Weird bikes, bike innovation and bike contraptions

[Kaleidopete]

Picnic table

 

[Kaleidopete]

 

[teabagger11]

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That is cool

 

[qclabrat]

Insane Wayne chain brain

 

[qclabrat]

Woodman Disco project

 

[rlb]

Insane Wayne chain brain
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Was this supposed to reduce chain slap?

 

[Kaleidopete]

 

[ekuhn]

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Better not drink the tonic upon arrival at the destination.

 

[Ironjunk]

What if you could put a different turn ratio between your bars and your fork? How would the bike behave? Like you move your bars 10 degrees and the wheel turns 6. Would it stabilize you over rocks or would it make it harder to catch your balance?

 

[Patrick]

What if you could put a different turn ratio between your bars and your fork? How would the bike behave? Like you move your bars 10 degrees and the wheel turns 6. Would it stabilize you over rocks or would it make it harder to catch your balance?

 

[OddTrickStar]

The claim is that this bike would reach the speed of light when you pedal @90 RPMs. How many megawatts would your legs need to produce to maintain 671,000,000 mph? How many calories would it take to accelerate to that speed? To maintain it? Is there even a chain lube that wouldn’t just burst into flames?

 

[Ian F]

Thinking about how difficult (impossible?) it would be to turn the pedals, the locks seem a bit superfluous...

 

[mwlikesbikes]

You’d obviously have to wax all 37 of those chains.

 

[GSTim]

The tires are probably only rated to Mach 5 though.

 

[JonF]

The claim is that this bike would reach the speed of light when you pedal @90 RPMs. How many megawatts would your legs need to produce to maintain 671,000,000 mph? How many calories would it take to accelerate to that speed? To maintain it? Is there even a chain lube that wouldn’t just burst into flames?
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Better double knot them laces!

 

[Ian F]

Given there's no brakes, I'm guessing it's all fixed gear. I'd love to see a video of it being pushed along, but my Google-fu has failed me. I'm imagining the rear wheel turning normally and then each chainring going forward turning slower until you get to the pedals and movement is pretty much imperceptible.