Bicycles need at minimum two wheels to be rideable, but [The Q] recognized you don’t necessarily need to have the wheels to be in a person piece. As lengthy as you have at the very least two points of rolling get hold of with the floor, you can unfold the load throughout numerous partial wheels. He shown this by splitting the rear wheel of his bicycle initially in fifty percent and then thirds to build an absolute head turner.
Since a typical bicycle wheel with tensioned spokes would collapse if cut aside, [The Q] applied solitary-piece aluminum wheels as a substitute. The tires had been reduce into parts, and the inner tubes have been replaced with sections of thick-walled HDPE pipe that will not collapse underneath the fat of a human. The tires and the HDPE “inner tubes” were riveted to the wheels.
To mount the extra wheels on the frame, [The Q] welded a established of extensions to the again with mounting details for the partial wheels. To preserve them synced, timing is done with chains jogging on sprockets welded to the disc brakes. In the 2nd movie, he tries to also break up the entrance wheels, but observed the front forks just cannot manage the torque and would flex dangerously when the speak to place is much too significantly ahead. Instead, he settled for 3 wheels on the back.
Substantially like his hubless bicycle, it’s not made to be much better than a normal bicycle, but is superb for attracting consideration. Although at the very least in some conditions, the all-wheel push bicycle he designed previous calendar year might appear in useful.
