Originally Posted by
smontanaro
I wonder why he bothered with inch-pitch chainring/cog/chain? I imagine in the mid-80s they wouldn't have been all that easy to find. Since the transmission is completely covered up, it's not like most people would even notice.
Probably thought it was cool and retro at the time. Obviously this thing was an exercise in fashion, with little consideration paid to function. It seemed to me that the original Spacelander was more earnestly trying to make the next generation of bicycle.
It would be interesting to do a new Spacelander tribute bike, but in carbon fiber. It could be a nice 25lb city cruiser bike if more carefully made.