The Official Hubless Wheel hater thread.

^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.

In the Playhaus’ defense its not trying to redefine cycling, it just goes straight down a nice suburban road.

hub less wheels + Rolls Royce aircraft engine =

makes me want to start a Fenderless haters thread, it’s hard to watch, I just keep waiting for his shirt to get caught in that rear tire.
Beautiful Bike and concept.

I’m already feeling lumbar pains from seeing that riding position…

There doesn’t seem to be any suspension either?

As always. This is the perfect response.
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:laughing:

Ok we can make fun of that bike forever but for now, how about finding a neat problem that a hubless could tackle? Or better stick to the current bullying wave? [emoji12]