That is very interesting, I have thought about it, but never went through with it. looks awsome, but serves no real pourpose. always wanted to put dual rings on the front and 1 gear in the rear. one day when I find the time.
I need a setup like that on my commuter. I run such a retarded gear (44-13) that when I crank super hard climbing hills, stuff bends enough to derail my chain which normally causes things to end badly.
One thing I noticed when riding that bike back in January is that it pedals very 'square' meaning that there is no flex in the bottom bracket area.
The force on the side of the bike where you are exerting pressure would normally flex the bottom bracket out to the other side but the chain on the other side keeps this from happening. I also really liked the engagement as only one side was engaged at a time, but the different locations of the freewheels in their respective rotations ensured that you were never more than a few millimeters away from the next contact point.
Erik offered to sell me the frame, but I pleaded with him to keep it intact, and bought a Karate Monkey from him instead. Hopefully, I'll end up owning it one day...
Man I hope people are still sub'd to this thread because I'd love to figure out how to get a left side drive bike going.
The custom threaded hub seems to be the expensive part, I'm also wondering how OP managed the pedal splining? That looks like a raceface crank there, which I'm pretty sure they didn't make for tandems.
Man I hope people are still sub'd to this thread because I'd love to figure out how to get a left side drive bike going.
The custom threaded hub seems to be the expensive part, I'm also wondering how OP managed the pedal splining? That looks like a raceface crank there, which I'm pretty sure they didn't make for tandems.
The original builder is a cool cat who builds things just to build them. To see what will happen.
I remember him telling me about his idea. I told him "go for it". Why not?
I think its neat.
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