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TIL there are off-road electric unicycle races.
Once a vehicle primarily favored by circus clowns, unicycles have not only gotten an electric upgrade, but other enhancement like knobby tires, hi-torque motors, and batteries good for 100 miles. As The Autopian’s Emme Hall recently shared, for the past couple of years some intrepid riders have even been taking them off-road in the deserts of California, racing down steep rock-covered hills without the safety benefits of roll cages or five-point harnesses.
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