cross-posted from: https://piefed.ca/c/vintageads@sh.itjust.works/p/873245/green-machine-1976
> Like a Big Wheel, but cooler. > >
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Bought one at a garage sale when I was around 14. I barely fit in it, but it was awesome.
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Loved my green machine! Rode it around the neighborhood until the front wheel finally came apart.
They were so much fun! I wore out the back wheels sliding.
To be clear, this is powered by pedaling the front wheel, and is steered by differential braking on the rear wheels by way of the two "stick shift" controls? That's wild!
I want one now lol
The sticks aren't brakes: they rotate the rear wheels by changing the angle of the entire rear axle. As I recall you can propel the thing pretty well by moving the sticks back and forth to get a sort of snake-like motion
Oh wow, it's like they designed it backwards: steering on the rear and propulsion in front haha. I'd love to see one in-person, or if the general idea could be revived.
It looks like Huffy still makes them. Must have bought the naming rights I guess? The newer ones look rather different, tube frame construction now, but it appears the basic idea of RW steering + FW pedal drive still holds. From the photo, looks like the modern ones have a hand brake for the FW, too.
That's also got a rubber tube front wheel instead of plastic.
So this is the image the slop machine trained on..