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[MagicMtnDan]

Who needs axles!
http://www.***boat.com/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=4767

[Kachina26]

Does it drive???

[MagicMtnDan]

Does it drive???
I assume so but I'm wondering if it STOPS! :eek!:

[MRS FLYIN VEE]

:yuk: I don't like that at all.. is it a photo chop.. how does the wheel go around.. safely.

[carreraelite]

I saw one similar to that on one of the Motorcycle shows on T.V. Yes it really drives.

[Dr. Eagle]

:yuk: I don't like that at all.. is it a photo chop.. how does the wheel go around.. safely.
Mrs. F Vee... I think that was made on a special on Discovery last year. The mechanism was interesting... I remember thinking it'd never work, but it did.

[MRS FLYIN VEE]

Mrs. F Vee... I think that was made on a special on Discovery last year. The mechanism was interesting... I remember thinking it'd never work, but it did.
wow.. It looks dangerous.. but I guess to each his own.. :wink:

[Kilrtoy]

I agree its ugly

[hoolign]

billy lane made the hubless rear assembly ..hella cool, as is the bike up top

[riverbound]

That is a different bike than the one that was on discovery, It does drive and stop. The brakes are the rim.

[RiverOtter]

That Billy Lane guy out of Jacksonville, FL does this with the back wheel.

[HammerDown]

The above pic is a Custom made by Amen Customs. Pretty trick if ya ask me.

[RiverOtter]

I wonder if it handles better?

[JC]

Or handlebars for that matter ....
http://www.***boat.com/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=4774

[Huckleberry]

Now there is one crazy fool!

[RiverToysJas]

:yuk: I don't like that at all.. is it a photo chop.. how does the wheel go around.. safely.
There's no mystery to it. The term "hubless" that is associated with this type of wheel is actually not accurate. There is a hub, it's just much larger than a standard bearing hub that goes tight around the axle. Axleless might be a better term.
This is a standard ball bearing...
http://www.moma.org/collection/depts/arch_design/images/large/211_1934_wingquist_ball.jpg
In the "hubless" designs you are seeing, it's still a bearing, it's just much larger. That center circle is opened up, by making the whole thing much larger. Then you simply attach the forks or frame to the inner race of the bearing. ;) There's no reason you couldn't put a disk brake on a set up like that either, you'd just have to use a Buell front brake, like this....
http://www.motorsports-network.com/buell/brake12.jpg
I'm sure there's other ways to do the brake on this set-up, that would be the easiest IMO though.
RTJas :D