Booster Blades

August 4, 2008

Check out these 21st Century inline skates called Booster Blades. They are kind of cross between standard in-line skates and a bicycle, you wear them like skates but pedal up and down and they propel you along like riding a bike.

The design is based on a simulation of the pedalling stroke of a bicycle, and modified through rider trials. The boot plate tilts forwards as the foot is lifted, which follows the natural angle of the foot as the knee is bent, so that the rider’s weight stays directly over the drive mechanism.