Comments on: A hubless BMX and a helpless designer http://minimalissimo.com/2010/02/a-hubless-bmx-and-a-helpless-designer/ The minimalist's happy place Thu, 29 Jul 2010 14:37:39 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: Kadem http://minimalissimo.com/2010/02/a-hubless-bmx-and-a-helpless-designer/#comment-1579 Kadem Sun, 25 Jul 2010 19:42:43 +0000 http://minimalissimo.com/?p=4619#comment-1579 It looks sick when can i get one and how much is the damage It looks sick when can i get one and how much is the damage

]]> By: Jono http://minimalissimo.com/2010/02/a-hubless-bmx-and-a-helpless-designer/#comment-1188 Jono Tue, 01 Jun 2010 11:50:30 +0000 http://minimalissimo.com/?p=4619#comment-1188 That is the most awsomest thing i have ever seen. All you kids think that tis bike will break, it wont, there is some pretty strong metal these days. and who needs pegs. Now that i have seen this every other bike i look at is ***t. BEST IDEA EVER That is the most awsomest thing i have ever seen. All you kids think that tis bike will break, it wont, there is some pretty strong metal these days. and who needs pegs. Now that i have seen this every other bike i look at is ***t. BEST IDEA EVER

]]> By: Ronsonic http://minimalissimo.com/2010/02/a-hubless-bmx-and-a-helpless-designer/#comment-955 Ronsonic Tue, 13 Apr 2010 17:05:14 +0000 http://minimalissimo.com/?p=4619#comment-955 This is just stupid. You can find Middle School hot rod doodles with more practical and innovative design. This is just stupid. You can find Middle School hot rod doodles with more practical and innovative design.

]]> By: Derek http://minimalissimo.com/2010/02/a-hubless-bmx-and-a-helpless-designer/#comment-601 Derek Wed, 10 Mar 2010 19:44:08 +0000 http://minimalissimo.com/?p=4619#comment-601 Here's some free advice from another designer: It helps to understand the function of the thing you're designing. You obviously don't. Here’s some free advice from another designer:

It helps to understand the function of the thing you’re designing. You obviously don’t.

]]> By: slip http://minimalissimo.com/2010/02/a-hubless-bmx-and-a-helpless-designer/#comment-593 slip Tue, 09 Mar 2010 17:45:35 +0000 http://minimalissimo.com/?p=4619#comment-593 Why stop just with the hubless wheel? Why not make it generate electricity that can power your house, just by pedaling? Props on the pretty rendering, but hubless concepts (like power generation through pedaling) have been around forever, and have remained firmly concepts. Sure people can make them work, but they end up sucking big time due to weight, cost, friction, drag, etc. etc. There are numerous reasons for this, but you'd be better off trying to build a rocket that can go into orbit than wasting your time pursuing this idea. Seriously - real-life bike designers go insane when another of these things pop up on the nets. There should be a cadre of bike design fashion police ready to give the smackdown. Why the hostility? Because it makes designers look like idiots. Why stop just with the hubless wheel? Why not make it generate electricity that can power your house, just by pedaling?

Props on the pretty rendering, but hubless concepts (like power generation through pedaling) have been around forever, and have remained firmly concepts. Sure people can make them work, but they end up sucking big time due to weight, cost, friction, drag, etc. etc.

There are numerous reasons for this, but you’d be better off trying to build a rocket that can go into orbit than wasting your time pursuing this idea.

Seriously – real-life bike designers go insane when another of these things pop up on the nets. There should be a cadre of bike design fashion police ready to give the smackdown. Why the hostility? Because it makes designers look like idiots.

]]> By: Dr. Randal Mandos http://minimalissimo.com/2010/02/a-hubless-bmx-and-a-helpless-designer/#comment-592 Dr. Randal Mandos Tue, 09 Mar 2010 14:20:03 +0000 http://minimalissimo.com/?p=4619#comment-592 The late, great David Hume said something to the effect that it is better for a thing to exist both in understanding and reality. This POS apparently has little hope of either. Why does everyone have to get a degree? The late, great David Hume said something to the effect that it is better for a thing to exist both in understanding and reality. This POS apparently has little hope of either. Why does everyone have to get a degree?

]]> By: Charley http://minimalissimo.com/2010/02/a-hubless-bmx-and-a-helpless-designer/#comment-586 Charley Mon, 08 Mar 2010 23:07:32 +0000 http://minimalissimo.com/?p=4619#comment-586 Man, I would never, ever ride something like that. A designer is just wanking off unless he or she makes the bike sturdier, lighter, or faster. This design would make the bike weaker, heavier and slower. Like Jeff pointed out above, can you imagine a those kinds of wheels surviving a bunny hop? Instead of the spokes transmitting the force throughout the entire rim, the ball bearings in the rim assembly take all the shock? Yeah, that'll be a short, jerky ride. And considering the rider would be right over the middle of the long uni-tube (no downtube), one careless landing could split the bike right down the middle. And no pegs??? Man, I would never, ever ride something like that. A designer is just wanking off unless he or she makes the bike sturdier, lighter, or faster. This design would make the bike weaker, heavier and slower.

Like Jeff pointed out above, can you imagine a those kinds of wheels surviving a bunny hop? Instead of the spokes transmitting the force throughout the entire rim, the ball bearings in the rim assembly take all the shock? Yeah, that’ll be a short, jerky ride.

And considering the rider would be right over the middle of the long uni-tube (no downtube), one careless landing could split the bike right down the middle. And no pegs???

]]> By: Dan http://minimalissimo.com/2010/02/a-hubless-bmx-and-a-helpless-designer/#comment-585 Dan Mon, 08 Mar 2010 22:16:11 +0000 http://minimalissimo.com/?p=4619#comment-585 The following is from the wikipedia link provided in the original post, and sums up quite neatly why this is an interesting exercise in design, but is a failure as a BMX bike: "Although hubless wheels are striking in appearance, their numerous practical disadvantages have precluded their widespread use as an alternative to conventional wheels." There is a reason the basic design of the bicycle has remained functionally unchanged for well over a hundred years. The following is from the wikipedia link provided in the original post, and sums up quite neatly why this is an interesting exercise in design, but is a failure as a BMX bike:

“Although hubless wheels are striking in appearance, their numerous practical disadvantages have precluded their widespread use as an alternative to conventional wheels.”

There is a reason the basic design of the bicycle has remained functionally unchanged for well over a hundred years.

]]> By: jack http://minimalissimo.com/2010/02/a-hubless-bmx-and-a-helpless-designer/#comment-583 jack Mon, 08 Mar 2010 20:07:47 +0000 http://minimalissimo.com/?p=4619#comment-583 A truly terrible design in every way. What PROBLEM with existing BMX bikes is this intended to solve? Excessive resistance to catastrophic failure? Ability to perform the standard repertoire of flatland/ramp tricks? Beauty and elegance? Weak. A truly terrible design in every way. What PROBLEM with existing BMX bikes is this intended to solve? Excessive resistance to catastrophic failure? Ability to perform the standard repertoire of flatland/ramp tricks? Beauty and elegance?

Weak.

]]> By: wle http://minimalissimo.com/2010/02/a-hubless-bmx-and-a-helpless-designer/#comment-582 wle Mon, 08 Mar 2010 19:59:51 +0000 http://minimalissimo.com/?p=4619#comment-582 hubless = weak, heavy, expensive, or all 3 sorry chainless = about the same thing even the seatpost on this thing looks improbable wle hubless = weak, heavy, expensive, or all 3

sorry

chainless = about the same thing

even the seatpost on this thing looks improbable

wle

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