More specifically, the hub is actually almost as big as the wheel itself.

It is the first hubless wheel to employ a practical use for the hollow space as a platform in the center where the user stands, and in recognition of this, has received the Bronze 2010 IDEA award in the transportation category-(as part of this award, the Skatecycle became part of the permanent collection at the Henry Ford Museum).Ī centreless wheel (also known as a hubless wheel, spokeless wheel, orbital wheel, or rim-rider) is a wheel with no center. In order to engage the unit, the rider needs to twist their feet inwards and outwards. Its design consists of a double-jointed twisting axle connected to two standing platforms surrounded by 9' polyurethane hubless wheels. The Skatecycle invented by Alon Karpman, contains the first hubless wheels to be mass-produced. Its design is based on the principle of magnetic superconductivity, also used in high-speed trains that are suspended above rails. The wheel was driven around 300 km for testing purpose.Ī Centreless wheel is a wheel that has no hub, central space or spokes.Īnother example of a hubless vehicle is the 'Zero Bike', a lightweight hubless bicycle whose non working prototype won an Industrial Design Excellence Award in 1991. The members of the development team include Abhishek Sharma, Ankur Tiwari, Sarvesh Khemka and Yashodeep Yadav.

The company uses ball bearings to complete the model. The prototype was designed by a Freedom Sprints. A working prototype was shown at India bike week 2014, in Goa.

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