Thursday, 3 May 2012

The Duoped

The Duoped is a little two-wheeled human-powered vehicle, a terrible invention from the 1950s that never took off.



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(via Everlasting Blort)

3 comment(s):

Miss Cellania said...

I got one of these things for Christmas when I was a kid! It was awful.

Anonymous said...

I once only was able to master the two axle version...
http://www.pedalo.de/english/shop/pedalo-system/pedalo-classics/
the main drawback the lack of steerability has been overcome:
http://www.pedalo.de/english/shop/pedalo-system/pedalo-special/pedalo-slalom.html
even though it never took off it is still available...

Berhard

Lynda said...

I have one of these in my garage and am actually quite good at riding it .. not bad for an old lady!!