Can We Use a Bicycle Tire and Rim?

[Lil' Lavery]

You should be able to provided you can keep it entirely withing the starting robot dimensions as stated in rule <S03>.

[KenWittlief]

bike wheels are very strong if the weight is kept perpendicular to the axle. When you ride a bike you lean into turns, so the weight load stays on that line

but they are not good with side-loads. Long story, ask me sometime! :^)

[Not2B]

Bike tires are awesome. The spokes are almost strings they are so thin. In fact... a fun project (after build season) is to make a SAMPLE bike tire out of actual string. It works! (But don't use it...)

[Al Skierkiewicz]

Originally Posted by KenWittlief

Long story, ask me sometime! :^)

Nope, not falling into that one again.

[Peter Matteson]

First I weigh 180 and and ride wheels with 20 radial spokes, so strength isn't an issue on a bike wheel.

Second a fairing fopr the wheel could be made out of 1/32 polycarb to keep fingers out of spokes.

Third the OD of a road bike wheel is 700mm ~ 29 inches. That is reeeeeeally big.

Oh and you can get a pair of inexpensive wheel in the 1400gm range easily.