Human Powered Vehicles - Bike Trikke Skateboard

When you think of human powered vehicles whatworry about car insurance bills, tune ups, maybe
comes to mind? Most will think of different forms oftickets, cleanings, and the most lethal of expenses now
bikes. There is the bicycle, unicycle, and tricycle. Didgas prices. Gas prices are hovering around $3.00 per
you also consider these vehicles? Consider these thegallon.It has never been cheaper and more beneficial
canoe, ice skates, roller skates, kick scooter, skis, trikketo go back to those self human powered vehicles that
and skateboard. All of which are fun to use and ourwe all loved so much growing up. Growing up self
powered by muscular movement on our part.For mostpowered vehicles were used strictly for recreational
of us the very first vehicle we drove ourselves wasproposes. Now as adults why not use self powered
not an automobile. It was most likely some from ofvehicles for those short journeys? Not only is it
transportation powered by yourself and not a motor. Itbeneficial financially, but also is a good source of
was nothing fancy just another way to get from hereexercise.A recent HPV that was recently invented is
to there. In most cases it probably wasn't even fasterthe IT Segaway scooter.by Dean Kamen of New
than we could have done crawling or walking, but itHampshire? This is a human powered transporter
sure was fun. This vehicle was called a tricycle: awhich moves by the motion of the person on it. It is
simple 3-wheeled contraption that used handle barsself balancing. It only has two wheels it looks like an
atop a rotating front wheel to steer and was poweredordinary hand truck dolly. To move forward or
by your very own legs.Once you mastered the use ofbackwards the person leans slightly forward or
your tricycle you were ready for the big time, a bicycle.backwards to go in that direction.Inventors are very
Now this was much faster and more challenging thaninspired by human powered vehicles. They have been
a tricycle. The transition went smoothly as it came withinventing ways to travel using the human muscular
the subtraction of one back wheel, but wasmotion for years. There is an International Human
accompanied by the addition of two training wheels.Powered Vehicle Association which promotes
Then when you were ready you could remove theimprovement, creativity and innovation in the use of
training wheels and after a few falls you were off andhuman power vehicles, especially in the design and
loving it.Then you got a car and transportation woulddevelopment of the HPV's. There are also many
never be the same again. That care free joyouscontests and races involving the HPV. HPV's can ride
feeling is gone. With a car came much moreon land, water and even in the air.
responsibility and more expenses. Now you had to