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Urban Glider - Electric One-Wheeler that Will Get You Places

There’s a heck of a long list of personal vehicle options if you’re not into cars, starting with the classic Vespa scooter and the Segways, to all sort of electric bicycles, folding scooters and even electric skateboards. However, if these are still not minimalistic enough for your tastes, check out this one-wheeled contraption that will make you look like an acrobat on your way to the office.
Urban Glider 1 photo
Photo: Kickstarter
If suited men traveling on Segways seemed strange, wait until this thing comes on the market and turn everything into a circus act. It’s currently under development and it’s called the Urban Glider.

The Urban Glider ditches most of the features of other similar personal haulers, like the handles, seat, a remote to control it and even the extra wheel. The unicycle basically looks like a stylish plastic case that grew a 16-inch wheel inside.

It also comes with foldable foot pads to ride on, LED indicators, silicone knee pads, a power button and even an USB port. It weighs only 24 lbs (10.8 kg) and can basically fit everywhere you can store your laptop bag, just make sure you don’t confuse them.

Power comes from an integrated 260 Wh battery feeding a 1,500 W electric motor built in the wheel. You can weigh as much as 260 lb (118 kg) and you’ll still reach speeds of up to 13.5 mph (22 km/h) for over 20 miles (32 km).

Afraid of stepping onto and drive it? Well, its maker says the Urban Glider uses Self-Balancing Technology which reacts to your center of gravity. After you learn how to stay still on it, all you need to do is lean in the direction you want to go, claiming that about one hour is needed to get used to it.

Some guys that are testing the prototype versions got so used to it, they can even do some extreme stunts now as you’ll see bellow. Oh, and there’s also an app to check the status of the device as well as its parameters.

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