Single Speed Reverse Steer Project

[whbicycles]

I built this reverse steer bike to raise money for charity. I used two $10 bikes I got from garage sales. I found the gear at a place in Cleveland called HGR. I cut the gear in half and welded one half to each fork. I used a laser cutter to make the sign boards for the center and my friend hand painted them. Check it out:

 

[whbicycles]

Here are some more photos of the finished reverse steer bike. I am an industrial design student at the Cleveland Institute of Art and I make the bike hangers used in the photos. I recently put them on Kickstarter, the first 50 backers get them at $35. Here is the link:

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/playhausdesign/wellhung-bicycles?ref=user_menu

 

[Milkfloat]

Yours looks a bit classier than mine! This one has been running and raising cash for more than 50 years.

 

[Drago]

Not a Huffy 10! They're worth four or five hundred quid!!!

 

[mickle]

Very nice job.

 

[TheDoctor]

*runs and hides*
Nice job, but reverse steer bikes are horrid. I can't ride them for toffee.

 

[Rohloff_Brompton_Rider]

What a wonderful thread. Excellent workmanship and I bet it's fun to try.

 

[Lonestar]

lols like this.

That's even more awesome looking at the pics.

 

[keithmac]

I remeber "riding" one badly at Lightwater Valley, nice workmanship!.

I converted a Honda VFR 800 to LHS Throttle and Front Brake control, clutch on the right for a customer. It was bloody lethal to ride, my brain couldn't get used to it!.

 

[dfthe1]

Interesting video from the wonderful Destin on backwards bikes:

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MFzDaBzBlL0

 

[Goggs]

Interesting video from the wonderful Destin on backwards bikes:

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MFzDaBzBlL0

That's amazing! I wouldn't have thought it would be so difficult but I wouldn't want to try.

 

[jonny jeez]

That's amazing! I wouldn't have thought it would be so difficult but I wouldn't want to try.

easy if you can pull a wheelie!

 

[3narf]

Wow, brilliant stuff! I bet I'd be useless at it. I went on the back of a tandem with my wife steering and I was fighting against her the whole time...

 

[Deleted member 26715]

I liked the comment "Your looking at the world as a bias, even if you think you aren't" that is so true reading the arguments that go on on this forum