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[–] Sterile_Technique@lemmy.world 18 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Engineering points for opposing teeth orientation - forward grip on the back wheel for accelerating, backwards on the front wheel for breaking. I like it.

[–] rautapekoni@sopuli.xyz 7 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Also grip for steering. Backwards facing teeth on the front wheel would just end up skidding a lot of the time and make the bike impossible to turn. Is there a video of this thing in action somewhere?

[–] gnu@lemmy.zip 1 points 1 day ago

There is indeed a video of this.

There's also a video of someone trying a similar setup with a dirt bike, though those guys didn't reverse the front teeth (did still steer ok, not sure how well it'd brake).