The Official Hubless Wheel hater thread.

A cornucopia of stupidity on this site, http://weburbanist.com/2009/03/03/futuristic-strange-concept-bicycles-designs/

Wow iab those are fantastic!

This is from the Big Red S company, and I really respect their design effort (if not always the outcomes). Looks like this actually works so we can’t hate on it too much. Based on the parts I think its from the mid-90s…

I’ll hate on it forever.

I guess it was cool in the '90’s hehe:)

Boom!
http://singletrackworld.com/2016/06/wtf-cyclotron-sells-the-future-today/

The future is coming- June 2017 if Kickstarter is to be believed.
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1989795590/the-cyclotron-bike-revolutionary-spokeless-smart-c

Hubless wheels, carbon fiber construction, interal gearing, sub-26lb weight, all for 1,000 Euros! I’m not a gambler, but I’m not seeing this come to market in 12 months, if ever.

Gods… Seeing how many people already fell for that kickstarter, it really makes me wonder if I’d be willing to sell my soul for some easy cash. All they seem to have is a foam mock-up with LEDs stuck on. No inkling whatsoever on the mechanical side. Imma sit back and get some popcorn.

Never ever :laughing:

It’s just a little ugly as well.

Good luck to the people who put up 50 grand already.

Oh goodness gracious. Did all of the winners of the International Bicycle Design Competition get together, have children, and put those kids in design school? Is this a joke?

We believe a bicycle as a “utility” that should enable you to reach your goals. Weather it is to get your groceries, taking your kids to the playground or simply having fun riding it.

No, you believe a bicycle concept and foam model should enable you to reach your fundraising goal. ‘Weather’ or not its realistic.

There are so many SMH things with this … thing that I think I’d time out the Forum before completing it. Thanks so much for sharing! This board topic was made for this kind of hate! mwah ha ha :laughing:

^this.

As far as I can tell, they’re pretty earnest about the whole thing- but for their sake kind of hope that it’s a cynical cash grab.

Of course, with an engineering student on the team, they should have no problem developing and producing a carbon fiber frame, hubless wheels, hydraulic rim brakes, and three internal gearboxes in the time allotted. Oh, and a sidecar “with independent safety test certificate, comparable to European ‘GS’ and ‘TÜV’, to ensure it meets the highest safety standards.”:

Oh my. So much wrong.

Because TT Bars are so stable, right? You went a threw in a sidecar to make it an awkward trike? Come on guys. Wow.

And riding your bike with flipflops on. The guy really doesn’t like his toes, does he?

Don’t worry, he’s not riding that thing anywhere :slight_smile:

I had the same initial reaction, ‘must be a foam-over-steel-frame’ mock-up and was just about ready to rant at kickstarter for not doing their checking. But they are actually riding it in the video. I still dont think it’ll be a great bike, but I do respect the engineering.

Have a look, curious to hear what everyone else thinks!
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1989795590/the-cyclotron-bike-revolutionary-spokeless-smart-c

In the video it is always going in a straight line. It seems like the rider is having trouble keeping the bars pointed straight ahead (maybe a bad head angle?). Eeesh.

Did hit the 50k Euro goal though, so we shall see:D

it does work actually …

but it is so yesterday, now they are working on a “tankcopter”

found some little info on their website
https://bgobeyond.com

B-Car is a 1100 g model dedicated do RC hobby users, it has brushless motors, can reach speed of 30 km/h on the ground and 60 km/h in flight

B-Unstoppable is a 90 g model, dedicated to Toy market, based on coreless dc motors. It can reach speed of 10-15 km/h on the ground and about 20 km/h in the air

Ooof…

He should do a bicycle hubless wheel that can also tell the time.

I think I would have that thing broken in 4 hours.

Never underestimate the power of an absurd aesthetic vision. I mean, look at the story of the Sydney Opera House. :wink:

The music in that kickstarter video is hilariously overly epic, straight from Tron/Hans Zimmer.

I kind of like this one though:
https://instagram.com/p/BMxDlCUhuNX/

That looks especially weak from a structural point of view.