Meet the Infinity Bike, an award-winning bike designed by Stephen Henrich. The unique thing about this vehicle is that its wheels are missing, and surprisingly enough, can still run without them! The Germany-based designer, robotics engineer, and architect replaced the wheels with a chain element that is propelled by a crank over a short chain and a gearbox, which allows the bike to move. “It’s a bicycle with a frame and something like a fork. So, we have a handlebar, we have a saddle, we have pedals and all that. But apart from that, it’s something completely different,” Henrich explained.
Image courtesy of Stephen Henrich
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It seems steerable, as it has a kind of headset between the front grey frame and the central black frame. The chain may alao be bendable in lateral direction. So it may be steerable. "Rake and trail" may have to be optimized, and maybe even a kind of aft wheel steering may be necessarry, but it could be functional. The most challenging part will be to reduce friction to an acceptable level. In the field of non-show bicyles low friction is crucial.
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ya how would you even steer this? I guess you just lean it like a motorbike, but thats weird.
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I'm guessing one of the problems yet to be worked out is how to steer the thing. Pretty big issue.
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They've just nicked the concept from a monowheel (google it)
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