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  • Have we done Loop Wheels yet?
  • joeydeacon
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    https://www.loopwheels.com/products/mountain-bikes/

    Just stumbled across this on Twitter.. reinventing the wheel?!

    Dark-Side
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    [/url]Loopwwheel-MTB-full-1600×1132 by chrisjohnlawson, on Flickr[/img]

    The future of downhill mountain biking – in our humble opinion. We’ve tested this out on some pretty gnarly hills and the results are “who put tarmac on the downhill section?” – Translated to “That ride was so smooth, I’m pretty sure I dreamt it.”

    Yep, we’re developing a 26? loopwheel, with disc brake mounting, for mountain bikes. We plan to launch it in 2017.

    If you’d like to be one of the first to receive news about loopwheels for MTBs, sign up to our MTB mailing list.

    Really?? The future of downhill mountain biking with an image of a soft tail mountain bike with a mudguard fitted?

    26″ wheels too, they will sell well when they launch in 2017.

    samunkim
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    Since the rim is moving relative to the hub.
    Isn’t this liable to jam the tyre against the frame on any hard landing ?

    Lateral strength is going to be interesting as well

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    nach
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    Oh dear.

    This seemed like a great idea for the 20inch wheel city bikes they first aimed them at.

    deejayen
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    I’ve read one or two positive reviews, but they were the smaller versions for folding bikes and recumbents.

    joeydeacon
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    My knowledge of physics/engineering ain’t great, but won’t they soak up loads of energy when accelerating compared to a stiff, regular wheelset?

    boxelder
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    Can they be retrued?

    martinhutch
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    We’ve tested this out on some pretty gnarly hills and the results are “who put tarmac on the downhill section?”

    To me, that’s far less of a positive than they think it is. If I want that, I’ll just ride down HardKnott.

    And as Joey says, anything that soaks up energy will soak up effort.

    I’d be paranoid about the first big rock that clatters sideways into one of those loops.

    nach
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    I want to see Ratboy rag a pair down something.

    To see some terrible riding with a similar invention, skip to about 8:20 in this:
    https://youtu.be/O11hFiu43RQ?t=502

    None of the characteristics displayed seem desirable. Unless you have immaculate pump technique, it seems like that forwards-backwards rocking is just going to make things a chore.

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