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There's also shaft driven bikes: http://www.google.com/images?q=drive+shaft+bike http://www.google.com/images?q=drive+shaft+bike The design in the wired articl
by spokey 16y ago
There's also shaft driven bikes: http://www.google.com/images?q=drive+shaft+bike http://www.google.com/images?q=drive+shaft+bike
The design in the wired article, while interesting, seems like an overly complicated solution to the chain "problem".
> "[The] asymmetry [of traditional designs] has been the source of lots of problems"
I'd like to hear more about that. Sure, the rear wheel is balanced a little differently to account for this, and I imagine the feel is a little different if the both pedals are directly attached to the "cranks" (or their equivalent pulleys here), but I don't see a lot of problems caused by the asymmetry of a traditional design. Am I just blind to it? What are these problems?
- coryrc 16y agoFor people going for the lightest bike possible, the spokes in the driving direction of the wheel are a smaller gauge (heavier)-- not one side or the other, as the hub is a single piece. The frame is reinforced slightly on the chain-side of the bicycle. But these modifications are for racing bikes, normal bikes have no special reinforcement because the weight difference is a couple ounces. The current system has no problems and most parts are interchangeable.