I wonder if I should get some of these, then ride my e-bike with them…
Could these be used to correct poor form when walking or running?
But then how will I get shin splints trying to keep up with people who walk just faster than my top walking speed??
And if everyone has them, how can I feel superior by being faster than them because of the years of shin splints???
These remind me of a time when French shepherds walked on stilts to overcome swampy landscape.
The modern equivalent would be stilts to “walk over” lanes of stroads, since the stilts could land on the lane dividers and thus provide uninhibited, elevated urban travel. Just don’t fall.
I jest, but that would be a solving a real issue, where crosswalks at stroads take forever and a half.
stroads should never have existed. its literally the worst thing even when driving.
Stroads are best understood as a product of emergent evolution. That is to say, no thinking went into their development, except as incremental, thoughtless upgrades from what was probably once a rural country road.
The only good thing about stroads is that when they’re demolished and rebuilt properly, there’s usually enough room to build an express two-lane road, or two-way busway, or dual-track light rail line, plus room for adjacent frontage/access roads for local traffic.
The land and technology exists to build things properly, but often not the political and community will.
A hip or knee exoskeleton would probably do better on a bike than these ankle things, but it’ll be fun stuff to watch the inevitable videos of people using all three to run up the Niesen stairs.
