FlyKly Smart Wheel

Re:FlyKly Smart Wheel by farnsworth on Wednesday October 16, 2013 @08:27PM (#6562954)

This is less efficient than putting all the batteries and other gear on the frame, right? Spinning all that mass around will take energy. I don't see an advantage unless you expect to swap wheels out often.

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Re:FlyKly Smart Wheel by FlyKly on Wednesday October 16, 2013 @08:29PM (#6562965)

The Smart Wheel actually consists of two halves one of which is fixed (it doesn't turn). The battery is therefore stationary and doesn't require any kinetic energy to be spinned around the axis.

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Re:FlyKly Smart Wheel by farnsworth on Thursday October 17, 2013 @08:04PM (#6569006)

Oh, I guess I didn't pick up on that. Thanks for the clarification.

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Re:FlyKly Smart Wheel by iambateman on Wednesday October 16, 2013 @11:10PM (#6563474)

But from a business perspective, people who care about their bikes enough to spend big coin often care about the way they look. And attaching a battery w/ leads to an electric wheel is a major buzz kill imho.

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