Bicycle cheat wheel, how does it work?
Bicycle cheat wheel, how does it work?
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You probably have seen in the news that a girl was found to use "mechanical doping" in her bicycle. So I found an article about this http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/electromagnetic-wh... . Apparently the the second generation uses a motor embedded in the wheel. Anyone have an idea of how this could work? Where are the batteries for instance?





RE: Bicycle cheat wheel, how does it work?
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RE: Bicycle cheat wheel, how does it work?
I followed one of the links and it basically shows a dc motor hidden in the frame at the "T" intersection where peddling sprockets are driven and further states that it is powered with batteries in frame work.
I'm not sure what the picture of wheel is supposed to demonstrate.
Chuck
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RE: Bicycle cheat wheel, how does it work?
RE: Bicycle cheat wheel, how does it work?
http://cyclingtips.com/2015/04/hidden-motors-for-r...
RE: Bicycle cheat wheel, how does it work?
I think the "motor" above is a different idea: The motor armature is built into the hub of the wheel, the magnets are in the tube(s) and pulling/pushing the rim that way.
My "old" bike generator was only a few watts, and you could definitely feel the drag energizing only two flashlight-sized lamps! Can it work? The geared DC motor? Definitely yes - though for longer distances the bigger the battery.
This one? Maybe.
Be better if they just made it obvious, and did not try to "cheat" - people would buy electric bikes.