Microcar-Inspired Rollerskates on the Road Soon
If you’ve bothered to read my recent post, most probably, you can identify with this new one. Last time, I featured a shoe called Opel Agila City Heels. As its name imply, ‘twas taken from the concept of General Motors’ four-door urban car—the Opel Agila. The shoe (female shoe, to be specific ‘coz I haven’t seen men wearing high heels, except in movies depicting homosexuality) features the same color, yeah Opel Agila’s pale blue color. However, its most noteworthy part is of course, the “bumper,” the tip of the shoes which incorporate an Opel Agila design complete with its logo. Opel Agila City Heels is available in a store in Amsterdam. Shoebaloo is the name, I guess? Yeah, it is (after checking my files).
And now, much to my surprise, here comes another car-inspired shoe, this time, it ain’t limited to bumper design or any other exterior auto part. Rather, you can drive it like a typical car! Whoa! Isn’t it exciting? Of course, it is! Imagine the dollars you could save having your own shoe car, if ever? But promise me you won’t get frustrated. Promise me!
Okay, ready? Here’s a four-wheeled roller skate. Yeah! The device you used to wear on your feet when you were much younger than I am. Do you now recall those good old days of gliding at the park using wheels propelled by your legs? Oh, great! Although my source cited no other specific information, for sure you too are excited about this new innovation. Just imagine the difference it could make to our traffic congested society. If more and more people will prefer to “drive” four-wheeler roller skates due to soaring oil prices, then there’d be less traffic on the streets.
Funny how last time as I was talking with my good friend, Gregg, we shared thoughts about environment preservation. Our discussion ended with brilliant proposals focused on “Why’s” and “How’s” and you know what? One of our proposed solution (aside from imposing Bicycles Only on the Highway (BOOTH)-policy) is—you got it right using roller skates. Not only are they eco-friendly (There’s no doubt on that argument, I suppose?) they’re also good for our health. Did you know that skating for at least 6 miles per hour can burn more or less 350 calories in your body? What more if you drive for 10 miles per hour? Then approximately you’ll lose about 600 amount of calories. Isn’t it amazing? It can save the dollars allotted for your time on the gym plus, you get a chance to breathe fresh air and meet new people! As a matter of fact, according to wikipedia, roller skating is a highly-recommended aerobic fitness sport by the American Heart Association. One reason must be because time spent while roller skating corresponds to hours spent while jogging.
Roller skates are classified into two: the inline and the quad skates. To know the difference between the two, well, the inline skates feature at least two to five wheels set in a single line. Most of them incorporate toe stop used as brakes in case you wanna slow down. On the other hand, quad skates have four wheels arranged in pairs (two wheels set side by side, to be specific). It comes with rubber cushion which allows easier pivoting and maneuverability and I think that’s the reason why the car-inspired roller skates I was referring to fall on this category.
If you will notice, these roller skates are designed like cars. ‘Til now, I’m trying to decipher which brand but it’s a sedan, isn’t it? It’s far from, being a truck, so you gotta agree with me. Carscoop called it a Smart Fortwo themed roller skates. Smart Fortwo, also called City Coupe is a two-seater microcar produced by Daimler AG ans was launched during the 1998 Paris Motor Show.
Oh well, a Smart Fortwo driven by human legs? That would be great!
