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Subject: 
What kind of wheels are used on this bike?
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Date: 
Fri, 14 May 1999 11:07:44 GMT
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This image is from Tom Stangl's Legoland image repository:

    http://people.netscape.com/toms/Legoland/Legoland304.jpg

The beautifully designed bike has some rather odd wheels.  What kind of
LEGO wheels are that?  The hubs look like green medium pulleys.

But while the design is indeed very nice, I fear that it may not be too
playable.  The rear wheel appears to be fixed, and I can't see that the
rear suspension is secured in any way, but I may be wrong.

Fredrik



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  Re: What kind of wheels are used on this bike?
 
(...) Most stuff at Legoland, unfortunatly, isn't designed to be "playable". But you're right, those are pullies for the hubs. The tires are standard small balloon tires. Jeff (25 years ago, 14-May-99, to lugnet.build)
  Re: What kind of wheels are used on this bike?
 
Yes, they are pullies. They most likely have a Technic spacer between them, and it would probably work just fine for making custom rims. As for the playability of that particular model, I don't care, it LOOKS cool ;-) Now if I could only get ALL (...) (25 years ago, 14-May-99, to lugnet.build)

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