Dare To Be Stupid

WEIRDALexis279 · Post by **WEIRDALexis279** » Thu Mar 25, 2004 4:32 am

The Sporkman @ Mar 24 2004, 05:29 PM wrote: Well, I pasted my aforeposted description of the as-of-yet-nameless dealie into the Yahoo! search bar, and, not surprisingly, this was the only result.

well, at least you tried.

MarlinsGirl · Post by **MarlinsGirl** » Thu Mar 25, 2004 4:35 am

I think i've found what you guys are looking for. gym wheel

I hope that's it.

Terri M.

Post by **Elvis** » Thu Mar 25, 2004 4:38 am

Yep, I think that's it!

Dave

Insert Coin(s) to Continue · Thu Mar 25, 2004 4:46 am

MarlinsGirl @ Mar 24 2004, 06:35 PM wrote: I think i've found what you guys are looking for. gym wheel

I hope that's it.

Terri M.

Wow! That's it!

The Sporkman · Post by **The Sporkman** » Thu Mar 25, 2004 4:53 am

The German Gym Wheel! Are minds are no longer plagued! Our lives are now complete!

Post by **Driew_La_27** » Thu Mar 25, 2004 5:17 am

YEAH! You figured it out Terri!

Post by **Dr_Dad** » Thu Mar 25, 2004 6:29 am

Ack! You got it, MarlinsGirl. Nicely done!

Yes, those gizmos are called a lot of different things, which is what made searching for them a bit more difficult. The gym wheel is also called the German gymwheel, the Gymnastic Wheel, or the "Rhoenrad".

The wheel was developed by Otto Feick -- a German man who came from a region in Germany called "Rhön". Therefore the original name of the wheel is "Rhönrad" ("-rad" = German for "wheel").

Hope that helps!!

Doc

The Sporkman · Post by **The Sporkman** » Thu Mar 25, 2004 6:42 am

Well, there you have it, SailorBarsoom, not one but five names were found for the thing. Seven, if you count dealie and gizmo. Aren't we a helpful bunch?

Thu Mar 25, 2004 8:53 am

This has been an extremely impressive display of power research. Can you imagine what kind of an Annotated Al we could put together if we all put our minds together?

SailorBarsoom · Post by **SailorBarsoom** » Fri Mar 26, 2004 9:50 am

Terri, you're a goddess!

You guys are incredible! Thank you all so much for helping me out with this. Now I can sleep at night...

P.S. It looks like a Japanese manufacturer is selling it for 190,000 yen (about $1800), plus I'd still have to buy bindings. *sigh*

http://www.rhoenrad.jp/english/Instrument_sale_e.htm

I should've known, all the coolest toys are expensive. At least I know what the heck it's called now, and maybe I can figure out how to make one.

Thanks again,
Jenn