Interesting and Unusual Bikes You've Seen

[hatler]

Unless the chain wraps round the chain wheel (how ??), I predict quite a bit of chain slip.

[Kim]

That's okay, lack of chain tension can be easily remedied by steering to the left...

Ah no, the pivot's in the wrong place, it won't even do that.

[Mr Larrington]

I'd expect something not dissimilar to that fatbike to emerge from Mike Burrows' Sheds.  The wheels would be on the right of the frame, but apart from that

[tom_e]

Unless the chain wraps round the chain wheel (how ??), I predict quite a bit of chain slip.

I fear the toe overlap will get you before you can make the chain slip...

[Ningishzidda]

Cannondale once had a design that drove the front wheel via a cable. Can’t find a photo.
It didn’t catch on.

[Kim]

Mountain bikes with front hub motors seem to be quite popular with certain USAnians, though.  Makes sense: If you're going to cheat at climbs, you might as well get two-wheel drive and anti-lock braking as part of the deal.

[Jurek]

I saw that image last week on WeTransfer's opening page, it intrigued me to the point that I took a screen grab of it.
Something not quite right about it in a CGI kind of way - never mind the mechanics of it....
The website it comes from
http://www.gianlucagimini.it
Is that of a designer, who's work appears to be CGI heavy.
Just sayin'.......

[Jurek]

From the same designer....

[tom_e]

I saw that image last week on WeTransfer's opening page, it intrigued me to the point that I took a screen grab of it.
Something not quite right about it in a CGI kind of way - never mind the mechanics of it....
The website it comes from
http://www.gianlucagimini.it
Is that of a designer, who's work appears to be CGI heavy.
Just sayin'.......

Indeed - discussion started back here

Man gets strangers to draw bicycles from memory then renders them in 3D.
http://www.gianlucagimini.it/prototypes/velocipedia.html

 

[Mr Larrington]

From the same designer....

How long will that head tube remain attached to the rest of the bike if the rider is so foolish as to use the front brake   Although given that the brake levers occupy a different time zone from the handlebar grips perhaps that's less of an issue than might be supposed.

[Jurek]

I expect that on that bike, the chain will never look a bit slack.

[rogerzilla]

A weird monocoque utility thing, not apparently folding.  Had a large brand name on the side ending in "cycle".  not very helpful, I know.

[LittleWheelsandBig]

Gocycle?

[Efrogwr]

This afternoon I saw a Whyte PRS-1, aka Preston.

[Torslanda]

Completely slipped my mind until now. A couple of Fridays ago we were in Antwerp and spotted a bakfiets with a precious cargo. Babette was in a layback car seat in the front with a proud dad pedalling along. Seemingly an everyday ocurrence for all the reaction . . .

[Cudzoziemiec]

Yesterday, a Trikidoo and a Gocycle. Not sure quite what the latter is, it looked to have similar proportions to a Strida possibly combined with electric power.

[L CC]

Gocycle are a folding bike with a belt drive, single rear seat stay and internal cabling.
Made (at least some components) at one of my previous employer's suppliers at Ely.

[fuzzy]

Today, for a little while, I got to play with this beastie-

Photo0267 by fuzzy4130, on Flickr

Photo0268 by fuzzy4130, on Flickr

Here are a couple of crap pictures of me grinning like a cheshire cat as I rode the ICE Full Fat around Marlow-

Photo0264 by fuzzy4130, on Flickr

Photo0262 by fuzzy4130, on Flickr

We had ICE come to the shop today with a selection of toys for folk to try, including the beast. A number of people asked why anyone would want a full fat trike. I thought for a while and all I could really say was that if you had to ask the question, you would never understand the answer

The full fat is absolutley bonkers. What better reason to want one? It was a hoot to ride. This example is fitted with a Rohloff X1 14 speed tin of gears so was nice and smooth. Ascending was a bit of a struggle to start with but I soon got into it. Riding around the park, looking for lumpy bits had me wishing I had time to get into the woods to really play. Sadly, the ICE boys needed to get back to Falmouth.

I am now in big trouble as I really wants one my preciousssssssss.

[Jayjay]

Chained to a post on Northbridge St yesterday afternoon was a tatty old silver MTB/Hybrid thingy. It had a KIA badge on the head tube and the words "THINK BEFORE YOU DRIVE" in red capitals on the down tube.

I didn't know KIA made bikes, but I think it wonderful that a car manufacturer can stick a warning against unnecessary car use on a bike

I had one-a-them, was given from my father-in-law, and about 10 thousand miles later donated to a friend's college student son. Yes they used to make bikes, the recent ones were promotional given free with a Kia 4x4 .
Kia parked in the snow. by John Jackson, on Flickr

[Kim]

Today, for a little while, I got to play with this beastie-

Photo0267 by fuzzy4130, on Flickr

Had a go on one of those at York last year.  It does wicked endos.  Sadly there weren't any Sands Of Doom to hand to really test it out on.

[Riggers]

From the same designer....

How long will that head tube remain attached to the rest of the bike if the rider is so foolish as to use the front brake   Although given that the brake levers occupy a different time zone from the handlebar grips perhaps that's less of an issue than might be supposed.

S'funny, I was thinking exactly the same thing m'self young Larrers.

Actually, what the hell's happened the the chain stays!!?

[Kim]

Methinks you haven't read the article?

They are 3D renderings of bicycles based on people's drawings-from-memory of what a bicycle looks like (it turns out that people are surprisingly bad at remembering how a bicycle fits together).  For once it's not designer cluelessness that's at fault.

SCIENCE: https://www.liverpool.ac.uk/~rlawson/cycleweb.html

[Mr Larrington]

Today, for a little while, I got to play with this beastie-

Photo0267 by fuzzy4130, on Flickr

Had a go on one of those at York last year.  It does wicked endos.  Sadly there weren't any Sands Of Doom to hand to really test it out on.

My chum Mr Hill has one, which he brought to Battle Mountain last year.  Wasted on the motel car park...

[matthew]

From the same designer....

How long will that head tube remain attached to the rest of the bike if the rider is so foolish as to use the front brake   Although given that the brake levers occupy a different time zone from the handlebar grips perhaps that's less of an issue than might be supposed.

S'funny, I was thinking exactly the same thing m'self young Larrers.

Actually, what the hell's happened the the chain stays!!?

Auto magical chain tensioning  or rather a member of the public who forgot their necessity

[LittleWheelsandBig]

A chrome Carlton track bike with Airlite hubs, Chater Lea cranks and inch pitch block chain. Seen in my garage after a friend said he was running out of storage room and thrust it upon me.

Now interested as to whether it meets the specification for the Olympic velodrome, which might lead to riding there.