Comments on: Jose Hurtados’s Extraordinary Hubless Twist Bike Can be Turned into a Tandem http://inhabitat.com/jose-hurtadoss-extraordinary-hubless-twist-bike-can-be-turned-into-a-tandem/ Green design & eco innovation for a better world Thu, 23 May 2013 21:03:05 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc By: Frank George http://inhabitat.com/jose-hurtadoss-extraordinary-hubless-twist-bike-can-be-turned-into-a-tandem/comment-page-1/#comment-379627 Frank George Mon, 02 Apr 2012 14:13:23 +0000 http://inhabitat.com/?p=367481#comment-379627 I don't want to rain on anyones parade....but this bike is near unfeasible unless as a track bike. Given that road debirs would get caught in the mechanism where drive meets rim, this instantly becomes a problem. Worse still as a tandem any pedaling out of sync between the two riders will cause flexing forces and break the juncture point. Nice idea in a virtual world...otherwise nonsense. I love Green Habitat to bits, but i wish they would look at practical stuff that has actully been built. Granted it's pretty looking ;-) I don’t want to rain on anyones parade….but this bike is near unfeasible unless as a track bike.

Given that road debirs would get caught in the mechanism where drive meets rim, this instantly becomes a problem.

Worse still as a tandem any pedaling out of sync between the two riders will cause flexing forces and break the juncture point.

Nice idea in a virtual world…otherwise nonsense.

I love Green Habitat to bits, but i wish they would look at practical stuff that has actully been built.

Granted it’s pretty looking
;-)

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