Anti-hitcher device and roller (tank) skates

Lrg Anti Hitch Shocker
Shocking anti-hitcher device, Link.

Lrg Tread Skates
Roller (tank) skates - Link.

Posted by Phillip Torrone | Jan 21, 2008 12:00 PM
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Posted by: Maxd on January 21, 2008 at 12:28 PM

I had the same plan as the first one for bike anti theft,
using disposable cameras for the juice and putting the eletrodes on the handle bar.


Posted by: Dug North on January 21, 2008 at 1:05 PM

I had no idea that this was ever a problem requiring fix. Were the riders sitting on the bumper itself?

Growing up in Vermont, we would occasionally grab a bumper with both hands and crouch -- riding on the soles of our boots over snow. It wasn't something you could do over any great distance, nor was it for the timid.

Regards,

Dug North


Posted by: matseng on January 21, 2008 at 1:33 PM

Can it fix the problem with those Saudi guys that hangs onto a car going 100 mph and skates on their sandals? :-)

Saudi sandal skating


Posted by: Ethan on January 21, 2008 at 3:21 PM

I remember seeing something like those skates on tv back in the late 80's. The idea was that a downhill skier could use them on grass during the summer as a way of training in the absence of snow.


Posted by: worf on January 22, 2008 at 3:43 AM

a direct successor to this roller tank technology are modern grass ski.
http://www.technik.org/gallerie/_eigene/pics/rollka.jpg


Posted by: GaryG on January 22, 2008 at 4:55 AM

So is 'kink' the old word for a 'make'?

Resurrect it I say, we need more kinkiness on this site. ;)


Posted by: Dug North on January 22, 2008 at 6:13 PM

One old usage of the word kink seems to mean something like fix, jig, setup, or hack. It is implied that this is something done post-manufacture by the owner/user.

It's used often in an old book I have from 1929 entitled How to Make It.

Regards,

Dug north


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