this post was submitted on 13 Nov 2024
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[–] [email protected] 17 points 1 day ago (1 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 day ago (1 children)

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?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 day ago

There is indeed a video of this.

There's also a video of someone trying a similar setup with a dirt bike, though those guys didn't reverse the front teeth (did still steer ok, not sure how well it'd brake).

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 day ago

Reminds me of this:

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 day ago
[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 day ago (2 children)
[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 day ago

The meme above is better because the front saw is facing the correct direction for stopping.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 day ago

Judas Priest! Maybe the OP has just A Touch of Evil.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 day ago

i'm just trying to decide what a fixie would do with that setup

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 day ago

What happened?

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 day 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