Pat Cleary’s work is amazing, I always wished my pen/brush skills were better than they are.
More info on Pat Cleary’s work can be found here.
Originally spotted at GDB.
Pat Cleary’s work is amazing, I always wished my pen/brush skills were better than they are.
More info on Pat Cleary’s work can be found here.
Originally spotted at GDB.
Welcome guest blogger Kevin Kafesu.
Completely impractical and yet utterly beautiful, Forkless is a completely scratch-built custom chopper with, you’ve guessed it, no forks. The steering is done via a series of linked rods running around the frame from the handlebars to the front hub (reclaimed from a wheelchair).
Chopperolli, the artist/engineer behind Forkless, has posted a Making Of photo essay on the Ratrod Bikes forums. The highlights: The rims came from a moped and had to be drilled to take more spokes, the rear hub is a modified-coaster brake hub which now only rest on a single fork (what is a single fork called? A tine?) and to keep the whole bike pure white, Chopperolli even hand carved new rubber inserts for the pedals.
Apparently the bike rides pretty well. The steering is probably a little fluffy, but this isn’t a road racer. It’s a pimped-out cruiser.
Via Wired Magazine