Off center hub on rear wheel

Quoted message said:

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-4124546930172500283&q=push+bike+song&total=36&start=0&num=100&so=0&type=search&plindex=0
About 1:55 + into the video is the clearest view.
Looks like a smaller wheel (24 inch?) rebuilt so the maximum point is
where the regular wheel would be (26 inch?).
Other that this video, to get a bouncing effect roughly matching the
beat of the song, is there any real use for such a wheel?

It would seem that you could propel the bike by shifting your body
weight at just the right time, much like a piston on a crankshaft... in
fact, I seem to remember seeing a bike with no pedals that worked
entirely on that principle.

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Work and recreation are not often effected at the same time.
One using a bicycle in business makes an exception to the rule.
- Dr. Edgar H. Earl, Rochester. (~1892)

Rex Kerr said:

Quoted message said:

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-4124546930172500283&q=push+bike+song&total=36&start=0&num=100&so=0&type=search&plindex=0

About 1:55 + into the video is the clearest view.
Looks like a smaller wheel (24 inch?) rebuilt so the maximum point is
where the regular wheel would be (26 inch?).
Other that this video, to get a bouncing effect roughly matching the
beat of the song, is there any real use for such a wheel?

It would seem that you could propel the bike by shifting your body
weight at just the right time, much like a piston on a crankshaft... in
fact, I seem to remember seeing a bike with no pedals that worked
entirely on that principle.

Like this maybe: <http://www.bikeforest.com/hulabikes.php>?

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Tom Sherman - Holstein-Friesland Bovinia
The weather is here, wish you were beautiful

Tom Sherman said:

Quoted message said:

Rex Kerr wrote:
in fact, I seem to remember seeing a bike with no pedals that worked
entirely on that principle.

Like this maybe: <http://www.bikeforest.com/hulabikes.php>?

Yeah, that's exactly the one I remember!

--
Work and recreation are not often effected at the same time.
One using a bicycle in business makes an exception to the rule.
- Dr. Edgar H. Earl, Rochester. (~1892)