interesting bike

[g-ratter]

My wife found this on line. Kind of cool.
http://www.innercitybikes.com/bikes/

 

[vibr8shun]

...Kinda reminds me of a modern version of those boneshaker bikes from the 1800'S
Before

After

 

[porkchopzz4]

My first thought on the "big" one was: "who is making 36" bicycle tires?"

 

[Spokeshave]

Looks like fun. I dig the big wheels.

 

[X-RAY]

My first thought on the "big" one was: "who is making 36" bicycle tires?" [/q
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And where can we get them? wheels too?

 

[Ace]

http://www.cokercycles.com ?

 

[Dr. Tankenstein]

This may even be fun with a 26"/24" set of wheels. Seems to be a simple build (says the non-welder), does anyone make a freewheel tricycle/unicycle hub? You may be able to source parts from a Coker Wheelsman.....just brainstormin' :mrgreen:
If not, it's kind of like a chainless fixie :roll:

 

[CCR]

Looks like fun, but I would probably miss the gears on the first hill I came to.

 

[Dr. Tankenstein]

It looks like they were using an 'Uncle Stretch' kickstand on this one.. :wink:

Now that I think about it, Gaskill probably has one of these already! :mrgreen:

 

[g-ratter]

The mountain bike guys are starting to design bikes using 29" tires.
http://www.hucknroll.com/maxxis-ignitor ... 1b2166becc

 

[DougC]

I wish them well and all, but I'm seeing a number of practical problems here:

1) pedals are behind the seat. Hello, maximum riding discomfort? Or are you just supposed to stand on the pedals all the time?
2) 1:1 hub is not useful. Even city riders want to hit 20-25 MPH now and then, without hitting a 140 RPM cadence to do it.
3) no place to lock bike up effectively! (no holes in frame)

I'm not an urbanite myself, but I would think that a folding kickbike with 12"-16" wheels would be more useful than this thing would.
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[Rev.LowBuck]

My brother knows the guy who built this bike. He posted pictures of himself riding it on another site. The bike was built as an art project and apparantly someone thinks it may me marketable. My bro said the ride was weird and scary. Sometimes you get on a new ride and you think 'oooh, weird and scary' but that goes away as your brain and body adjust. Nope- just sayed weird and scary the whole time he was riding it around. So I guess as a bike it makes a good art project.

 

[outskirtscustoms]

This may even be fun with a 26"/24" set of wheels. Seems to be a simple build (says the non-welder), does anyone make a freewheel tricycle/unicycle hub? You may be able to source parts from a Coker Wheelsman.....just brainstormin' :mrgreen:
If not, it's kind of like a chainless fixie :roll:

Hmmmm, I got a front freewheeling crank. I bet a few mods could make something work on that.

 

[StephenH]

Coker came up with the 36" tires for the Wheelman penny-farthing bicycle. Then the came out with unicycles and a monster cruiser using the same tire. The unicycles took off, and several other people make rims and tires in those sizes.

The normal unicycle wheel is fixed gear. The Wheelman had a coaster function in it, though.

 

[fatkid]

Who besides Coker makes 36" wheels and tires? I NEED names and, possibly, a link?

 

[Dman]

http://www.unicycle.com

The New Zealand version of this site is where I got the front wheel for my penny-farthing. Quite a few options in 36 inch wheels and tyres.

(Actually brought the whole unicycle to get the beginnings of my fork too.)

 

[StephenH]

Who besides Coker makes 36" wheels and tires? I NEED names and, possibly, a link?

Here's a couple of 36" Nimbus rims down on this page:
http://www.unicycle.com/unicycle-hardwa ... inch-rims/
Coker and Nimbus tires:
http://www.unicycle.com/unicycle-hardwa ... nch-tires/

Edit: Also a "Wheel TA" or Wheelman TA tire down on this page.
http://www.unicyclesource.com/shopping/ ... Valve+Caps

I learned to ride a unicycle two or three years go, read up on them a lot, but then kind of dropped out of it. It looks like Qu-Ax also made a 36" unicycle at some point, but no longer does. I'm not sure if they made their own rims and tires to go with it. And I was thinking there was one or two others, but searching isn't turning up anything. I posted the question on a unicycle board, I'll see what they know as well.

 

[DougC]

I was looking for something else entirely, ran across another bike and thought of this topic-
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Copake auctions - 1890''s Bronco style cross frame pneumatic bicycle with gear driven axle crank
http://copakeauction.auctionflex.com/sh ... =3&lang=En

Here is the photo I stole off of Copake, in case the link dont werk or you're just really lazy-

The cranks share the same axle but the rear wheel here is geared up, so it's not -quite- the same.
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[Skipton]

Here is a video....this guy looks scared riding it. There are better videos somewhere but I could not find any.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l_MirZAe4to
IMHO....I would ride one of these everyday to work!..the 36" Coker Wheel and tire are Killer on this thing!