Bicycle Wheel On Car
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Shows how a bicycle wheel can be built strong enough to support a car. Bill Mould partnered with Bryan Higgins, a high school senior, to build and install a bicycle wheel on a car, put the full weight of the car on the wheel, and then drive the car.
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what a sheeet
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what if the driver has to brake hard to avoid having an accident?
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Cool
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awesome 😀
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You created a doughnut wich is what is in the trunk of every car. Sorry but you lose
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sooo... you reverted to obsolete 1920s tire tech?
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this will support the wight, but the side load will surely collapse it.
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When you're on a supreme budget XD
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man the first thing i would do is make sure the wheel is at least the same size what kind of engineer are you?
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Clever and inventive, very nice voice also.
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Well I guess that this means any bike could support someone weighing over 1000lbs lol
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I'd love to see this make a comeback with a car you can fit the wheel under the well, and switch all four wheels over. It'd likely have to be a car with pretty meaty tires. Probably 215's at minimum. Problem is, most cars with tires that thick are usually pricier cars. I know it'd fit on just about any BMW, but not many owners would want to risk their car in the event of a buckle.
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I wonder if my Grand Marquis would be too heavy.
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Hi Bill, Sorry to tell you but as you kept lowering the car you kept measuring the tension of the bottom spoke when you should have been measuring the upper spokes that are literally taking the entire load. Keep in mind the weight of the car is on the hub, the rim is holding the spokes above the hub like a suspension bridge (ie the GOLDEN-GATE BRIDGE). So its the upper spokes that are taking the full load, while the lower spokes are being re-leaved of tension. Think about that for a moment... Tick tick tick tick AHH HAAAaaa now ya get it... Hey you and I are old dogs in the bike biz (60 here), and as they say, we bike mechanics learn new things everyday, and I won't lie cause I just learned this just recently from a good customer who is a genius mechanical engineer who was head of Apple in the late 90s, and loves to ride bikes. Hey I just love when someone like you goes for it! KEEP IT UP! Sincerely Dan Sotelo
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الله اكبر ولله الحمد .. سبحانك ربنا لاعلم لنا الى ماعلمتنا ..
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I wouldn't be putting my hand in between the wheel and the wheel well. also I'd wear a safety shield over my face and something to protect my body while I was to measure the spoke tension. one of those spokes could of sprang loose and be like a dart under pressure ?
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Interesting concept, but:
1: forward/backward movement isn't an issue, but try putting on lateral forces/torsion (turning, cornering)
2: would fail on first rock/obstacle/pothole
3: can't be used if you plan to drive faster than a few km/h due to extreme heating -
NUTTTTTTTTSSSSSS!!!!!!!!
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Hey old man!!!!!! Do you have a great day ahead ?????It seem like u r suggesting Toyota factory to produce car with bicycle wheel right ????
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