Nakano Air Hub
12-29-05, 06:30 PM
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Nakano Air Hub
This is cool ... useful for working bikes ... Hummer technology for bikes!
https://www.treehugger.com/files/2005...no_air_hub.php
https://www.nakano-iw.co.jp/e_body/product/product.html
https://www.treehugger.com/files/2005...no_air_hub.php
https://www.nakano-iw.co.jp/e_body/product/product.html
12-30-05, 05:54 PM
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Originally Posted by bangkok
This is cool ... useful for working bikes ... Hummer technology for bikes!
12-30-05, 09:46 PM
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Originally Posted by ppc
Looks like a solution in search of a problem to me:
12-31-05, 09:24 AM
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You never know what innovations like this lead to. It may look like a crazy idea but it could end up leading to a cure for........premature baldness! 
12-31-05, 11:26 AM
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Originally Posted by the article
But there is a catch for real lazy types. The bike must be ridden at least 1.8 miles (3 km) a month to work properly.
I wonder if the valve hisses when it releases excess air. That would put me into a cold sweat hearing that and I would always wonder if it's the valve or a real puncture. I can see a real use for it with the casual couple-of-miles-after-dinner types.
Last edited by Hal Hardy; 12-31-05 at 12:01 PM.
