When it comes to searching for odd vehicles on China’s largest online shopping site, I try not to limit myself too much. Sure it’s fun to find various things that zip around on wheels, treads, wings, or fins. But sometimes, you have to expand your horizon beyond just air, land, and sea. That’s the case with this week’s find for the Awesomely Weird Alibaba Electric Vehicle of the Week. Meet the awesome human-powered backyard rollercoaster!
It’s human-powered, but not in a “put your back into it” way. There’s not so much shoving of a train up a hill as there is pedaling a crank to pull it slowly up to the peak. From there, gravity does the work as the riders careen around dangerous-looking turns en route to the start of the backyard rollercoaster.
What’s not to like? It’s 35 meters (115 feet) of galvanized steel and fun!
And the best…