It’s an encouraging sign surely but I wish the products weren’t this embarrassing. It’s rare enough that Carrefour now sells unicycles but today, I saw that Watson’s sells impossible wheel clones.

It’s called a Magic Wheel and apparently, in the time I spent living under a rock, it became the ‘latest craze’ to hit town. They sell for $349.

This is my BC wheel.

I’d sell it to you for $150.

Here’s a Magic Wheel video.

Here’s an Impossible Wheel video.

I actually tried out the Magic Wheel at the shop, in the middle of the mall. I got thrown forward because the wheel at the back got in the way and steered me off balance. It weighs over 6kg (more than my 20″ unicycle), feels its weight and is basically a road bike wheel with a heavy piece of plastic in the center.

The day they start hosting ‘competitions’ for these things would be the day I turn up with my BC wheel, HOP UP ONE CURB and win trophies (and preferably prize money).

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