2 Wheel Drive Bicycle

[noway180]

The bike looks really wobbly. Not sure if it's safe to ride.

[benitofinito]

wow tested to it's limits there.

[FormulaDStock]

The problem they wanted to solve probably involved getting enough grip in slippery conditions. A rear wheel drive bicycle will definitely have more trouble climbing than a two wheel drive bicycle. If they can perfect the technology and reduce weight, this technology could be very useful for cyclocross and mountain biking. Cyclists would never need to carry their bikes up steep slopes anymore.

[jalvarn]

WHY

[WhiteGravey]

someone send tihs video to surly 2wd 29er moonlander = best biike EVER!

[tealover01]

think about it! 2 wheel drive it's impossible

[rtsoccerplayer]

looks like the guy could build a bike, but can't ride one...

[JaxRhapsody]

There are better designs out there. I've got an old picture of one that uses a jackshaft and flexdrive/cable drive(like an old speedometer) to the front wheel. Oh and there are fwd bikes, most of them are recumbants.

[miniplanet1231]

did he look at the bike kid bicycle

[BuffALotSoldier]

i know at least 1 asian who cant ride a bike. for gods sake, learn it or leave it....

[fairyheli2]

do a wheelie! oh, wait....

[xkakashix12]

this better not be like the change cars went through. from rear wheel to all/front wheel drive, then realizing that rear wheel drive is best

[mrchopperking1]

I would destroy that little mountain bike in about 1 hour,once it hits the salt water on the beach and a few B.M.X. tracks it would only be once again rear wheel drive and the mono fork would not survive the U.S.A. abuse..two wheel drive so what,who cares?the front wheel is not driving when your doing a wheelie.

[TheCameoAfro1]

@mrchopperking1 your missing the point...

[msqtube]

meh, ... why? .... why not?

[mofo6636]

china. `nufff said...

[DisposableWarrior]

this is unnecessarily complex. i would replace the front wheel chain with a solid driveshaft, and fit a torsen LSD between the front and rear drive wheel.

[GSRGOPEDRIDER247]

come on guys this is a monster of a mud bogging bicycle!

[jdclover]

There's no way you could have torn through that hall like the guy in the suit with just rear wheel deive.

[12345senoj]

the 2wd bike was invinted a while ago and if u had had the money you could have bought one, because it was a whole lot better then this

[BluPenguinSETT]

When they can invent a 2wd mechanism for a REAL mountain bike, I will be impressed... that piece of crap looks heavy, unstable, nearly NO suspension (where's the traction in that???) the front and rear wheels is so far apart they could span the Atlantic... absolutely failure of a bike, probably worse handling/traction on dirt than a beach cruiser...

[daveofpc]

@BluPenguinSETT jeep had one a few years back that was shaft drive, you should check it out

[thecardrawer10]

what happens when your lame ass frame breaks? exactly

[whytyt]

2WD?? what's next? traction control? airbags? immobiliser?

[dinnerbagel]

How do you change gears??? hahaha

[sweetlikeADAM]

This was my idea first!

[OttoPharx]

A boat from asia is also called the same name as this product : seven letters, a space, five letters. Who's got it?

[donkeymorris]

Joe--"Hey, Ben, what'dya find out there?"

Ben--"Oh just this stupid thing I named electricity, it fried my kite. It hurts, too."

Joe--"You should leave that stuff alone."

Ben--"Yeah, you're probably right. You should scrap that stupid-ass 2-wheel drive bike idea of yours, too"

[bnz500]

useless

[Knezpedja]

... And "driver" learned to drive two days before :DDD

[daysonthedark]

lol asians cant ride the bike they invented yet alone drive a car!

[kootenaycat]

Bet it's really light too. lol! And did that guy just learn how to ride a bike? : )

[Gromitdog1]

another example of a solution searching for a problem.

[gr8fzy1]

Does the front wheel change speeds in time with the rear wheel?

[ChrisLuxembourg]

of course, with different shifted speed nobody can drive!

[sateIIitepilot]

how bout a better demonstration...it was pretty crowded

[Milawalkie]

@sateIIitepilot ummm... its china what do you expect?!

[thereisthespoon]

no fork kinda makes it impractical for bumpy roads

[MrAligofren]

мешок кривоногий

[9luigi]

ahahahahahaha sucks

[throttlelever]

The tecnical problem was the amount of people standing in the way :-)

[RCizlegit]

Doesnt look any different

(That i can see)

[LocalBikeTrader]

interesting

[vdub2433]

kinda cool but when it comes to needing 2wd to go off road, any other quality mountain bike would kill than thing

[trailkiller91]

this isnt very practical. its always been my dream to make a 2-wheel drive bike but this one sucks and is probably way to expensive

[JBsWASTELAND]

use drive shafts connected to the crank works great 4me plus mine are in side the frame so its even funnier wen i let people ride it !! especially if i take the rear drive of(chain) bikes are crap if they are front wheel drive 2X2 is good and RWD for bikes

[sewerdog999]

Talk about over engineering, it would have been better if they had got someone who can actually ride a bike to demonstrate it too.

[stratoz18]

sucks ^ ^ ^ xD

[bigtitties1234]

That fork looks like it would easily snap off.

[epluribusunum0]

You know why? It's not a fork.

[tricky778]

It's a prong

[FingerMouseInDaHouse]

OK where do I buy one.

[TheJimDandy2008]

I like bikes because they're fun and simple. That bike is just unnecessarily complicated and looks like a pain to maintain.

Think of the work involved when you have to reassemble the chain when cleaning it

[clargdorp]

So far comments say the bike f**ks and sucks.

Does it also hug and kiss?

[NotnaRed]

the guy can't drive and the bike sucks hard.

[clargdorp]

Sucks hard whats?

[furrykilla]

can anyone tell me why you would ever need a 2 wheel drive bycycle theres just more to go wrong lol

one chain is bad enough

[sargentaaron2004]

Well i was recently considering adding an electric motor to my front wheel.

1. It might be easier than attacting it nto the back wheel.

2. you could use both at once.

3. the front wheel drive might give it more traction (not that traction is very saught after on a bicycle unless you are going round a corner at 120 MPH) so scrap number 3 lol

[axcrit]

@furrykilla up a really steep hill?

[philtripe]

@furrykilla its an offroaders dream to be able to drive both front and rear...not unlike a 4wheel drive truck is much more capable, mud snow ice and my fav. hill climbs

[alpw1234]

@furrykilla

Do you understand the difference between a 2wd and a 4wd car?

Then this should make sense. Imagine going uphill on a slippery ground.

[ArisingSoul]

@furrykilla Offroad maybe? DURKA!? It's called traction...

[kaimelis]

@furrykilla i like it, i would go off roading with this :P

[IAmBound]

@furrykilla maybe for stunts? If you could pedal backwards as well (fixed gear bike) you could do a fairly long wheelie on the front wheel.

[animation508]

@furrykilla in theory, and on paper, you would be able to deliver more power to the wheels making acceleration faster (as there is a pushing force as well as a pulling force)

[sireduardo420]

@furrykilla I test rode a 2wd mountain bike that used drive shafts consealed inside the frame and a worm gear set at the head to connect past the steer tube to the front wheel. The bike was amazing. It climbed mountain like nobodys business.

[Kcar82]

@sireduardo420 I think the added weight of the second drivetrain would outweigh the benefits, especially when climbing.

[YFZ450AUS]

bah ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha. that sux

[pambuanpambuan]

lol hes too heavy he cant balance himself

[jools182]

wouldn't it be better to test it with someone who can ride a fucking bike?

[dirtjumpordie]

im thinkin nose manuel all day

[dirtdawg21892]

how much dose it way? looks like a ton of metal, il wait till it develops a little to buy one, but i love the idea

[ten8goa]

Way too much going on

[samuelu21352135]

dont get you leg pinched in that chain set up

[DeltaHL2]

Typical AWD vehicles have a lower fuel economy than 2WD vehicles simply because more moving parts are consuming the engine's power. The same goes for this bicycle: All things equal, you'll have to do more work to move it than a typical rear-wheel-drive bicycle.

Physics aside, I find the 2WD concept to be interesting and I would like to try riding one.

[EdwardMolotov]

This is a great idea. I would buy this bike in a heartbeat, if the price is right.

[Fentanyl3]

obviously you have never tried to ride a bike while loosing traction, when both wheels spin it simply slips out from under you

[EdwardMolotov]

No, I have. And I would buy it becaue it just seems so damn nifty.

[Fentanyl3]

well, at least you tell the truth I imagined some kid thinking it would let him slime 50% grades in wet clay and conquer black ice covered roads

[EdwardMolotov]

Hahaha that would be a disaster with a two-wheel drive bike XD.

I'd try it on the pavement and see how it affects my turning and stuff.

[Hboy791]

know u can ride an indo forever

[lamaq101]

as it has gears on the rear but not on the front woudnt that mean that the front wheel would spin slower than the rear and maybe cause problems?

[timtak1]

The front wheel chain comes from the non geared side of the rear wheel, so spins the front wheel at the same speed as the rear, irrespective of the gear chose to spin the rear wheel on the other side. I think.

[bIackmaze]

These seem really pointless, especially with the wierd CRF50 cradle frame... thing... I would make a FWD bike though....

[tremer88]

I would take off the rear wheel chain and have a FWD bike

[GH3rgreat]

why

[tremer88]

for the fuck of it

[GH3rgreat]

thats nice

[tleduc69]

Is he learning how to do bicycle? Do you really want to sell it?

[marcellos3]

shit

[goose1077]

Most of your weight it on the back wheel. You don't need 2WD in the trails. I can see it coming in handy in ice and snow though. Then again the biggest problem on ice is front wheel slippage so maybe that would be worse.

[transam579]

I wish i had it yesturday on the trail when it was muddy and i lost traction.. then it would come in handy in sand too

[timtak1]

It was developed by a guy in a snowy part of Japan.

[Partspare]

I believe the actual Jeep company now makes a 2 wheel drive bicycle.

[angliru23]

any idea where u can get these?

[jdyland]

I hate it when I get stuck in the mud on my bike and ...wait a minute ... I have never and will never need this.

[bucurelpacura]

the loss of power on that thing must be horrible. it would be good on ice though where u always lose the front.

[goose1077]

yeah, students at northern colleges would like it.

[MadMattk]

Dont you just hate it whe you loose traction on a normal bike!

[mamaykun]

Haha. Is it efficient? IMHO too many parts, too many chain-driving gears, too many frictions, too many power losses, transmission timing problems. It looks like not easy ride.

[mtbikemikeg]

You forgot weight. Good thing they included a kickstand. LOL.

[transam579]

you bitch too much

[mechanisma22]

That was my idea, but they beat me to it.

[FluffyGryphon]

If you can dream it, the Japanese will already be researching it. :/