Hubless inline skateboard

posted Jun 11th 2008 7:30pm by Juan Aguilar
filed under: news, transportation hacks

We’ve been talking a lot about alternate modes of transportation lately. The 360 inline skateboard immediately caught our eye for its simplicity and hubless wheel design. The usage seems fairly straightforward, but the videos posted by designer [Francesco Sommacal] don’t make it look exceptionally fun; more like they’re daring you to use the thing. What we find most jarring about this is how similar it is to the Bushpig. Did the commercial gas powered version really predate this unpowered device?

The design is simple enough to understand, but we’re not really sure where you can easily source hubless wheels like this. Any ideas?

[via Gizmodo]

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tagged: 360, bushpig, personaltransportation, personaltransporters, segway, wheels

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Juan Aguilar, i think we have made it clear in responses to previous posts that we don’t want HaD to become another engadger/gizmodo/news portal please stop it.

Posted at 8:33 pm on Jun 11th, 2008 by Anonymous

no hack no care

Posted at 8:39 pm on Jun 11th, 2008 by dj1298

dont ask, entered wrong box, on a phone ~Frogz

Posted at 9:20 pm on Jun 11th, 2008 by not front page material, but we need a powered version hacked up, internal wheel 2 cycle! there is a engine made for bikes that

this is not a hack and it is not hubless. the hubs are just larger than normal with a visible hole in the middle. so why is this and a lot of other BS garbage non hack stuff being posted here lately?

Posted at 9:23 pm on Jun 11th, 2008 by h_2_o

hack where?

If I wanted this crap I’d go to gizmodo or engadget.

Posted at 9:30 pm on Jun 11th, 2008 by freyyr890

This thing sucks. You can’t even mamke it go without being on a hill. Also – Not a hack.

Posted at 9:36 pm on Jun 11th, 2008 by Demo

Just the kind of thing I look to be covered by Hackaday. Just because it’s offered as a product doesn’t mean it’s not a fantastic hack of current skateboard technology. The Bushpig video is awesome, too.

Posted at 10:12 pm on Jun 11th, 2008 by Cliff Miller

Better:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QrQ8-12sUCw

Posted at 10:25 pm on Jun 11th, 2008 by Louis

Take a look at the Wheelman, it’s almost the same but with a motor. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RIU1e0xlqZA

Posted at 2:08 am on Jun 12th, 2008 by hempas

@frogz Sage goes in the email field

Posted at 2:19 am on Jun 12th, 2008 by Eliot

COOL!!

where can i bay it in Germany??????????

Posted at 3:05 am on Jun 12th, 2008 by olli

Wait… this isn’t a hack… wtf?
*confused*

Posted at 4:43 am on Jun 12th, 2008 by Louis

Anybody who wants hack-a-day “classic”, change your bookmark to:
http://www.hackaday.com/category/daily/

Or for the rss feed:
http://www.hackaday.com/category/daily/rss.xml

Yeah, I know it’s not fun to have to change your personal habits, but it’s way easier than trying to get hackaday to change.

Posted at 12:53 pm on Jun 12th, 2008 by carlsonmark

does that stuff works
if yes than i doubt about stablity

yes stablity
do u have any thing to say now

Posted at 6:21 am on Aug 6th, 2008 by rohit

Wow.. That looks awesome. I wonder how hard it is to ride? Ive never seen anything like it before. Its gotta be tough to get used to.

Posted at 9:57 am on Oct 20th, 2008 by Skateboarding

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