Bicycle that makes you go, "Hmm":

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https://www.news24.com/amp/ride24/bikes/german-designer-creates-a-bicycle-without-wheels-20220308

German designer creates a bicycle without wheels

08 Mar
Lance Branquinho



No wheels. But it works – in theory. (Photo: Stephan Henrich)

• Additive manufacturing has shown great promise and delivered some exciting new cycling components.

• But what about the potential of designing and constructing an entire bike with additive design principles?

• One of the world’s most visionary 3D-printing experts has designed an all-wheel drive prototype that might get rid of bicycle wheels.

Stephan Henrich is a German architect who has embraced motion.

Based in Stuttgart, Stephan lecturers at some of the city’s most prestigious institutions. And although trained in architecture, Stephan has built a global reputation as one of the most insightful practitioners of additive design.

What was once considered impossible is now doable. Thanks to 3D printers and accessible software. It might be fun to print your own coat hanger or shelving brackets, but the true potential of additive manufacturing is creating integrated production nodes – reducing the burden of outsourcing.

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[dweller]

1. And you thought

throwing a chain was tough …


✌🏻

[Pobeka]

2. My first thought, without a complete flywheel will balance be impossible? And, no sharp turns!

But it'll look cool in a bike rack.

[OAITW r.2.0]

3. Looks like a 1 wheeler to me.

the tire rotates between the front and rear frame. It rotates...so wouldn't this be a wheel?