Rather super powered wheel
I'm surprised no-one's bought this to market before.
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DinivanX Has stinging piss after drinking Pact Coffee, Fri 27 Nov 2015, 13:14,
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Burn the witch!
Really cool and as you say amazing that it's not been done before.
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barryheadwound Mul-ti-pass? Multipass!, Fri 27 Nov 2015, 13:25,
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Bindun
Velogical, Rubbee, Centinel, Copenhagen wheel, FlyKly, Evelo, Omniwheel, electron wheel...
To name but eight
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I've just looked at all of those
They are all solutions to motorising pedal transport, but none of them use this method (well perhaps the evelo ominwheel, that looks to be similar, but I can't see the internals)?
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DinivanX Has stinging piss after drinking Pact Coffee, Fri 27 Nov 2015, 14:06,
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The rubbee and the centinel both drive the wheel
His drives the rim, they drive the tyre. Potato potato
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rather cool
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Rebel biscuit stercore sumus et nos esse novimus, Fri 27 Nov 2015, 14:43,
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See at 4:16 how the rim is way out of round?
That's a problem. The brakes won't even work safely. By the time they get something that isn't a liability nightmare, it's going to weigh a ton.
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I was just thinking, 'What if you hit a pothole on that?'
And how does the inner channel of the rim (the bit the motor touches) stay clear of water/dirt? I hate to be negative on new ideas and obviously earnest inventors, but this is a solution in search of a non-existent problem. We already have motorised bicycles for people who want them.
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I'd want it to use regenerative braking as well
The other issue with the design is the unsprung weight. Despite the show-off wheelie-ing the bike, the battery and the motor gubbins are going to be much heavier than a normal wheel, so it will be a bastard to ride on a bumpy surface.
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Snappyuk gets BIGGER with free sample., Fri 27 Nov 2015, 17:10,
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And at 3:21 you can see an inner tube valve sticking out
...but you don't see it later when the wheel spins round.
And at 3:57 it seems to shift forward when riding it.
Hmmmmm!
I wonder which parts of this vid are actually authentic.
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so a completely different wheel on your bike than the back one
just so you can be a lazy cunt for a few minutes? Yeah no thanks. Can't see this taking off with anyone who has an expensive bike. What about your existing braking system and quality wheels?
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Firkinfedup last shat on your wife's tits at, Fri 27 Nov 2015, 14:44,
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why not its a piece of piss to change the front wheel on a bike these days, takes literally seconds.
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Rebel biscuit stercore sumus et nos esse novimus, Fri 27 Nov 2015, 14:47,
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That's the key draw:
Easy to retro-fit
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P-MONKE We're all fucked, Fri 27 Nov 2015, 18:00,
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I'm surprised
people keep thinking that powering bicycles is the holy grail
The exercise is the fun bit merkins!
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harryfreeze Ignore, Hide, I like this!, Reply, Fri 27 Nov 2015, 19:07,
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The fun bit is the sense of freedom I think.
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omnitruncatedkraken from Empire Algol, Fri 27 Nov 2015, 20:50,
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I think it needs more rollers
Lots of rollers so you can then get rid of the rim and just have the tyre run about the rollers.
Maybe two large wheels of this arrangement side by side. You can steer by braking on one side.
Then you could enclose the rider in some heavy steel sheeting.
Maybe a gun turret on the top for extra protection...
Tank!
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