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Heelies Rule
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You could fit a larger wheel in there too, maybe even a tiny motor and drive train.
Dot! Dooooot! Dot Matrix!
Hell yeah, boots with motorized chain tracks! Now we’re going places!
First step towards Air Gear
Seems slightly dangerous...
They always were
They make Heelys in adult sizes since kids aren't as coordinated as grown ups
I'm a grown-up and my coordination did not improve, please advise
Buy more Heelys
Ok also ow
I love how many people are genuinely considering these shoes in the comments.
Wait, you don't?
I feel like the lack of ankle mobility is a death sentence
Have you ever seen how high up rollerblades went?
Rollerblades immobilize your ankles on purpose for safety. These boots do the exact opposite and provide zero real support, so one misstep and congratulations on your sprained ankle.
My daughter informed me of the same.
Also, she still wants a pair.
Beauty is pain 😔✊
As someone who used heelies for a decade and has dropped in on massive half pipes with them even.
These arent smart shoes and you would be fucking lucky to even be able to scoot around at all. The sole is also WAY too chunky and you wouldn't be able to cut at all. So any amount of speed or pivoting would just result in massive problems.
I have feelies about these heelies
No one they/them should have so much power
Ok armored core
yknow i'm thinking of getting metal legs, it's a risky operation but it'll be worth it
I would unironically wear those everywhere
I always wanted to try those.
But I didn't wanna commit the money until I had some assurance of success.
Least you can't break your ankles?
Would actually be easier to break them in these, they don't provide support and actually prevent some foot movements using heelies require at speed.
It's dumb
Now I want to design motorized heelies to fit in platform shoes.
But first I should probably learn to design motorized shit that's more sophcsticated than "turn on switch and go full-tilt with no fuses or battery protection circuits."
the ux of the controls would be a tough part I think. Although with how good modern microcontrollers are it wouldn't be that hard to make a tiny remote that communicates over bluetooth low energy
An electric skateboard controller would be all you'd need.
You could probably Just rip the guts out of a small board and make shoes as long as you didn't mind only having one foot drive...
probably an ideal system would also be able to sense tilt and decelerate if you're starting to fall over backwards
If my electric skateboard experience counts for anything, you tend to let go of the throttle when you're falling, so deceleration happens.
This is also why it's important to have a lanyard on your controls.
All fun and games until someone goes all watch dogs on your shoes and skates you out the front of the line at the grocery store.
I'd go with a button in the nose that you press when your foot is flat on the ground. Lifting your toes activates the wheels, full throttle, no brakes. Ride or die.
i have heelies at home... my most priced possession.
Spring-heeled Jack boots or gtfo
this post was submitted on 05 Oct 2025
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