For some reason, during my run today I was thinking about hubless choppers. Not sure why. I’ll never own a chopper. I’m certain it must be the design element that completely fascinates me. Anyway, I Googled “hubless chopper” and found this incredible creation by
Amen, the Hubless Monster.
During my search, I also discovered this mind-blowing hubless bicycle.
Dubbed the Zero Bike, it was designed TWENTY years ago(!) by Makota Makita and Hiroshi Tsuzaki, then students at Art Center College of Design in Los Angeles. As you can see there are no spokes or hubs and the rims are suspended and cradled by magnets. The concept is based on magnetic superconductivity, just like what you would see in those high speed rail trains in Japan.
