Flat Pack Chainless Bicycle from IKEA

Re:Flat Pack Chainless Bicycle from IKEA by agumonkey on Sunday January 15, 2017 @01:48PM (#13405598)

Good point on the belt. I wonder if people paired that to a NuVinci CVT system: https://youtu.be/GHYGOIttuVM

  - no noise
  - no grease
  - no shift shock
  - no fixed gear

I'd love to try a bike like this. ...

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Re:Flat Pack Chainless Bicycle from IKEA by asgeirn on Sunday January 15, 2017 @03:41PM (#13406273)

Grace makes an e-bike with this combination:

http://www.grace-bikes.com/en/bikes/mx2urban/

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Re:Flat Pack Chainless Bicycle from IKEA by jolux on Sunday January 15, 2017 @04:15PM (#13406438)

They exist. I saw one in an issue of Popular Mechanics a few years ago. Forget the name though unfortunately. It was an e-bike with a NuVinci CVT and had these crazy wheels that had nothing but three massive spokes.

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Re:Flat Pack Chainless Bicycle from IKEA by EvanClarke on Sunday January 15, 2017 @05:56PM (#13406898)

They exist - I have one; and very nice. Mine is made by Lekker.

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Re:Flat Pack Chainless Bicycle from IKEA by agumonkey on Sunday January 15, 2017 @06:37PM (#13407158)

No problem with the variator ? too heavy ? lack of efficiency ? maintenance or frailty ?

Just curious, one guy on reddit said he didn't trust the thing much.

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Re:Flat Pack Chainless Bicycle from IKEA by agumonkey on Sunday January 15, 2017 @08:10PM (#13407579)

This guy had one breaking while riding: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5AMAXM5W2OU

but he said in the comments; it seemed an exception, got a fix and ride thousands of mountain abuse miles with no issues since

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Re:Flat Pack Chainless Bicycle from IKEA by kojeovo on Sunday January 15, 2017 @04:43PM (#13406546)

Check out Vanhawks

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