Shweeb - a different kind of racing... coaster?

[FLIPDUDE]

I just stumbled upon an awesome video of some ride in new Zealand called the Shweeb.

Granted, it's nothing worth traveling overseas for, but it's definately interesting to look at.

 

Here's a great video of it on an Israeli website:

http://www.flix.co.il/tapuz/showVideo.asp?m=3311541

 

And a youtube search brings up some good results too.

 

 

I imagine alot of you won't consider that as a credit (especially those of you who don't count powered coasters as a credit), but in my opinion it's close enough.

[eddie200330]

Holy Crap that was pretty awesome, all but the pedalling your ass off to make it go!!!!! Too many unhealthy people in America to ever build one of them over here LMAO!

[itsasamccormick]

i can see one of those workers getting hit by one of the cars.... lol

[DenDen]

I quite enjoyed the Isreali shampoo commercial.

 

But this does look cool, I persdonally couldn't do it, but it looks like fun.

[Homeboy23]

That looks cool. You could sure get your exercise doing that.

[chemical_echo]

I always see a news story for this at the bottom of my MSN messenger window, but the way they show it, it looks like it's being presented as a way to get around cities.

The Shweeb

See this man's idea that gets above traffic!

 

I can see this being put in places like nature or adventure parks as a way to explore high up near the tree tops.

[Medusa1861]

New Zealand? They're coming up with all the coolest ideas, the only other one i can think of is Zorb, but still. I hope this catches on. I would love to do this race. It would fit perfectly at a few small parks, or at a few ski resorts that open the mountain to summer adventures.