Hacking bicycles is a common theme of YouTube channel The Q; he's the guy behind the Icycle, that ice-riding bicycle with sawmill blades for wheels. In this video, he DIYs a pair of airless bicycle tires using PVC pipe, lots of fasteners and plenty of patience.
The video concludes with the riding results:
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I'd have liked to see these pushed to the point of failure, just to see what that looks like. Do you reckon individual rings would just shatter, thus weakening the ones around them and setting up a domino effect?
I’m a lapsed industrial designer. I was born in NYC and figured I’d die there, but a few years ago I abandoned New York to live on a farm in the countryside with my wife. We have six dogs.
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DIY Airless Bicycle Tires
That's just nuts! Oh,....... and bolts, let's not forget the bolts.
Must be hell to ride. A lot of rotating weight.
Loctite wouldn't save you in this situation and it doesn't look like he even knows what it is.
I was also curious of the glue bond from the tire to the rings (rubber to plastic)... I'd prefer to see a mechanical bond over glue.