Hubless Monster

[750SpiritRdr]

http://www.revmavault.com/video/hubless%20web.wmv

[apache driver]

That beast has been around for a couple of years, and it is still king daddy as far as I'm concerned, one of the baddest fuckin bikes on the planet! I don't care for the spikes on the sides of the rims, but still a mean sumbich!

[shadow247]

That is a cool bike for sure. Too bad the drive system is completely impractical for any type of longer term riding, like anything over 100 miles. This concept was explored a long time ago by another designer whose name escapes me, and he basically figured out that is just not good! Looks super sweet though!!!!

[apache driver]

Billy Lane tried it a while back, but I think he used a friction drive system, which basically drives a big solid rubber cylender which sits against the front of the rear tire (under the seat), as I recall it worked pretty well, but wore the tire out in no time.
Why is this one impractical for long trips, it seems like basically the same as a regular belt drive, but on a much bigger scale; looks like the final drive is a belt pulley that runs around the outside of the right side of the rear wheel.
I think that aestetically the front bearing (?) is way too bulky.
Seems to me that if it works well for ten miles it would work well for a thousand miles, unless there are some extreme wear issues or heat build-up issues or something like that.
Interesting!

[firefighter212]

i`m sure that`s a bike you wouldn`t want to do a 500 mile ride on but sure looks cool for around town.Takes some engineering genius to do that(and a pocket book that is endless).

[Beaker]

One word: GAY. Hate everything about it and everything it stands for. I bet it looks pretty in an enclosed trailer as it goes from show to show. GAY.

[Iron Mafia]

One word: GAY. Hate everything about it and everything it stands for. I bet it looks pretty in an enclosed trailer as it goes from show to show. GAY.
Well said brother...

[woodytick]

nice piece of engineering, but i dont care for the spikes either.

[Belac]

All you would need is a pair of ass-less chaps and a gold medalion and you'd be set.

A cool machanics though. . .
solved the age old problem of having your enemy chariot cut out your spokes with their spiked hub. It's Ben Hur meets Road Warriors.