seejohnbike

once upon a time, i saw a homemade "disc" wheel... the guy had used packaging from old style cases and covered his rear spoked wheel with them, using packing tape to secure everything.

i want to do something similar to this, figuring it'll give my otherwise very stock messenger some kind of uniqueness. Also, given the stock (read: mediocre) wheelset, i'll have no qualms about playing around with it.

so... aesthetics aside, are there any functional problems that might arise from this?

only ones i foresee are (possibly) unwieldy in windy conditions, added weight (which im not that concerned about), and if i break a spoke, i'll have to tear the whole thing apart.

thoughts? opinions? suggestions on how exactly i go about it?

Hobartlemagne 

like this?

conor

that's usually what polo kids do to keep their wheels from getting ****ed. trace the wheel onto cardboard, and use zipties. easy as that.

Yoshi

If the only reason you are going to do this is to make them "unique" don't bother.

But don't listen to me, I'm just a curmudgeon.

BRANDUNE

https://www.bikeforums.net/road-cycling/291845-did-personal-best-tt-double-disks.html

orbThorn

How does it help save their wheel? Just so a stick can't get into the spokes?

jdms mvp

because of the polo balls flying around?

zacked

Yeah, keeping the mallet out of your spokes makes a huge difference.

And based on that, you don't want to disc your wheel just for riding around. It's heavy, they come loose and rub on your fork/stays, it makes it a huge pain to true your wheels and you get blown around everytime it gusts.

deathhare

yeah, the stick mostly

ryansexton

I've also pondered this. Disc wheels apparantly make you go substantially faster, and well, fast is good, really good.

conor

homemade disc wheels do not make you go faster because they are not especially aerodynamic.

Hobartlemagne 

https://lynchburgelite.blogspot.com/2...isc-wheel.html

this guy made a paper mache disc wheel

ch0mb0

here's how ya do it, courtesy of nycbikepolo.com




and it's great for saving spokes from slapshots and polo mallets.



bodies are a different story.

seejohnbike

first note - well yes, thats the beer in question.

the cardboard was taken from cases w/ the logo. (also, i saw this in chicago where old style is the beer of choice at cubs games.... hence some relevance/correlation)

second note - odd, considering all the flak this idea is receiving, in the case i saw it, it was the guys daily ride.... *shrug*

third note - that last pic, ouch.

fourth note - thanks for the help. maybe i'll give it a shot, maybe i wont. if i do, i'll let everyone know how it went

conor

i mean, you're welcome to try it, but it's just not really practical. there are other ways to make your bike unique if that's what you want.

coelcanth

HAHA !

that dude is in his wheel !

Hobartlemagne 

front disk wheel outside. He is smart. s.m.r.t.

bward1028

did you at all read the beginning of thread?

delicious

thanks for the link. i'm totally gonna make one of these and put a sweet design on it.

shogun17

Didn't read the context, you are s.m.r.t

JohnnyDoyle

I saw it done with PBR boxes, really carefully fanned out on the rear wheel. Never rode it though. I would think that a big concern (if you use more than once piece, as in the design I saw) would be making sure the whole deal is secure enough not to come undone in wind/when you're going fast. Crosswinds would be a ***** too.

ThunderChunky

cardboard bike upgrades are the best.

NewYorkMantle

agreed.

NewYorkMantle

can't you see he's playing polo?? + not reading

lumenredundas

are you talking about this?

https://flickr.com/photos/pete_d/6284...7600472030209/