if it's walking you want to do.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XUuwEq98ByM
Yeah. He's using as much (or more) energy as he would if jogging, but going half as fast.
It's the opposite of a bike. More work for less distance! Yay!
Treadmill still beats you there. Infinite work/distance ratio .
Isn't it more like undefined?
Haha no one understood that joke because sadly, Infinite work/distance ratio, the divisor in this case would be zero.......lol Poor America
If you get on the back and then step off the side when you're done.... it's probably a few feet. Screw meters. America FTW.
My friends mother in law has been riding the Mystical version of this thing for years. No Wheels either, just a stick with some hay at the end of it bundled up. Seems to work great except she never uses it soon enough after she's arrived.
Witch jokes, and mother-in-law jokes? You need to update your material, man, seriously.
Efficient or not... useful or not... that thing is sweet. I never knew you could look like more of a jackass than someone riding a segway! Nice design though
I just reckon is cool the guy got the gadget to work.
Doesn't matter if it's practical. It's engineering for the sake of it.
Real men don't need motorized accelerometer assistance to balance on a segway.
I would think the fact that it can't turn is kind of an issue.
Also, engadget has an unusual definition of "absolutely hilarious".
For real.
Interesting maybe but nothing funny happened, let alone something ABSOLUTELY HILARIOUS.
Well okay, the guy saying "oh snap" at the end was kind of funny, in a "we're laughing at you" kind of way.
Speaking as a hard criminal, in these tough economic times with high fuel prices, I'm seeing this as the future transportation choice for my bikie gang. It's bad ass road presence makes my Harley look like a tricycle. Or perhaps I'll consider consider it as the ultimate getaway vehicle after my afternoon bank robberies. Its just got "get the fuck out my way" written all over it.
I think I'll just stick with my Hawking Mat.
I love how the dude just walking with the camera can gain ground on him, while it looks like the rider is pedaling his ass off.
Ok but there's always this.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7hmVQc91yVE
That video gives me a headache ! Google "deshaker" !
that road needs some serious repaving
There is nothing "punk" or "steam powered" about this.
YOU WERE RUNNING WITH IT?
LO, good thing it was slow, that squirrel might have killed him.