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Thirty-Nine
05-04-2009, 04:13 PM
This looks so fun! There's a great park here in Portland that'd be perfect for this, too (Mt. Tabor).

http://www.subcompactculture.com/2009/05/drifting-adult-sized-big-wheels.html
supmet
05-04-2009, 04:17 PM
Andy Bell and Travis Pastrana were doing backflips in a bigwheel(unmodified). Nitro Circus is one of my new favorite shows.
33OH
05-04-2009, 04:19 PM
Andy Bell and Travis Pastrana were doing backflips in a bigwheel(unmodified). Nitro Circus is one of my new favorite shows.

+1, I love that show.
jkuchta
05-04-2009, 10:08 PM
We should find a stash of these things and go down Glendora Mt. Road!
SailDesign
05-04-2009, 10:14 PM
This looks so fun! There's a great park here in Portland that'd be perfect for this, too (Mt. Tabor).

http://www.subcompactculture.com/2009/05/drifting-adult-sized-big-wheels.html

Fun. Not that I was young enough to enjoy the BigWheels, but my kids did.
I was more the "Radio Flyer" generation, trying not to auger when over-steering with the solid front axle. :laugh:
jambo101
05-04-2009, 10:36 PM
How do they get the pedals to stop turning once they are up to speed.?
Thirty-Nine
05-05-2009, 12:03 AM
How do they get the pedals to stop turning once they are up to speed.?

I was wondering the same thing; they must have some sort of free-wheel thingy going on.
JustAnotherAsian
05-05-2009, 02:01 AM
hillarious. i actually enjoyed the whole thing. haha.
SilverBack
05-05-2009, 08:30 PM
LOL that was too awesome. They need to add that to the X-Games

If I ever have a kid I'm gonna build him one of those, I PROMISE!! :smile:

As for them not pedaling. It's probably modified to mimic the same coasting mechanics of regular bicycles (I don't understand how it works, so I can't really explain it)