Jack Halpern's half- and zero-wheeler

Have you seen U2? The giraffe with legs is a zero wheeler, I *think*. I
have no idea, other than that.

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gerblefranklin said:

*Have you seen U2? The giraffe with legs is a zero wheeler, I
*think*.*

Yeah, but it has two of those non-wheel thingies. So it's more of a
zero-wheeled *bicycle*.

The original fractional-wheel cycle Jack Halpern brought to a unicycle
convention (1982) was the "150." It was a two-wheeler with half a wheel
on top. Surprisingly rideable, as long as you could ride a
two-wheeler.

For Unicon I (1984) he turned the 150 into just a half-wheeled standard
unicycle. Much less fun, and potentially damaging to the floor. I liked
the 150 much more. The half-wheeler I referred to as "the world's
second-stupidest unicycle."

The "world's stupidest unicycle" is the no-wheeler. Yup, it's a unicycle
minus the spokes, rim and tire. The hub sits on the ground, and you
"walk" the pedals. It's very funny when mixed in with other unicycles!
You can ride forward, backward, idle, idle one-foot, and stillstand
for-friggin' ever!

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johnfoss said:

*Yeah, but it has two of those non-wheel thingies. So it's more of a
zero-wheeled *bicycle*.*

So its a biped? A human powered biped walking machine. HPBWM for short.
HoP BaWM so you can remember it.

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Can you show pictures of those machines for
non-fluently-english-speaking men who don't succeed at thinking what
they can look like?

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Awesome! I wish I had the money to make one. I also wish I wasn't two
years old when he made those.

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