Eric's Mowcycle

(Posted 7/24/05)

 

Eric's mowcycle is a lawnmower that you can ride. He made it out of a push lawnmower, some bicycle parts and a spare unicycle wheel. (Yes, Eric has spare unicycle wheels.)

 

The funny thing about the mowcycle is that it was made in less than a half an hour.

Eric's wife was making dinner, so Eric decided to challenge himself to make the riding lawnmower before dinner was ready.

He did it.

 

The problem is, it's not really practical. Because of the position of the front wheel, you have to lean way over the handlebars in order to get enough weight on the wheel to get the cycle to move at all.

 

Even then, you can't cut much grass.

About the only way to cut much grass is to get a run at it by starting on a sidewalk and then heading into the grass, as Eric is in this photo.

That's not a very practical way to mow your lawn.

 

 

It's actually slightly more efficient when ridden backwards.

 

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