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#158263 Star Treker (User) Fresh Boarder Posts: 35 Hubless Bike 3 Years, 3 Months ago   Not sure if this has been discussed, but I did not find anything in a forum search. If you haven't seen a hubless scoot, it's worth a look. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uWjqaGYHF78 Not sure if I like it enough to own one, but definitely a unique look. I read a bit about the technology and there are apparently a couple of ways to do this. One is a simple drive wheel riding on the front of the rear tire. The other is was some proprietary system that hooks up to the rim. Anyone ever seen one in person or tried to build one? Star Treker   Logged     The administrator has disabled public write access. #158266 Tighedog (User) Junior Boarder Posts: 115 Re:Hubless Bike 3 Years, 3 Months ago   I didn't like this bike as much as the 2 that Billy Lane built a few years ago. BTW, anybody heard anything about Lane's DUI case lately?   Logged       The administrator has disabled public write access. #158340 newroadie (User) Senior Boarder Posts: 330 Re:Hubless Bike 3 Years, 3 Months ago   I saw a bike real similar to the one on You-tube a couple of years ago at Daytona Bike Week. It was a great looking bike. The hubless wheel came from a helicopter rotor is what I remember, could be wrong. That would draw some attention on bike night wouldn't it?   Logged     \\[IMG\\]http://i260.photobucket.com/albums/ii12/26curry/DSC05909-1.jpg;size=450]   The administrator has disabled public write access. #158349 XXX Custom Cycles (User) Expert Boarder Posts: 477 Re:Hubless Bike 3 Years, 3 Months ago   Tighedog wrote: BTW, anybody heard anything about Lane's DUI case lately? We had dinner with Billy during Biketoberfest 08 and he cut his dreeds off, stopped drinking and was cleaning up his act. He did serve some time and is heading in the right direction , we hope. He's to talented to keep going the wrong way.   Logged     The administrator has disabled public write access. #158354 Clifford (User) Platinum Boarder Posts: 1781 Re:Hubless Bike 3 Years, 3 Months ago   Interesting but not for me! Clifford   Logged     The administrator has disabled public write access. #158365 Questcap (User) Platinum Boarder Posts: 3209 Re:Hubless Bike 3 Years, 3 Months ago   I like low, but I believe there is such a thing as TOO low! If I can comfortably plant both feet on the ground, and look a little more like I'm in a standing position than a sitting one, that's low enough for me. My V-Star 1100 custom is just right, and my R* gives me NO complaint. My inseam is 32". But I've got to admit, I like that totally open wheel look... it does cause one to do a double-take!   Logged     Sig pic deleted - larger than 450 pixels and 50 kb   The administrator has disabled public write access. #158439 erizo (User) Platinum Boarder Posts: 1469 Re:Hubless Bike 3 Years, 3 Months ago   nobull60 wrote: Tighedog wrote: BTW, anybody heard anything about Lane's DUI case lately? We had dinner with Billy during Biketoberfest 08 and he cut his dreeds off, stopped drinking and was cleaning up his act. He did serve some time and is heading in the right direction , we hope. He's to talented to keep going the wrong way. got to look good for court i suppose. i have great respect for his work and innovation, but wiping out some bloke on a scooter whilst driving drunk just reads as a*****e to me. if he mans up and takes whats coming without bitching about it or trying to get off on a technicality, he´ll go up in my estimation. but not much.   Logged     be realistic - demand the impossible!   The administrator has disabled public write access. #158706 Tighedog (User) Junior Boarder Posts: 115 Re:Hubless Bike 3 Years, 3 Months ago   newroadie wrote: I saw a bike real similar to the one on You-tube a couple of years ago at Daytona Bike Week. It was a great looking bike. The hubless wheel came from a helicopter rotor is what I remember, could be wrong. That would draw some attention on bike night wouldn't it? I think what Billy Lane used on his was a helicoptor rotor.   Logged       The administrator has disabled public write access. #158761 Stocked (User) Wayne Platinum Boarder Posts: 1221 Re:Hubless Bike 3 Years, 3 Months ago   Pretty cool. Wonder what it's like to turn her? Seems like you would be fighting some gyro forces to turn with the forks off cenetered like that.   Logged       The administrator has disabled public write access.

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