preposterous idea: two spider arms 1 bike
The other day I was setting up a new fixie of mine and then got a crazy idea when I was looking at the conglomeration of parts which lay before me. I asked several people why this idea wouldn't work and I didn't get any answers which would stop me from performing this experiment, so please let me know your thoughts/experiences. What would prevent me from taking two right crank arms of the same length and make with identical chain rings on them and putting them on the left and right side of my bottom bracket spindle, (assuming I've got the right spindle length and have worked out clearance issues) and then running two chains to my double sided track hub with two identical cogs on either side, ( assuming I've got the rear spacing and chainlines all done correctly). The only problem my friend and I could come up with is the issue of having 2 right pedals and one of them possible dethreading, (not a big issue if I use loctite and get it in there really tightly). This idea seems perposterous like I would be stripping something or somehting would just plain not work right, but I cannot think of a single reason why it will not work. Imagine the driving force such a setup would have assuming that it works. It seems like such a set up would be very powerful. Has such a thing been tried before with success? Does anyone know why this won't work? Am I barking up the wrong tree or does this idea seem sound. Need help. thanks