Folding Bicycle Wheel
November 3, 2009 by
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and the point is….??
if youve ever tried to ship a bike, or travel with a bike on today’s airlines, its very difficult to box up a fullsized efficient bike in a shippable container… the wheels are the main reason for this.
It could make a nice spare tire for long bike treks.
why folding bicycle wheel
It could be used to prevent theft. If the thief got through the chain some how.
why?
You just Won It.
As an engineering project its interesting. Sadly I think it has no practical value when we have things like Bromptons already.
Dumbest idea evver invented……….dead set took an iddiot to think of a folding wheel on a bike would be a good idea, with the speed & simplicity of quick release hubs & the safty of a wheel not collapsing congrats you win 1st place in the The Biggest Try Hard Dickhead Award for the year
I noticed that the biker didn’t bike so fast. Maybe he himself doesn’t trust the invention….
Hmmm…I would hate for this wheel to fold as I land a jump.
is not much as folding as it collapsing…
but great idea though
nice. keep it up
who’s designed such a tyre?
Can you lock it in the folded position?
yeah, maybe on a road bike but not on a downhill mountain bike.
hahah solidworks?very good program , i design all things in that!…
They hve allready but cost more so no one is bothered.
Well, a folding bike is something different than folding wheel. Small folding bikes might not be very comfortable but this wheel must be a real pain to ride. I have ridden a performance bike with very thin tyre inflated to high presure to minimize friction. I could feel every little hole in the road not mentioning pebbles etc. No, you really DON’T want an airless tyre unless you’re massochist or something.
Folding bike is not about comfort. It`s the only way to pack 2 bikes into the trunk of a small car. This one will help too.
*design*
OK. now someone design a tire that doesn’t need air and has the ride comfort of a inflate able tire. Seriously…
I think its nice desing but I would not go downhill with that!!!
no application???
do you fools not know about folding bikes or what?
the single item that defines how small a suitcase you can pack the bike into is wheel size! this innovation will mean we can have full sized bikes fit into airline-legal suitcases. silly people
It’s funny that so many people are like, “WTF?” I can think of many ways I could use this like if I lock my bike to a bike rack on the sidewalk.
Walk along a sidewalk in Chicago and you’re sure to see wheels bent from a car swiping them. It’s not the biker’s fault when the racks are too close to the street, but with a wheel like this…