• Sterile_Technique@lemmy.world
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    1 month ago

    Engineering points for opposing teeth orientation - forward grip on the back wheel for accelerating, backwards on the front wheel for breaking. I like it.

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      1 month ago

      Also grip for steering. Backwards facing teeth on the front wheel would just end up skidding a lot of the time and make the bike impossible to turn. Is there a video of this thing in action somewhere?

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          1 month ago

          God this is so stupid. There’s nothing in that video that a set of studded tires can’t achieve while also outperforming it on both on and off ice.

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            1 month ago

            Yes, while they look interesting there are reasons why saw blade lookalike wheels aren’t commonly used. I hate to think of how the weight of those dirt bike ones would affect the handling (probably not so much of a problem over smooth ice, but rougher terrain would be a challenge).

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    1 month ago

    you must be something special; they didn’t even give me a warning and they didn’t say anything at all, just an immediately reddit style shadow ban. lol