Anbody know what those circular bikes are called?

Question

they were in the beijing olympics closing ceremony the wheel is vertical its like this http://www.joe-ks.com/archives_apr2007/RoundBike.jpg only a bicycle not a motorcycle ive tried to find their names but ive had no luck at all

Answer 1

Quote

"The Chinese Monocycle. Li Yongming, left, and Zheng Jun demonstrate commercial monocycles during a promotion in Beijing in 2003 (?). The monocycle was designed and built in Xian in China’s Shanxi province, and is said to sell for 2,888 Chinese yuan (approx $350)."

My reply is a quote from this website:

http://www.impactlab.com/2006/11/27/hist...

The photo in the website shows monowheels very similar to those used in the closing ceremony at Beijing.

Answer 2

It is called a monowheel. They havent been around for long, but are becoming quite advanced pretty fast.

Answer 3

The exact same mono-wheel you can get if you just write to me.

Soon (about mid of September 2008) there will be a website, where you can get more information about the mono-wheel, it will be www.monovelo.com

You also can write to [e-mail]

The price is 1'990 USD plus shipping and handling.

Thank you!