Does anyone else think that from the photo it looks like it would kinda lean as you turn? That's the impression I got anyway. My concerns are like others have said, the breaks and that it looks way too big so it would take too much space etc..

RE-L

do you need a certain speed or does any speed qualifies to travel over the water
what happens to you when you turn in too fast?
Hmm it looks like you got much air resistance

TBM-Fan

@nutbastard: HA HA

great minds...

shamoononon has a hebetudinous dog

@McLucky: they've got enough smug as it is

lldsandsll

@nutbastard: That is an awesome image. I am hoping the brakes work by pulling back on the handle so as you panic when the thing gets out of control you pull them harder and harder and make a bad situation worse. For those of you in San Francisco here lets chip in and buy one and take turns riding it down California street from the top of the hill.

McLucky

Steve Wozniak just scored that chick's digits...

WTF?! Ponies!

Somebody mislabeled the shit can at their brainstorming session

lldsandsll

@Xavoc:

great minds...

nutbastard

what i wanna know is, if you hit the brakes fast enough, will you do a full loop forward?

nutbastard

So, what are the odds of you picking up enough momentum that when you do apply the brakes, it just locks the passenger compartment in place, and you tumble down the hill like one of those giant inflatable balls?

Xavoc

@reddingofish:

its a problem that the segway has as well - no suspension. not comfortable over bumps, although the sheer diameter of the wheels on this thing should do a lot for that... assuming someones enough of an asshole to build and ride one of these in, you know, reality.

nutbastard

@McLucky: Until one wheel brakes better than the other and you end up perpenDI-Cyclular to the road, and flip over onto your side. I imagine cost-wise it'd be a bit like laying your bike down on the pavement.

Xavoc

@McLucky: downside is there doesnt appear to be a seat belt lol

lldsandsll

@purple-pillows: on water... freud just told me i want one though

purple-pillows

so how does this thing work on want, is there a prop i dont see, or do paddles come out of the di/bi thingys

purple-pillows

@DARSFOG: Awesome, I just imagined careening down a hill and trying to successfully make a turn by braking one wheel and not the other! Upside is the huge wheels double as a roll cage when you do try this.

McLucky

yes! the giz has found their bi-annual "the it" reference.

njbrideau

It looks like loads of fun. What about fat people???

twomilesfromhome

It would never fit on a single track, anyhow where is the suspension?

reddingofish

@nutbastard: actually it's short for "dick-in-your-eye-cycle"

lldsandsll

@Xavoc: That's what I was thinking.

Git Em SteveDave loves this guy-->

Actually, this thing is pretty phallic. She's riding a shining white cock, scrotum stretched into the "bat wing" position.

nutbastard

This is just like the hailfire droid from Star Wars. Except more.....iTame?

Kaiser-Machead on the Edge

@nutbastard: Hell, just think about the dirty looks you would get from those fat fucks who won't get off the McDonalds and have to use those powered carts to get around the grocery store because they only have enough twinkies in the house for one fisted instead of two fisted twinkie devouring.

Xavoc

@DARSFOG: Right, how do you apply the brakes? By pulling back on the handle, you know, like you would if you were gripping the handles tightly for leverage when climbing a steep hill?

Xavoc

Imagine the dirty looks you'd get from people in wheelchairs whose legs don't work.

nutbastard

@nutbastard: Dunno, this thing has more battery space than a Segway.

Too bad you can't use it in the street very well, and you'd hog the entire bike path with it.

Xavoc

BTW, the "Di" in Dicycle means "Douche Inside Cycle"

nutbastard

It doesn't look like it can float either. Just saying.

@McLucky: But if you apply a break to one wheel, than you will turn in the direction of which ever side you applied the brakes to.

DARSFOG

yeah because everyone wants a device with the inherent stability of parallel tires, embellished with all the style of an apple-designed segway, which has the width of a small car, which weighs a hundred pounds and is human powered.

if they build these things, they'll make segways look like iPods in terms of sales. this, of course, would be the Zune of transportation.

nutbastard

@McLucky: Where you'd be going in that thing, you don't need roads.

Xavoc

Should the title be "D-Cycle: Travels Over Land and Water but Can't Turn on Either"? It doesn't look like you can turn this thing?

McLucky

@newdeepdan: That was the first thing that came to my mind, lol.

It also looks like one of those droid tanks from one of the Star Wars prequels.

Lightman

DO WANT.

TheMurderer

@newdeepdan:

I don't know what you're referring to.

Xavoc

if i ride this inside the LHC, could i surf the universe like the internet?

hindsight2020

href="#c7698671">Phenostar: no, it's bye-cycle@

jkr's bold comment

I don't think that di(e) cycle will be a name that catches on.

Mayor McRib

Please tell me it's supposed to be pronounced Die-Cycle. That is awesome.

Phenostar

It kinda reminds me of that episode of South Park. You guys know which one I'm talking about... lol.

newdeepdan

Di-cycle? Is this some kind of promo for the new Deathrace movie?

Scott_T

@FredicvsMaximvs: TFSU. Still want.

FredicvsMaximvs

Is there a mountain bike wersion? And where do I plug in my iPod?

VideoVampire

@FredicvsMaximvs: Doesn't matter, dude - it's not ever going to be built, and even if it was, you couldn't afford one anyway.

FredicvsMaximvs

I like it. I want one. No idea where I'd store it - it looks taller that a car - but I still want one.

FredicvsMaximvs

@FredicvsMaximvs: Therapy much? =)

Thetics

Can you say "dike bike"?

Uncle Remus

Looks like the IT but then with 2 wheels. concept is great though, would like to cycle in the water. that would provide a whole lotta shortcuts.

Neone

@Thetics: I often have these conversations with myself. They just usually don't make it as far as the keyboard. ;)

FredicvsMaximvs

It's an Ambiguously Gay Bi-Cycle

AmishJohn

Umm... a dike?

Pablos102030

Can anyone explain how that would travel in water? Float maybe, but how are those thin tires going to propel you through water?

anonymousryan

Err, this is new ?

Dicycles were invented in 1870 , and then you have to read about the Panjandrum which was similar but had two rockets attached to the wheels and a 4,000 pound bomb in the middle!

[www.dself.dsl.pipex.com]

Z

This is going to take minutes off of my triathlon time!

xoxojustin

im getting one...

chriscrob

It's a minimalist hamster ball for humans.

DeadWriter

I want one

cbandes

Nevermind, after thinking about it I realized that it's just so ugly that the earth repels it.

whiteknight

Ok so no-one has endeavored to explain to me how the thing actually works on water. I'm infinitely curious...someone throw me a bone here! Anyone!?

whiteknight

Reminds me of that vehicle from the Playstation game Twisted Metal... the guy that is between two big wheels...

Eltigro

It would suck to ride that thing. You would have to peddle like crazy just to get it to move. The gear ratio between the wheel and the drive gear would be horrible.

jediknight18

Actually dicycles are pretty fun. I made a two-seater:

and later a simpler one which didn't float:

The gear ratio is whatever you design it to be, it doesn't have to be low just because the wheels are big.

hershonwheels

Well, I already built one of those and I have to say it was pretty fun.

[kineticbaltimore.com]

hershonwheels

I wanna ride my di-cycle di-cycle!

DJTripleRRR