A Full Hubless Bicycle

[thdudesign 4]

i have this project :

 

 

i find 2 tires

 

front :

 

rear :

 

i build a personal frame :

 

 

and a personal fork :

 

 

I put all together and i have my personal bike in the real life :whistle: :

 

 

i just have some details to be seen to finish it

[Turbofrog 2]

I take it some of those details are: how on earth to make a practical hubless wheel?

 

It recently took a team of Yale mechancial engineering students to make one that actually works, and it's neither light, nor efficient, nor practical.

 

Very cool that you actually prototyped your frame, though. If you can make it work, you'll have yourself a pretty nifty custom bike.

[Guest Buff]

Sounds like a Yale education ain't what it used to be

[deanox 0]

Hey what about splitting the tyre into 2, with a single hub, with a large outer bearing in between the two tyres, leaving access for drive gear, be a little more practical Mite not give you the single wheel look from the back, but definitely look hub less from the side.

[thdudesign 4]

indeed, you can see it in moving

[Guest SamHolmes]

Dude you don't mess around! That's awesome. I wanna see more details on how you did those wheels. great work!

[Guest lewita]

wow!!! that's awesome!!! i find it really intriguing how you accomplished a mechanism that actually works! congratulations from argentina!

[Guest cell]

even HUBLESS whell needs mechanical joint but not mechanical transmission from one side or both , like this pic : mostly electromotion, Ur bicycle have foot rests, i really don't know how it works.

[Guest Bowl of Soup]

I like it, what you need for propulsion is something called a ring-motor, there are some out there for VTOL UAV fans.

[Guest Buff]

hubless and with missing drive teeth on perimeter

 

 

Nice bit of lateral thinking thdudesign

[Guest angela1983]

For this rubber feel wheel, on techical, i think it is produced by silicon mould technology, and choose a suitable hardness.

[vander 10]

I've seen a couple of custom choppers that have gone the hubless route, looks pretty cool!

 

here's a video of one:

 

and a pic

[Guest Bowl of Soup]

wow, I wonder how fast the rear tire wears out.

[thdudesign 4]

I've seen a couple of custom choppers that have gone the hubless route, looks pretty cool!

 

i know this bike but her wheels are made with large bearings , the price can go up to 10.000 $ for only one :shocking: and we need at least 4 bearings !

 

i have no money for my bike :ermm: and i have to found another system with very low cost ...

[Guest Plastic Brick]

I guess the main thing to make sure of is that there are bearings inside to cut down on the friction betewwn the tire and the frame hub inside of it.