Certainly an attention-grabbing bike. The Q / YouTube
Gordieiev seems to enjoy making weird bikes – you may have seen previous videos in which he replaced a bike’s wheels with giant circular saw blades and rode it around on a frozen lake, or created wheels made out of shoes on poles, or built a hubless bike, or replaced the chain drive with a bevel gear, or built shock absorbers into the wheel spokes for truly unique suspension, or made his own airless tires out of PVC piping …
The list goes on, and his latest effort adds another fine bullet point, splitting the rear wheel into two halves and running one half behind the other, adding an extra rear triangle that extends from the back of the bike. This takes no small amount of faffery, but Gordieiev has built a successful business out of such faffery and is talented enough on the tools to make it all work.
For starters, he saws a couple of rear rims nearly in half, keeping the hubs intact, then he cuts tire sections to match. He recreates the inner tube using what looks like some PVC pipe, eventually popping bungs in each end. Refitting the disc brake and rear sprocket, he puts the first half-wheel back on the bike, then sets about welding the extended rear triangle onto the back.
From there, it’s a matter of keeping the wheels in sync to make sure there’s always a half-tire touching down when the other’s lifting up. This he achieves with a second chain running between the two rear wheels, and then he fits it all up with the two wheels locked in opposite orientations throughout the rotation.
And voila: a machine that looks absolutely absurd, but is clearly rideable, even if dropping off a curb now gives you three solid bumps on the backside instead of two. It’s all in the name of weirdness, and on that metric, The Q has excelled himself.
Enjoy the video below.
–
Source: The Q
–
–
Most Viewed
Baldness discovery paints molecule as potent stimulator of new hair growth
Morphable VW pop-top RV erases divide between camper van and motorhome
Minimalist mid-drive city ebike rolls with carbon fiber and Bosch power
Bacteria-made biofuel packs higher energy density than jet fuel
Rare sights impress in the 2022 BigPicture competition winners
Gulfstream G800 ultra-long-range business jet makes maiden flight
Methane converted into methanol at room temperature – just add light
Drako’s electric hyper-SUV threatens downright dangerous speed
Specter 1 ebike sports full-carbon frame and 28-mph top speed
Decathlon makes its instant-pitch 2 Second Easy tent a triple
Ducati reveals the key numbers behind its electric MotoE racer
Dissolvable implant kills pain by cooling nerves – no drugs required
Ox-like cargo etrike tubs over 500 pounds or 8 children through city
Stratospheric balloon to lift telescope with giant mirror over Antarctica
Best of Britain: RIBA showcases UK’s finest new buildings