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minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish8•9 months agoWhat advantage does a hubless bike bring to the table?
minus-square@TikiporchlinkEnglish7•9 months agoNo way for street toughs to shove rebar through your spokes and send you flying over the handlebars so they can steal your baguettes and celery.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish3•9 months agoThst is a design advantage, I’ll grant you that, but it seems way less practical than a normal wheel.
minus-squareFartsWithAnAccentOPMlinkEnglish2•8 months agoThat’s very likely because it is way less practical than a normal wheel.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish3•8 months agoThat’s my point, I don’t see why a hubless wheeled bike deserves top billing in an article about new better biking consepts.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish2•8 months agoIt doesn’t but it looks cool and intrigues people which means more clicks.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish5•9 months agoSame as folding phones I guess; novelty.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish3•9 months agoFolding phones does bring a practical use to the table, you get a phone that you can fold out into a tablet that fits in your pocket.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish2•9 months agoTo be fair, flip phones prevent unwanted user input and protect the screen.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish3•9 months agoI don’t know if it’s an advantage, but I’ve seen one lately, and it was fucking loud. Like eeeeeeeEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEeeeeee loud.
What advantage does a hubless bike bring to the table?
No way for street toughs to shove rebar through your spokes and send you flying over the handlebars so they can steal your baguettes and celery.
Looking neat?
Thst is a design advantage, I’ll grant you that, but it seems way less practical than a normal wheel.
That’s very likely because it is way less practical than a normal wheel.
That’s my point, I don’t see why a hubless wheeled bike deserves top billing in an article about new better biking consepts.
It doesn’t but it looks cool and intrigues people which means more clicks.
Same as folding phones I guess; novelty.
Folding phones does bring a practical use to the table, you get a phone that you can fold out into a tablet that fits in your pocket.
To be fair, flip phones prevent unwanted user input and protect the screen.
I don’t know if it’s an advantage, but I’ve seen one lately, and it was fucking loud.
Like eeeeeeeEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEeeeeee loud.