Monday 24 October 2011

Mono

I was recently trawling through the interweb and came across this strange vehicle. 


It’s a monowheel, something that has been attempted on numerous occasions with a singular lack of success.
 
It looked somewhat familiar, and then I remembered that I’d seen something similar in a motor museum in New Zealand while on holiday. So I dug out this picture.


This one is in the National Transport & Toy Museum at Wanaka, an enormous and diverse collection of vehicles and other stuff. Well worth a visit if you’re ever in the area.

2 comments:

  1. I'm not sure but I think I've seen a picture of one of those years ago. Strange contraption, in a way it's just as well they didn't catch on....can you imagine the field day politicians and safety nuts would have trying to ban those "for your own safety and well-being"?

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  2. Came across this one. Mclean V-8 monocycle (crash 2:55-youtube)
    www.youtube.com/watch?V=K4YmVP6i4qw

    nutty stuff.

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