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The Tricycle That Replaced The Car

By on October 19, 2010 in Uncategorized

One forward thinking inventor feels that his bicycle is all that someone needs to run to the store reports The Huffington Post.

Saul Griffith, the chronically industrious inventor and recipient of a MacArthur “Genius” award, has developed a new economical way of making the brief trips that seem to occupy so much of our lives. For trips less than 10 miles, Onya Cycles end up being faster than a car, Griffith tells Giga Om TV in the below video. Made with 20-inch BMX Wheels for stability, the bike will cost around $2,500 for just the bike and $3,800 with the battery and motor.

The “Front-end Loader” … can carry up to 200 pounds and has a top speed of 20 miles per hour (presumably without your groceries.)

Image from Onya Cycles

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  • Chris

    This like so many of the very over priced items being sold today, is not such a great idea if you ask me. Look at the very front of this ride, notice the small wheel. What happens when you attempt to stop a heavily load, high center of gravity vehicle quickly? You rotate over the front axle!

    Trikes are not new, being stupid and placing all the weight on the front wheels is not exactly new, neither is being stupid enough to buy something that is not particularly safe! If you want to haul a lot of weight place it behind the rider, like has been done for the last century of building trikes.

  • Steve Smith

    Never listen to dogs. They can’t ride bikes.

  • Chris

    And obviously Steve cannot make an intelligent comment. Go to the circus Steve, you can see both bears and dogs ride bikes! :)

  • Nan

    Chris is right. $2500/$3800 for this bike? Not only is that NOT a car replacement, it’s not even a bike replacement. I’ll keep the trusty Schwinn with a pull-behind for a couple of hundred.

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