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Oh what a ride!

Post by Bryant » Wed Dec 01, 2021 8:50 am

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Now this is interesting 🤔 I wonder what the drive was like with these things?! Spring wheels haha
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Re: Oh what a ride!

Post by TWrenn » Wed Dec 01, 2021 9:12 am

Might take a little bit of the jolt out of those solid rubber "tires", eh?


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Re: Oh what a ride!

Post by tom_strickling » Wed Dec 01, 2021 11:06 am

There is a section of road in our town that is just wavy enough that it causes my touring car to get a regular bucking motion to it as I drive along. I wonder if these would amplify the rhythm of that?
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Re: Oh what a ride!

Post by Joe Bell » Wed Dec 01, 2021 12:48 pm

There was some like that I saw years ago in Cedar Rapids Iowa, I talked Lee into posting a picture of them and some one wanted them to hang on their wall, have no ideal who owns them now but definetly interesting wheel!!

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Re: Oh what a ride!

Post by DanTreace » Wed Dec 01, 2021 1:04 pm

Here’s another version of suspension wheels. Elliptical spokes like leaf springs! Bouncy Bounce.

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Re: Oh what a ride!

Post by Tim Rogers » Wed Dec 01, 2021 2:31 pm

Take a close look- it's sprung at the hub and not at the spokes!
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Re: Oh what a ride!

Post by Bryant » Wed Dec 01, 2021 2:46 pm

Tim Rogers wrote:
Wed Dec 01, 2021 2:31 pm
Take a close look- it's sprung at the hub and not at the spokes!
I noticed that! Looks like I see a shock absorber to.
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