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New Irish bike design on fundit.ie

  • 26-09-2013 7:15pm
    #1
    hypersonic
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 320 ✭✭


    it's nice to see this stuff happening in Ireland for a change, anybody know anything about the bike or the people behind it?

    http://www.fundit.ie/project/new-bicycle-design

    I can't make up my mind whether I love or hate the look of the thing!


Comments

  • #2
    Squidgy Black
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 21,738 ✭✭✭✭Squidgy Black


    There is not a hope in hell that's getting €25,000 worth of funding in 52 days, it looks absolutely mental!


  • #3
    hypersonic
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 320 ✭✭hypersonic


    _Tyrrell_ wrote: »
    There is not a hope in hell that's getting €25,000 worth of funding in 52 days, it looks absolutely mental!

    do you think that's a Titanium frame? it has that dull shine thing going on, they could do with putting up some more pics, and don't know what the video is all about?
    Fair dues for building a functioning bike that so far off the wall!


  • #4
    WillyFXP
    Closed Accounts Posts: 833 ✭✭✭WillyFXP


    It's all steel, and a lot of it, that thing must weigh at least 15kg!


  • #5
    fat bloke
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,971 ✭✭✭fat bloke


    Reminds me of the Tesi 3D. No front forks at all.

    Best of luck to the lads. It's a big enough ask. The vid isn't hugely explanatory.

    5tesi0423.jpg


  • #6
    Squidgy Black
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 21,738 ✭✭✭✭Squidgy Black


    hypersonic wrote: »
    do you think that's a Titanium frame? it has that dull shine thing going on, they could do with putting up some more pics, and don't know what the video is all about?
    Fair dues for building a functioning bike that so far off the wall!

    I don't have a clue, I think they have a couple of different versions, steel, carbon, titanium etc.

    Definitely needs more pictures though, I couldn't even tell that it was a bike from the video.


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  • #7
    alexanderomahon
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 601 ✭✭✭alexanderomahon


    315 yo yos for a totally original bike. Not bad


  • #8
    Eamonnator
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,561 ✭✭✭Eamonnator


    fat bloke wrote: »
    Reminds me of the Tesi 3D. No front forks at all.

    Best of luck to the lads. It's a big enough ask. The vid isn't hugely explanatory.

    5tesi0423.jpg

    Did that bike work?. How did it steer?


  • #9
    Pigeon Reaper
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,294 ✭✭✭Pigeon Reaper


    It worked via a linkage into the front wheel. The steering was through a ball socket setup in the front hub. You can see it above the brake block and below the torque arm(not really a torque arm but actually part of the steering) in the picture. The feedback from the steering setup wasn't good and riders did not like it. The main benefit was to allow braking whilst cornering like some BMW para-lever bikes. It was also horribly expensive and complex. This is why you don't see many around and all race bikes still use conventional forks with the biggest recent advance being reducing unsprung weight by turning them upside down.

    If a design has withstood the test of time it has normally done so for good reasons. The safety bicycle is one of these well tested designs which is not perfect but comes close to it. If in order to fix minor problems you compromise the benefits of a design the revision will fail. In this case the bicycle has more points of failure, weight and will cost more than a conventional frame. I also imagine the steering will feel vague compared to a standard fork. The design looks vaguely like some from the turn of the 19th/20th century. It does have it's merits but do they out weigh the pitfalls?


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