Like Training Wheels?

[The Kangaroo]

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Do you like the good old fashioned training wheels, stabilisers ect. ect.? Well if you didn't because your dad could take them off without you noticing and leave you to roll down the street, then you're in luck! A new, better version has been invented called the "Gyrowheel" and it works a lot like the Segway n that it uses a gyro to maintain balance.

I was a bit sceptical at first as I thought that nothing could replace the good ol' stabilisers but then I saw the video and I must say that I have converted. For those of you who have kids, are about to have kids or just can't ride a bike, the 12 inch Gyrowheel will hit stores on December 1st, while the 16 inch one will be released around Spring 2010.

[Gizmodo]

 

[Xyphon]

They just keep inventing ways to pussify our children.....

 

[Lord George]

I can't ride a bicycle, and I blame crappy training wheels for this. Though I can ride a motorbike fine so you know ITS ALL THE CRAPPY TRAINING WHEELS FAULT!!. These look good though

 

[joe182]

I actually tried to ride a bike with stabilisers not long ago (yes I can ride a bike, I used to ride downhill mountain bikes regularly, and I bmx now) and found it harder WITH stabilisers, it turns far too sharply...
OT: WTF is that, seriously. God damn kids now'a days.

 

[El Poncho]

They just keep inventing ways to pussify our children.....

Yes, but some bullying might make them want to get real wheels. Like HA you need that little baby wheel etc.

 

[BiscuitTrouser]

They just keep inventing ways to pussify our children.....

This. Jesus christ soon its going to be knives that are blunted whenever a childs hand touches them. Just shove em on the bike and push until they are happy for you to let go. Its how i learnt and its how i intend to teach my kids. Seriously some kids cant do anything nowadays because of these silly "advancements" in child safety.

 

[Dr Ampersand]

Well this sounds interesting. Now all I need is to forget how to ride a bike so I have an excuse to get this.

 

[SomethingUnrelated]

Whaaaaat??

"Bad habits (from in the video)" It's not as if people depend on support from behind (lol) after spending 10 minutes with stabilisers.

 

[KaiRai]

Seems a good idea. Means you can switch it off unknowingly too

 

[The Kangaroo]

I finally learnt by cycling on grass so it didn't hurt when you fall

 

[Timotei]

They just keep inventing ways to pussify our children.....

You stole the words right out of my heads.

 

[Xyphon]

They just keep inventing ways to pussify our children.....

This. Jesus christ soon its going to be knives that are blunted whenever a childs hand touches them. Just shove em on the bike and push until they are happy for you to let go. Its how i learnt and its how i intend to teach my kids. Seriously some kids cant do anything nowadays because of these silly "advancements" in child safety.

I miss the old days where almost everything you did had a painful consequence for you to learn from. Nowadays parents want to cushion their children from every damn thing out there. They don't think about the future. Those scrapes, broken bones and lacerations would aid the child in pain tolerance. Instead of crying like a little ***** when they stub their toe, they could take that mugger on because they're used to any pain said mugger may inflict.

 

[ae86gamer]

Thats really stupid. The whole point of learning how to ride a bike is experiencing trial and error.

 

[The Kangaroo]

Thats really stupid. The whole point of learning how to ride a bike is experiencing trial and error. You're supposed to fall off of the bike.

I think it'll let you fall if you slap it oh wait...

 

[Last of the Chinchillas]

They just keep inventing ways to pussify our children.....

Which is why my son will ride a bike made out of knives and rusty barbed wire, and eat live jackrabbits whole for breakfast every morning.

By the time he's 10, he'll be more manly than any other human being in existence.

 

[Xyphon]

They just keep inventing ways to pussify our children.....

Which is why my son will ride a bike made out of knives and rusty barbed wire, and eat live jackrabbits whole for breakfast every morning.

By the time he's 10, he'll be more manly than any other human being in existence.

..... I wish I had you as a father. >_>

 

[QuirkyTambourine]

I can't ride a bicycle, and I blame crappy training wheels for this. Though I can ride a motorbike fine so you know ITS ALL THE CRAPPY TRAINING WHEELS FAULT!!. These look good though

You can't ride a bike? I'm not being mean I swear, but how the hell is that possible? And you gain massive cool points for being able to ride motorcycles. I really want to learn but I'm still under my rents health insurance and they've forbidden it.

OT, I'll take my $20 training wheels over this technology any day. I'm sure it'll have some awesome military application though.

 

[Kuchinawa212]

Well it sounds like a fine idea to me

but then again...what ever happened to the good old fasioned training wheels. heh good times back then when I rode my bike with out training wheels.

 

[Last of the Chinchillas]

They just keep inventing ways to pussify our children.....

Which is why my son will ride a bike made out of knives and rusty barbed wire, and eat live jackrabbits whole for breakfast every morning.

By the time he's 10, he'll be more manly than any other human being in existence.

..... I wish I had you as a father. >_>

Then I shall adopt you and call you son. And in time, your grizzled beard alone will be able to slice flesh from the unmanly masses.

 

[The Kangaroo]

They just keep inventing ways to pussify our children.....

Which is why my son will ride a bike made out of knives and rusty barbed wire, and eat live jackrabbits whole for breakfast every morning.

By the time he's 10, he'll be more manly than any other human being in existence.

..... I wish I had you as a father. >_>

Then I shall adopt you and call you son. And in time, your grizzled beard alone will be able to slice flesh from the unmanly masses.

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