Custom, one-off, shaft drive bike

All handmade in 42 days.

weight? about 48lbs

Now if only he could have made it attractive looking.

The bike is one-off but shaft drive bikes are nothing new.

MBA covered flex-shaft drive bikes back in the 1990's

That thing looks like one of Dr. Suess' nightmares.

Shawn

Trans_Maro wrote: The bike is one-off but shaft drive bikes are nothing new. MBA covered flex-shaft drive bikes back in the 1990's

I've seen a shaft drive bike from the 1890s as well.

I also agree, it's pretty unattractive. Think about it, I definitely don't wanna be rolling down the street with that thing and everyone giving me weird looks.

Trans_Maro wrote: That thing looks like one of Dr. Suess' nightmares.

Like the vehicle used for Zoo-Zither-Carzay (a rollerskate type of lacrosse and croquet)

I remember seeing the driveshaft prototypes in MBA back in the early 90's (when I was a mountainbike wacko). That and the Beryllium frame--whose lugs weighed more than the frame and someone paid $25G for it--for a hardtail.

you know.. I can turn a doot around in 30 minutes(depends on the food).. It's custom made as well.. dosen't make it that special..

Is that the one built buy the guy in Russia or some former communist-block country? I remember seeing a build thread on a bike that looked very similar, but IIRC he painted everything totally white on it.

roblinspec wrote: I also agree, it's pretty unattractive. Think about it, I definitely don't wanna be rolling down the street with that thing and everyone giving me weird looks.

If I used reasoning like that when selecting cars...

well...

People probably DO give me weird looks.

Clem

Here's the bike I was remembering. Gotta wonder if it was built by the same guy though.

http://blog.wired.com/gadgets/2008/05/hand-built-fork.html

Looks like this is the builder of the white bike's site. I don't see the original pic on there, but the front end looks almost identical. Chopper Ollie