Off center hub on rear wheel

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http://video.google.com/videoplay?d...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?

 

[Rex Kerr]

[email protected] wrote:
> http://video.google.com/videoplay?d...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.

--
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)

 

[Tom Sherman]

Rex Kerr wrote:
> [email protected] wrote:
>> http://video.google.com/videoplay?d...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>?

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

 

[Rex Kerr]

Tom Sherman wrote:
>> 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)