Hyperwalk - omg why?

Seen a few of these bimbling about now. Also seen the ones that are a single wheel between the ankles whizzing around from time to time. They look fun and novel, but stopping quickly must be a bit hair-raising.
 
Never been able to use a skateboard but looking at these makes me want to try one! Would make zooming round the house a blast...until I got to the stairs :D
 
Dimple said:
I wish I had a pound etc

I remember one mate who claimed a 10 minute mile while walking so had him on my treadmill and he just managed 16 minutes which wasn't actually that bad.
Another mate said "Start me on 5 mph" and nearly fell off the end.
Also for the average 'fit' person try keeping up 4 mph for any amount of miles.
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you've got some weak friends...

4mph isn't hard, if you're on flat terrain then it isn't an issue at all
 
Sliver said:
Indeed. Humans are prone to hyperbole mainly from peer pressure and so exaggeration is often a factor. People usually over estimate their actual ability. I'm a quick walker, I like to stride, I estimate I walk a mile every 15 minutes which would be 4mph. I doubt I could keep that up though for say 5 miles or more.
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a standard fitness test for the british army the 'CFT' involves marching for 8 miles while carrying rifle, webbing, + bergan or daysack weiging 25kg - or less for some cap badges... in 1 hour 50 mins... so slightly over 4mph

this is a test carried out by males, females etc.. of various degrees of fitness - if you're in shape and not doing it with a bunch of ***** who can't stick to the pace without leaving gaps etc.. then it shouldn't feel particularly strenuous
 
I saw a guy zipping down a tube platform on one of these a while ago and was hoping to see natural selection in action.

Sadly disappointed.
 
dowie said:
a standard fitness test for the british army the 'CFT' involves marching for 8 miles while carrying rifle, webbing, + bergan or daysack weiging 25kg - or less for some cap badges... in 1 hour 50 mins... so slightly over 4mph

this is a test carried out by males, females etc.. of various degrees of fitness - if you're in shape and not doing it with a bunch of ***** who can't stick to the pace without leaving gaps etc.. then it shouldn't feel particularly strenuous
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You realise that a cft is pretty strenuous for untrained individuals, right? And that there are typically sections of running in it? It's by no means something one would want to do too and from work in your standard office, as we are discussing. This is a discussion about a gadget that might make it easier for people to cover small distances - such as a typical journey in a city - with greater efficiency. A person may have any number of reasons to want to do this, from wanting to save time by increasing their speed to simply harbouring a desire to arrive at their destination swiftly but not sweaty. It really is irrelevant what trained soldiers can achieve during tests of their fitness for combat.
 
Zefan said:
You realise that a cft is pretty strenuous for untrained individuals, right? And that there are typically sections of running in it? It's by no means something one would want to do too and from work in your standard office, as we are discussing..
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Zefan said:
You realise that a cft is pretty strenuous for untrained individuals, right? And that there are typically sections of running in it? It's by no means something one would want to do too and from work in your standard office, as we are discussing.
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no - read the quote I'm disputing:

I'm a quick walker, I like to stride, I estimate I walk a mile every 15 minutes which would be 4mph. I doubt I could keep that up though for say 5 miles or more.
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fact is a CFT is done wearing a helmet, carrying a rifle + equipment.... and frankly a CFT ought to be achievable for a normal fit and healthy person but that is besides the point - the other poster was talking about sustaining 4mph over 5 miles... thousands of people have to sustain slightly more than 4mph over 8 miles, whilst carrying weight simply as a basic requirement of their job - they're not all infantry soldiers either - there are plenty plenty of fat unfit individuals in in the forces who still have to keep ahead of the biff wagon...

walking, without weight at 4mph... is very easily sustainable for a healthy individual - to say you'd struggle to sustain it over 5 miles while also claiming to be a quick walker is a bit flawed IMO

I'll throw in another one example - when I was a teenager we entered a 40 mile 'race' with my scout troop - the serious adult teams were getting in within 8 hours or so, we did it in a bit over 11 hours, not carrying much aside from water/food in day sacks... throw in a some time for stops for food, checking navigation etc.. and well we were averaging circa 4mph over those 40 miles
 
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dowie said:
doesn't matter - fact is it is done wearing a helmet, carrying a rifle + equipment....

walking, without weight at 4mph... is easily sustainable for a healthy individual
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I've got to agree, 4mph is very much achievable unless you happen to be quite short. I can walk ~4.5mph but I find I get hot and start sweating a fair bit if i'm wearing more than one layer and/or I have a bag on my back so I wouldn't want to walk at that speed for hours on end. In case anyone asks, this 4.5mph figure isn't something I just pulled out thin air, it's a realistic estimate of my speed looking at my route and the time it takes me to get there on google maps.
 
Reeve said:
I've got to agree, 4mph is very much achievable unless you happen to be quite short. I can walk ~4.5mph but I find I get hot and start sweating a fair bit if i'm wearing more than one layer and/or I have a bag on my back so I wouldn't want to walk at that speed for hours on end. In case anyone asks, this 4.5mph figure isn't something I just pulled out thin air, it's a realistic estimate of my speed looking at my route and the time it takes me to get there on google maps.
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Of course it's achievable. You'll sweat quite a lot more than you would on a hypermegarollerboard or whatever the hell they're called.
 
I think the electric skateboards are more practical, if you need to stop there isn't that instant tilt and face-plant effect, you just jump off.
They also take up less room because you are standing sideways and you don't need any stabilising software.

Too many hills for this to work well in the UK, but a great idea for New York.
 
I can imagine so many injuries with this thing just like the Segway. Electric bikes seem a lot safer and have a much greater range and speed. They also weigh less.
 
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