Reinventing the wheel

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Sunil

A British inventor has done the seemingly impossible - and reinvented the wheel.

The Loopwheel system uses springs instead of spokes, giving the wheel built in suspension.

The £600 wheel is set to go on sale in September following a hugely successful Kickstarter campaign to raise money for the project.

Reinventing the wheel: The Loopwheels use large springs instead of spokes to give the bike wheels built in suspension

The Loopwheels will go on sale in September for £600, and their inventor claims they can make riding on a bumpy road 'like riding on velvet'

44 year old Nottingham mechanical engineer Sam Pearce told MailOnline he came up with idea while watching a mother try and push a child in a buggy up a kerb.

'One day I was sitting in 2007 in an airport in Holland, and I noticed when a mother pushed a pushchair against a kerb, the baby was pushed forward.

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Mr.TI pity the fool

I wish him the best of luck with his invention and I might even buy one of the bikes.

This reminds me of another British inventor who designed and raced a motorbike that could beat even the bikes from the top manufacturers. Unfortunately he passed away very young through illness and nobody could find any plans of how he had designed the bike. The only one he built and raced successfully is now in a museum in London. They have refused every request to have the bike taken apart and examined.

5/9/133:35 PM

Former Member

Originally Posted by Mr.T:

I wish him the best of luck with his invention and I might even buy one of the bikes.

The only new design on bikes I know of is Michael Czysz's counter reciprocating crankshafts. That bike can almost stay upright on its own plus the power up speed is phenomenal.

5/9/139:34 PM

cainTired old hippie

Originally Posted by Stormborn:

The only new design on bikes I know of is Michael Czysz's counter reciprocating crankshafts. That bike can almost stay upright on its own plus the power up speed is phenomenal.

This has to be the same guy who's also into building various parts for motorcycles also.

5/10/131:51 AM

Former Member

Originally Posted by cain:

Originally Posted by Stormborn:

The only new design on bikes I know of is Michael Czysz's counter reciprocating crankshafts. That bike can almost stay upright on its own plus the power up speed is phenomenal.

This has to be the same guy who's also into building various parts for motorcycles also.

I saw a documentary on the bike. I have to check what he is doing presently. The bikes performed phenomenal and promised to dominate racing if he got the funding he wanted.

5/10/137:15 PM