Inertia
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A flywheel bike, quite a cool idea but surely its been done before?
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A flywheel bike, quite a cool idea but surely its been done before?
Night Train
Maker of Things
- Location
- Greater Manchester
Back in the mid 90's I was playing around with the idea of flywheel power on bikes for energy storage, and also looking at 'clock springs' as well. The flywheel is a heavy lump to cart around whereas a large 'clock spring' would be lighter and could also be wound up whilst stationary if on a recumbent trike.
In the end I figured that not having anything added would make the bike more efficient.
In the end I figured that not having anything added would make the bike more efficient.
classic33
Leg End Member
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vernon
Harder than Ronnie Pickering
- Location
- Meanwood, Leeds
Lets start with the 15 lb flywheel......
I don't see it being a rip roaring success unless you lie in a billiard table flat region.
I don't see it being a rip roaring success unless you lie in a billiard table flat region.
deptfordmarmoset
Full time tea drinker
- Location
- Armonmy Way
To be fair, the inventor is looking ultimately at developing the use of flywheels in cars to increase efficiency and is not trying to reinvent the bike. A bike is simply the platform for learning more about flywheels and he even mentions the slight problem of 15lb of extra weight in the form of a spinning wheel between your legs. I liked the way he had integrated it with variable gearing.
