But why?
I'm no biker, but I thought half the fun of it was 'getting your knee down', so you don't need it at speed, and when you're stationery, you either use your foot or the kick stand.
Seems like an awful lot of clever technology that just replaces a small folding piece of metal that has worked fine for 100 years.
Not whingeing - genuinely want to know the answer...
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I'm no biker, but I thought half the fun of it was 'getting your knee down', so you don't need it at speed, and when you're stationery, you either use your foot or the kick stand.
Seems like an awful lot of clever technology that just replaces a small folding piece of metal that has worked fine for 100 years.
Not whingeing - genuinely want to know the answer...
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As soon as I posted this, I realised that the important thing is that it's self-DRIVING
rather than self-balancing. Which would make more sense.
Although again, at speed, bikes need to lean. Presumably to make this work properly, they'd need some massive rotating counter-weight to simulate the driver shifting his weight around?
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rather than self-balancing. Which would make more sense.
Although again, at speed, bikes need to lean. Presumably to make this work properly, they'd need some massive rotating counter-weight to simulate the driver shifting his weight around?
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