Power Kite Forum - Saw an interesting wheel the other day

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posted on 9-5-2014 at 03:17 PM

Saw an interesting wheel the other day

With a familiar bearing mounted and the way it's in there. Not so common or typical for bicycles? I'm sure it's 10mm(3/8") though. The other common size is 14mm(9/16").

I wonder if this wheel would catastrophically fail though under typical buggy side loads? Or maybe it could handle them?

http://www.walmart.com/ip/20-Mongoose-Mode-270-Boys-Freestyl...

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posted on 9-5-2014 at 03:55 PM

Bike wheels just don't have to design for side loads. Those look cool but much side load and they are going to fail badly. Just cruising would be ok but you start torquing those webbed spokes sideways and limits will be found.

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posted on 9-5-2014 at 07:38 PM

You'd probably be better off going higher end.

He's hasn't been around in quite a while, but Darren (c3h5) used motorcyle wheels.

DSC07639 (Large) by mkylovr, on Flickr

With really slick camber adjusters on the rear wheels.

DSC07660 (Large) by mkylovr, on Flickr

Original thread can be found here:
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posted on 9-5-2014 at 09:30 PM

WOW :shocked2::shocked2::shocked2:

I'm going to take a nap now

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posted on 10-5-2014 at 03:05 AM

I could use these wheels in Red.

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posted on 10-5-2014 at 07:01 AM

Coolbreeze also did this.

Once he had made the adaptors it opened up all sorts of options from ATV to motorcycle. He go this wheels + a cool fender at our local bent bike motorcycle parts shop.

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