Now you understand the homeless's affinity for shopping carts. Wheels! I'd bet you could rig up take off nice wheels on the old roller skate pattern with like velcro and spandex straps on a lexan platform. Cross country ski folks have trainers for pavement, and there are dune boards with big wide wheels.

A mt bike works nicely and I have seen adult trikes with like 18 to 21 gears.

 

Back in the old days we had an invention like that.

I think there were called "Roller Skates".

 

I remember those turkeys, cast iron wheels,midieval style foot screws to tighten them on and they weighed so much you couldn't pick your foot up without grabbing your knee with both hands.
on the plus size with all that weight once you got started on a downhill sidewalk you were gone.!

 

I'd think stability would be an issue, with just slight dehydration your balance it off quite a bit. Try this, walk across the room and quickly do a 180 and see if you don't wobble. For those disabled, handicapped or physically incapable dehydration it a big problem, hence stability. That's why the the can and walker, so adding wheels would maybe not work too well.
Amazing things can be done in dealing with arthritis and sometimes gout and diet. I'd look into that.

 

The main issue with those shoes would be the weight. My kids have had several brands of them and all are heavy and clunky. You mention a pair that would be more for hiking. If you were wearing them in the brush you would wear out rather quickly. It would be worse on arthritic bones than regular shoes. Far worse.

Someone totally in the city might be able to use them but they aren't exactly stable. They take practice and if you hit a medium size rock you go down fast and hard.

For survival purposes I give them a thumbs down. They are too heavy and dangerous.

 

I was also going to post about how heavy they are. The other thing is it was a pain to take the wheels out on my son's pair. They don't just pop in and out when you want to walk. The wheels are either in the shoes or they aren't, and if you don't want them, you have to take several minutes to pop them out. Walking with the wheels in is also awkward. You'd be better off sticking with a good pair of shoes or boots.

 

haha when i was 17 i had a pair i thought they were cool. i were them at a local pet store i worked at all the time first day i had them i busted my kaboose so hard i went home

 

handicapped/disabled person on roller skates....now that is funny.....

 

Judging from what I read, I too am forcing myself not to laugh at the thought of someone bugging out through the woods with roller shoes.

 

The OP mentioned using them in a rural area. Most rural areas dont have concrete, and that would make them useless.

Tex

 

I get what you are all saying with old school roller skate wheels. But with today's technology, I was thinking of small bearing type wheels or rollers, or anything that could be built into the bottom of shoes that could retract somehow or be attached in someway similiar to Heelys, but as large a rolling wheel and would retract in the front and rear of the shoe. I was thinking 2 smaller bearng wheels the size of quarter side by side up front and in the rear.

Im not an engineer, but it was a thought as im sure any type of rolling advantage to "get away" from pursuers would be beneficial if one couldnt run for long distances.

 

Wel-l-l-l-l-l as being someone who is unable to run (but I can walk - bad ankle) if someone is pursuing me unless I am headed down a hill with a pair of those things I might be able to get away...but the stop would be hard on me.:xeye: I once owned a pair of shoes that had one huge spring in the heel area. A monster "shock", but you had to watch for cords and couldn't walk in the woods with them. You could get a pair with an encased spring, but I never did. They were rather clunky and what you are describing sounds like it would be clunky too.
Alot of the "handicapped" that I have seen using the parking placards need to lose 100 lbs and they might feel alot better. I am not saying all of them - just alot of them... You'd need pretty skookum bearings to support the "big" people. I think they'd be better off learning self defense, either a gun (did I really say that:taped or walking stick - something.

 

You can't safely get up decent speed AND stay stable. You will either end up getting chased down. Hit a bump you just plain don't see and go flying. Or the unit might fail on you with hard use. Sounds like too big a risk in my opinion.

 

Candy was invented by dentists. Not to be outdone, orthopedic surgeons invented heelies...

 

Personally, I think they should ban those things...I have seen 2 kids bust their heads open like watermellons while playing in them. Doubt it would work for older folks due to needed balance & coordination...wouldn't work for me anyway.

 

I use something similar to your idea with a single heel skate like this and a folding shopping cart. The folding shopping cart provides support like a walker as i kick with the free leg like while using a scooter.

 

Shoot, there are days I do good to walk a straight line now. I've never had the cordination for skates or ice even. Winter ice is an EVIL MONSTER! I said that.

 

Have you considered a bicycle?

It takes a great deal of practiced coordination and good physical conditioning to use roller skates of any kind. It would be suicidal for someone with gout or arthritis and no conditioning to put on such equipment because it would make staying upright hundreds of times more difficult that it already is when your feet are planted firmly on the ground.

You can test this idea out for yourself by going to a skating rink, rent some skates, and see how hard it really is to motivate with any amount of proficiency on them things. Then imagine being chased down a street or road with them on.

Have you considered a bicycle? They are stable, many times faster than skates, and very easy to operate safely.

 

If the S hits the F I don't want to be lying in it with a broken hip. I wouldn't put wheels on my shoes in good times... much less when they stop answering 911 calls.

 

Waste of money, don't bother. They can also cause other injuries. You ned good high quality footwear on your feet, not toys.

If you really need something small and light with wheels...get one of those Razors. They are light, indestructible, and cheaper than the shoes. You'll look goofy but who cares....you'll be hauling a$$.

Here's a fancy one, but you get the idea:

http://www.nycewheels.com/kickped-kick-scooter.html

 

I guess there's a reason why they didn't have any old actors in this movie:

 

Or you can ride a bike or even better, drive away.

 

Certainly not going to be good for off road. Bike is probobly the best option. I hurt my hip playing sports and despite the damage I find a bike actually makes it better, so if I had to get out fast that would be my prefered method.

 

The vision I'm seeing is a cartoon of Willie Coyote on skates trying to go and not getting any traction and busting his azz just before the truck runs over him, shortly after that the bird stops by and pecks the bird seed ad says BEEP BEEP!!
I think a bicycle would be lots safer and faster for you if you can ride one. I realise some folks with physical challenges cant ride a bike very well, hope that's not your case. Hope you find a solution!!! :thumb:

 

I wanted roller blades in the worst way when I was a pup. But I lived on a farm, and our driveway was dirt/gravel, and the yard was grass. So I never got my roller blades because I couldn't think of a good place to use them.

I wouldn't think you'd fare any better unless you were in a warehouse with nice new floors.

 

Already have one crack on my backside, and have no desire for another which is what I would achieve with those things, roller skates, or any such items.

Stick with a bike or with your two good feet. Even if you feel you could not physically walk that well, you will get further down the road at a slow pace versus trying with a broken leg or something. Remember the tale of the hare and the turtle.

 

There's a reason why emergency room docs hate stuff like heelies. Then take into account that as we get older our bones are more brittle and you get ppl like my sister who can fall down and shatter her arm bones in 10 places. And if you have arthritis, you'd have to really work up to wearing them for any length of time just to see if the motion will irritate your joints. Also, if you have arthritis and haven't been moving around a whole lot, your bones will be much less dense. It was amazing how much less dense my left knee was over my right just from favoring my left knee for 6 months when my ACL snapped.

Personally, I think it's a bad idea. But it's good that you're using your noggin and thinking outside of the box

 

I keep one of these in the trunk of my car. .

Razor A5 ~$75
Has a higher (220 lb) weight rating, a taller handlebar, and larger tires than a normal scooter.
Folds up.