What an incredibly useless invention.

how much does it weigh ?

Just don't try to lean into turns.

I use the same thing when riding my trail bike.

Got to stop at some lights, but only briefly and don't want to put your feet down?

Clutch in and set the revs at a high tick-over, perhaps 2,000RPM. Then release the clutch just a little until it just starts to catch and hold it there.

The big-end spins and helps keep you stable. Also helps if you stop on your front brakes then press and hold the back brake keeping the shocks compressed.

>> ^MarineGunrock:
What an incredibly useless invention.


It makes a ubiquitous device noticeably safer/easier (unless there's a downside I'm missing)... how's that useless?

It's useless because it adds more complexity and weight all so a lazy user doesn't have to put their feet down.

So to put this in perspective: You pay for a device to make your bike more appealing to thieves, that adds weight and makes it more difficult to use, all so you don't have to put your feet down.

A bike isn't that difficult to use to begin with, and having a gyroscope in the front wheel I would say makes it much more dangerous because you can't easily make quick turns to avoid obstacles or people or whatever should suddenly get in your way.

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I want more information before I call it useless. It looks interesting and has potential. Plus, don't people with high-end bikes usually remove the front wheel anyway when they chain it somewhere?

Potential to what? Help someone that is on one of the last healthy means of transport be even lazier? This is to the bike what the drive through is to the automobile.

Anyone with a high end bike won't be owning this. When you pay $600 of $1000 for a bike, you pay for alloys that are strong and light.

And like I said earlier - this would severely reduce one's ability to make sharp turns and other quick motions - making the bike dangerous for the rider and for people around it.

Terrible waste of time, money, skill and materials.

I don't know if it would really reduce the ability to make turns -- after all, bike wheels act as gyroscopes anyway, that's how bikes stay vertical. The principle of a gyro is that a sideways torque on the axis causes a reaction at 90° to the applied torque, so when you lean a bike it turns and vice versa.

But I agree, MGR, I definitely don't see this being useful for high-end riders. Might make a good safety feature for kids' bikes though.

You could be right, I'm no physicist.

Calling any bicyclist lazy is an oxymoron. Something that makes their commutes easier or more fun is a good thing.