Posted on 01/27/2009 11:25:03 AM PST by martin_fierro
Is it really hubless...or just a really big hub with a hole in the middle?
Put me on the ping list, please sir.
If I remember correctly the guy that runs amen (a christian) created the spokeless rim about the same times as lane did.
Veeery interesting but stoopid!
You slam the brakes and you will keep rolling.
Need second wheel in line to keep the forward/back balance.
The biker boys at Amen Design have built a chopper based around Franco Sbarro’s hubless wheels. And it really rides!Just great. There goes the 'Wheel Spoke' industry. Now THEY'LL want a bail-out too!
Of course they'll have to get in line behind the Buggy Whip and Lamp Wick makers. Not to mention all those poor Whale-Bone Corset makers who've been out of work since 1897.
dam NAFTA, all 'our jobs' are going overseas!
Thanks. Is the ride height adjustable? Doesn’t look like it will corner worth spit.
Now don’t go asking practical questions, otherwise you won’t fork over the money to pay for it’s fancy wheels.
- Pot hole = death
- Soft ground or sand = death
- Front end geometry = poor handling, leading to death
- Tire removal = a day in the shop
Not interested.....
Interesting - but clearly no justification to accept the inherent negatives or extreme risk of taking this design on the road..
My thoughts exactly. One bump and you’d go flying!
They may look cool but I can’t see any longevity out of those rims whatsoever what with moisture, water and just plain dust that is bound to infiltrate any seal on those things and corrupt whatever internal parts there are. Probably lots of bearings......
Yes, strength to weight ratio is excellent, but the tensil strength is carrying most of the load, as the compressed spokes will easily buckle. But it isn't the static weight that is the problem for the spoked wheel, it is handling the drive loads of turning the wheel from the hub, which asks a lot more in tensil strength. Which is why its not uncommon to see a solid wheel in back and a spoked wheel in front.
Don’t like it. I like cast aluminum spoked rims.
It's a good thing harley riders cannot corner quickly, all that weight along with road induced g forces at the edge of those wide tires would create quite a bending moment.
After the first pothole those wheels will be out of round.
That’s seriously cool. I look at it as a sculpture that you can ride. It’s like the custom bikes on American Chopper. Nobody buys those things to ride, but they’re cool and fun.
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