Interestingly someones gone and built a bike with a spokeless wheel ( rear only ) so prehaps all the bike designs that have them are gonna come closer to reality
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Gorgeous and practical!

Just because it's possible to build such a thing doesn't actually make it a good idea (I'm sure it's not the first time somebody has built one, but I'm not wasting my time googling for something so stupid).

There's a reason we still use spoked wheels.

this is nicer!

Can't see any benefits to that, extra weight/reduced strength & possibly higher rolling resistance.

Looks cool on that chopper mind!

What was the poin of that.

http://www.simplygreen.co.za/articles/picture-special/cycle-crazy-16-strange-a-amazing-bicycle-concepts.html

if the bearing was at the bottom just obove the contact patch it would make more sense to me,, thats fast work for students 😉

How would you fix a puncture/change the tyre?

anyone who's first tag is 'awesome' will not be hired. Pigugly too

How would you fix a puncture/change the tyre?

i'm sure the designer has thought of practicalities such as that 😉

But as a proof of concept, why not? At leat it works unlike the Boardman concept.

How many people objected to pedal cycles because they went too fast?

Here's another:

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jimmy

The Nulla in that link looks cool !

um, where does the handle go and is that why she's smiling ?