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Fantastic film explaining the new hub concept from Gokiso:
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Shame about the "Cup and corn type hub" subtitle 😉
and "bearigs"?
Yeah some great typo's, but hey its aerospace not rocket science!
Teeny weeny bit over engineered though?
You will be impressed to see the wheels keep rotating "forever" with the least input. The hub structure, the materials and the configuration are the features original to GOKISO that our engineer sought every possibility in a bicycle hub from zero. The best rotation performance which can handle 100kg of load and 200km/h; this is what we have achieved and this is our commitment for the absolute rotation smoothness. In addition, GOKISO's shock-absorbing mechanism gives such a light and smooth ride as you would be flying in the air.
What a crock!
Non-contact sealing....Aerospace Hub use of 2mm-diameter"micro steel balls"made of the highest quality material used for precision machines is certainly unique.
Oh dear
My father went for a hop over Hertfordshire in a brand new Victor bomber back in the sixties.
During routine maintenence, a three legged wooden stool was later discovered in one of the wing fuel tanks.
Sometimes "Aerospace Quality" isn't necessarily the be all and end all.
Blimey!
I want a whole bike built out of "Extra Super Duralium" please 🙂
Does seem a bit over-engineered for a problem I didn't realise existed.
I think I'd want to see the 100kgs bumped up a bit, not so bothered about the 200kph!