Hubless unicycles?

Maybe hubless isn’t the right word for my idea, perhaps “open space hub”

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There are too many issues to make a 36 hubless unicycle that would ride smoothly, with enough strength such as the weight of the wheel.
That’s why I didn’t go further than 27.5 in the AntiHub prototypes


Never share this 27.5 because currently not ridable when sitting on the saddle

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They‘re all cool, but the Hatchet style one really is bad ass! :+1:
No wonder it‘s not rideable, by the way …with a Jumbo Jim :face_with_peeking_eye:

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where can I get one? They look really cool.

The only way is that I ask the supplier to make CNC parts for a new one, but it would cost around 3k-5k €

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ok Im not THAT interested :slight_smile:

These are really cool indeed!

I do like the simplicty of an ordinary unicycle though, and the fact that I can maintain and change parts on my own.

However, I stand corrected: I see that the crank length is at least not an issue here. I falsely assumed that the cranks had to be placed much closer to the rim, like on that trials unicycle in the video. It actually looks really cool that the “cranks” stick out from the rim and not the (non-existant) hub. :star_struck:

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That absolutely gives a new meaning to the term “tiny wheel, tiny cranks machine” :wink:

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So theoretically we could make this a part of the micro machines chat and make 1mm cranks?

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And even I could ride it :tada:

1mm cranks is impossible. It would probably have to be at least 15mm

Remember, the cranks aren‘t mounted to the hub, but to the rim. Thus, the shorter the cranks, the larger the distance between the pedals.

No I’m pretty sure he meant 1 mm from the center of the wheel :flexed_biceps::joy:

And anything below 25 mm would be utterly unridable even on a 20".

Who? @Nathan_Moore or @ManiusTerentiusPullus? I think the latter did but the former didn‘t.

I think both did :sweat_smile:

But perhaps not @Ulkicycling ?

Indeed originally I wanted to add that I couldn’t ride 1mm cranks on a 36er. My ears would be in the way of my knees.

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I don’t see how ur knees can touch ur ears with such short cranks. I could more understand it if your seat pin was but 1mm off the hub. Im aware you’d be sitting inside the wheel .I’ve seen peeps building an electric wheel like that actually where they sit inside the wheel, but Google wasn’t helpful in finding me a picture. No knees in ears though when you can just sit still.

Why don’t we put 14" or 12" cranks on a 26er? That would be fun to ride, at least for @SirCranky.

Even @Sircranky would agree to this… Assuming you are talking about mm and not actual inches? Which would be ridiculously long unless I messed my conversions up?