Sunday, July 29, 2018

Great Moments In Inventions That Never Caught On!

Sorry, Perry Safety Wheel Corp...

...but I guess the world wasn't ready for this in 1963.

I do like the implication that somehow this would make you look cool in the neighborhood...

Yes, I know that these "steering wheels for bicycles" still exist--you can find plenty of pictures in a Google image search. And I'm sure they work perfectly well, and have saved gosh-knows how many folks from being "poked" by handlebars. But I've never seen one in the wild. And until you get someone to put these on motorcycles, you'll never convince most people that it's "cool."

What's next, roller skates for Iron Man's armor?

From Fantastic Four #10 (1963)

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