[trikes] hubless wheel trike

[Michael Ross]

It isn't a show stopper - the rear sprocket.  A different rim that allows
some more clearance is possible.  As we know from our low trikes the chain
down close to the ground is not that big a deal, just not that close.
Nothing says you have to use rimless on the back if you have them on the
front.

On Thu, Dec 17, 2009 at 10:03 AM, Colin Bryant <sk8ski2004 at yahoo.ca> wrote:

> Certainly, you couldn't ride on anything but a hard surface, with their
> prototype and not above 2.4mph but they are a bunch of engineering students,
> not trike riders.  The trike has a ton of other problems too (no sweep back
> of cross member, right brake exposed etc.).
>
> I can see using rim mounted ring style disk brakes, like some Honda
> motorcycles in the 80's, to deal with brakes.  Perhaps a shaft drive, with a
> pinion gear working on the enclosed edge of the wheel.
>
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> Colin Bryant
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> ________________________________
> From: Michael Ross <michael.e.ross at gmail.com>
> To: Colin Bryant <sk8ski2004 at yahoo.ca>
> Cc: trikes at bikelist.org
> Sent: Wed, December 16, 2009 4:26:25 PM
> Subject: Re: [trikes] hubless wheel trike
>
> The chain out at the rim thing looks troublesome.
>
>
> On Wed, Dec 16, 2009 at 4:24 PM, Colin Bryant <sk8ski2004 at yahoo.ca> wrote:
>
> I've seen sketches of bicycles and motorcycles, with hubless wheels, for
> years, but it always seemed to be a solution, looking for a problem.  Given
> the high side loads on trike hubs and spokes, this could actually be a
> solution, to a problem.
> >
> >
> >
> http://www.recumbentjournal.com/news/gear/item/53-hubless-wheels-emerge-on-recumbent-trike.html
> >
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