a wheel....

[redgt2]

pedals, pedal arms,axle, tyre and inner tube as well.... ;D



I put a load of nuts on to the axle and ground them down into a sort of square taper...one side was spot on the other nearly spot on, bit of play though.
this was when I realized my welder seems to have temporarily packed up to fixie the wheel......so mounted the pedals just for some pics

the pedal arms are positioned to go towards wheel rather than stick out

I chose a 24" rear wheel with a steel hub

phase 2 when I can be bothered and when it warms up is to maybe cut the ends off a bottom bracket axle and weld them in for fixed wheel drive...if poss

here is my inspiration....might just go and get one of these tho



anyone else done similar?

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So what's the deal, can you ride this like a unicycle? I'm thinking no, because I sit my weight on the saddle on my uni. And crush my balls epicly if I get it wrong ;D

[waveman1500]

I think you could ride it like a unicycle, but it would be much more difficult! So basically it's for top-gun acrobats only. Any youtube videos around of these being ridden?

Edit: Found it. They're called the Ultimate Wheel, and apparently they can be ridden!

[waveman1500]

This is a whole unicycle and not just a wheel, but the performance is amazing!

[alecw35]

I got a unicyle from SJS cycles on Ebay a couple of years ago. Didnt cost much. I tried it about 10 times. I could go it a bit. But it really hurt my legs. So didnt use it much. Sold it to a man at work that was a mad keen BMXer.

The cranks on unicycles, and that, which is called an Ultimate Wheel, take a hammering. So if I was building one like that. I would get steel cranks from a cheap bike and weld them to the hub.

I found a Youtube video of a man on an Ultimate wheel. He can do hops and other fancy stuff. Even does a Le mans start.

[redgt2]

hehe nice one waveman.....

that dude is cheatin' he has the easier to ride 36 incher as opposed to 28,24 or 20....

but just standin upright on mine was a feat (feet?..lol) in itself so respect to anyone who can ride the ultimate wheel!

[redgt2]

alec are you getting my pm's?...

[alecw35]

Oh yeah.
Ive not logged on here for a while. will have a look

When I was practising my unicycle I would go round the corner. Theres a nice smooth pavement with a stong steel fence, in front of the school grass. So good to hold onto, and no one in the evening to laugh at me falling off. I had good thick gloves on. so my hand could skim along the fence. Its good to practice back and forward a little. Theres a few unicycle teaching videos. Wave your arms about. Look as far ahead as possible.

[redgt2]

cheers dude....

[redgt2]

and ignorin' the couple of offs the crazy wheel rider is absolutely brilliant with sheer exciting elegance especially towards the end of her routine....

[bicyclerepairman]

I knew it was theoretically possible to ride an ultimate wheel, but had no idea it could be done so well, that's some mad skills in the vid! Gud luck with it, redgt.

I know it's a little OT, but thought I'd throw this one in: ;D

[redgt2]

andy that is mad....unfortunately right up my street also..i did laugh out loud at first because it is just so......................wonderful?...lol

[bicyclerepairman]

I thought that someone who was building an ultimate wheel would appreciate some more pedal-powered madness.

The guys who made it have their own site: www.bikeforest.com/cb/index.php

Check out some of their other projects, and the description of their road trip on the couchbike had me laughing for ages. (Trips-> Couchbiking). Truly inspirational nuttyness.

[TS]

That ultimate wheel looks like an ankle breaker to me.

[alecw35]

They went to see the man with the couch bike, treadmill bike and Hula bike on the Gadget show. Pity it wasnt Suzi Perry doing the Hula.

[waveman1500]

This is pretty impressive as well.

[jamesp]

those wheels are sooooooooo hard to ride we had one in the bike shop once

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man... that last vid is seriously impressive.....

[redgt2]

re: last video...yeah i can do that while jugglin' 3 bicycle pumps!....








said unconvincingly......and lyingly....lol

[alecw35]

I looked at youtubes suggested videos and seen some of the BC wheel. Aparantly its a wheel you can buy. But looks like it would be easy to make one.
Heres someone modifying one to be rocket powered. ;D