Say Goodbye to Training Wheels

Say Goodbye to Training Wheels
By Kkelly19. 十月 2009 09:16
It’s been a right of passage for generations of toddlers: the day when your parents break out the crescent wrench and take the training wheels off your bike. The day usually ends with success as you travel down the sidewalk balancing your two-wheeler with relative ease, but that usually comes after a few bruised and scraped knees or elbows. What if there was a way to skip the pain and move right to the reward?

A new innovation called the Gyrowheel has been designed to help make the ordeal of graduating from training wheels more enjoyable and less painful. The wheel replaces the traditional front spoked wheel with one packed with a spinning disc that uses a rechargeable battery pack to spin independently at various rates to stabilize the bike, even when it’s rider-less. Think of it as something similar to the way a Segway balances itself and you get the idea. The speed of the disc can be adjusted based on the comfort level of the rider.

The Gyrowheel will be available in early December, which is about the time when you might want to divest of your investment in Band-Aid stock.