Would you commute on a self-balancing unicycle?

[geardaddy]

Segways never really became mainstream, and hopes of a real-life hoverboard — for everyone — are still years away. But that doesn’t mean the bicycle has no competitors. Joining the movement of personal vehicles is the Ninebot One: a robotic one-wheeled personal transport system, which might soon be commonplace on the street.

It looks like a Segway, a roller skate and a unicycle mashed into one. To ride it, place your feet on the shelflike platform protruding from the main wheel. Then, when balanced, you adjust your body weight to move. Lean forward to speed up, move back to slow down. Powered by an internal battery that charges in two hours, it can achieve speeds of 15-20 kilometers (9-12 miles) per hour and travels 10-30 kms (6-18 miles) per charge.

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[Telcontar]

1. Not no, but hell no

Live within your limitations is my motto. I don't think i'd get hurt falling off one, I KNOW I'll get hurt falling down.

[geardaddy]

2. Yeah, it looks like an accident waiting to happen.

It is kind of a cool technology though.

[tridim]

3. I'd rather walk, but damn that looks fun!

[ileus]

4. In 75mph interstate traffic for 24 miles....no thanks.

Seems dangerous.

Just crashing my dirt bike a few years back put a major hurt on me for several weeks.

[JustAnotherGen]

5. To work? Nope

Around my borough? Yep.

[JaneyVee]

6. Yes definitely.

[leftofcool]

7. Not at my age. 30 years ago, yep!

[Maedhros]

8. I would prefer muscle-powered conveyance.[n/t]

[enlightenment]

9. Nope,

but if there were dedicated "unicycle" lanes, I would happily watch all the people riding and texting (which you know people will do, since the hands are free) wipe out.