ForeverGeek » polygon http://www.forevergeek.com Nerds are for Dorks Sat, 11 Feb 2012 17:42:25 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Chinese bike with polygonal wheels: would you ride it? http://www.forevergeek.com/2009/06/chinese_bike_with_polygonal_wheels_would_you_ride_it/ http://www.forevergeek.com/2009/06/chinese_bike_with_polygonal_wheels_would_you_ride_it/#comments Wed, 10 Jun 2009 11:00:44 +0000 andy http://www.forevergeek.com/?p=12910 chinese geometric wheeled bike Chinese bike with polygonal wheels: would you ride it?

Take a look at this rather bizarre bike. Apart from the fact that its wheels don’t have spokes, they’re not round either.

The front wheel is a rounded off pentagon while the back one is a reuleaux triangle (yeah, I went to Wikipedia too).

Apparently it’s quite smooth to ride, though it wasn’t completed in time for the Beijing Olympics that it was supposed to be in sponsorship for.

Never mind, it wouldn’t have won any medals.

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