Shut Up Legs
Down Under Member
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Stevec047
Über Member
- Location
- Saffron Walden
Hmm some rather intresting looking bikes not sure about the usability of any of them but some amazing work. Loving the drag tyre chopper look.
Jefferson Meriwether
Veteran
- Location
- Worthing
Nice bit of bike porn first thing on a Monday morning.
steveindenmark
Legendary Member
No doubt about it they are artwork.
But virtually unusable.
What price art? A couple of good Carbon bikes, I would think.
But virtually unusable.
What price art? A couple of good Carbon bikes, I would think.
Yellow Saddle
Guru
- Location
- Loch side.
This is an art form in its own right. I've seen wheels with 144 spokes where the nipples are so close together you cannot fit a spoke spanner in between them. Each spoke was thus turned with a tiny flat spanner that can rotate only a few degrees at a time.
If you look at the wheel of the first bike in the featured section, you'll see that the wheels are not workable wheels, yet the bike stands. The spokes pull clockwise on the one side and anti-clockwise on the other. This means the hub is in torsion and therefore there is just about zero tension in the spokes. To build a wheel so that it at least runs straight with so little tension is quite something.
If you look at the wheel of the first bike in the featured section, you'll see that the wheels are not workable wheels, yet the bike stands. The spokes pull clockwise on the one side and anti-clockwise on the other. This means the hub is in torsion and therefore there is just about zero tension in the spokes. To build a wheel so that it at least runs straight with so little tension is quite something.
