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Published 9 years ago by canuck with 11 Comments

1960's motorised roller skates refuelled at a petrol station

Salesman Mike Dreschler has his motorised roller skates refuelled at a petrol station near Hartford , Connecticut . He has a single horsepower air-cooled engine strapped to his back and holds a clutch, accelerator and engine cut-off switch in his hand.

 

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  • Splitfish
    +6

    Can't get any more hipster than that.

    • Cheesemangeur
      +2

      I'm just waiting for a modern day hipster to re-use this invention.

      • Splitfish
        +2

        Someone better have the camera rolling when he glides into a bus.

  • i208khonsu
    +5

    Fallout 4 needs these in a nuclear powered version.

    • Splitfish
      +6

      With bigger wheels. Those fallout roads aren't exactly in top shape.

      • i208khonsu
        +3

        Perhaps they could have then as a way to get around town in the flash back scenes. Something more dystopian in the game world. Really no reason why power armor doesn't have jetpacks. Those drones can hover forever on jet engines.

  • hedman
    +2

    I can already picture him hitting a rock, doing a tumble and then his suitcase opening up, and launching papers all over the road.

    • geoleo
      +2

      I'd pay big money to see this.

  • DrCritical
    +2

    It looks like only the right skate is motorized? I can't find a line leading to the left skate even in the shadows being cast. Seems hard to master

    • distant
      +2

      Seems like it. You can see the heel of the left skate with nothing attached.

  • Petrox
    +2

    There's a reason why this isn't popular or ever was.

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