[trikes] hubless wheel trike

[Colin Bryant]

I know the wheel bearings wouldn't last long around here.  Navigating 20cm deep puddles is common, around here, in winter months.

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Colin Bryant
Vancouver, Canada




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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: Thu, December 17, 2009 7:07:37 AM
Subject: Re: [trikes] hubless wheel trike

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:

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>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.).
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>>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
>>Vancouver, Canada
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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
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>>The chain out at the rim thing looks troublesome.
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>>On Wed, Dec 16, 2009 at 4:24 PM, Colin Bryant <sk8ski2004 at yahoo.ca> wrote:
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>>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.
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>>>http://www.recumbentjournal.com/news/gear/item/53-hubless-wheels-emerge-on-recumbent-trike.html
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