"The Monowheel!" a new means of transport? Humera

Can this possibly be a new means of transport, or is this simple design a recreation of our beloved bicycle?! make your own mind up? would you travel from A to B on this..?think of the back pain? is it a success or will it fail happily?!

Designer Ben Wilson has produced a monowheel – a cycle where the rider sits inside a large, spokeless wheel.

The cycle was commissioned for the XXIst Century Manexhibition at 21_21 Design Sight in Tokyo.

“As part of the exhibition the 21st century man (showing at 21-21 tokyo midtown until july) I was comissioned to create a new piece of work,” says Wilson. “As part of the exhibition the 21st century man (showing at 21-21 tokyo midtown until july) I was comissioned to create a new piece of work,” says Wilson.

“Since the 1860’s many patents have been filed in the monowheel’’s name and today there are even rumors of a production monowheel in China, but as it stands there is nothing currently available. As we couldn’t buy a monowheel we made one.”

“We don’’t suggest for one moment that a functioning human powered monowheel could ever provide an improvement on the modern bicycle. Instead its value comes from the discourse and ideas generated as a result of this research.”

-Ben Wilson