"Mr. Ontop, No Strokes, No Smokes...Goes Fast." (twostrokesmoke)
11/26/2014 at 13:05 • Filed to: None
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"Mr. Ontop, No Strokes, No Smokes...Goes Fast." (twostrokesmoke)
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we ever could have guessed.
BmanUltima's car still hasn't been fixed yet, he'll get on it tomorrow, honest.
> Mr. Ontop, No Strokes, No Smokes...Goes Fast.
11/26/2014 at 13:11 |
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Those are definitely larger than 28s. Maybe 28 inch radius?
RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht
> BmanUltima's car still hasn't been fixed yet, he'll get on it tomorrow, honest.
11/26/2014 at 13:14 |
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Width.
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Mr. Ontop, No Strokes, No Smokes...Goes Fast.
> BmanUltima's car still hasn't been fixed yet, he'll get on it tomorrow, honest.
11/26/2014 at 13:19 |
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Yes, that is how they used to measure tires back in the 50's
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BmanUltima's car still hasn't been fixed yet, he'll get on it tomorrow, honest.
> RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht
11/26/2014 at 13:35 |
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That makes much more sense.
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RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht
> BmanUltima's car still hasn't been fixed yet, he'll get on it tomorrow, honest.
11/26/2014 at 13:38 |
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They're nine feet high, according to the description (easy to miss), so 54" radius. Almost exactly double 28.
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BmanUltima's car still hasn't been fixed yet, he'll get on it tomorrow, honest.
> RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht
11/26/2014 at 13:42 |
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I read the description, saw the nine feet, then the 28 inches and couldn't figure out what it was referring to. Maybe it's the front wheels, but the width would make sense too.
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RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht
> BmanUltima's car still hasn't been fixed yet, he'll get on it tomorrow, honest.
11/26/2014 at 13:47 |
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It doesn't have any descriptive text on the front wheels, just the rear ones (since the measurement is most impressive). The front wheels are roughly 80% as high and 60% the width, which would mean somewhere around 7'2" and 16" wide. Radius ~43".
BigBlock440
> RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht
11/26/2014 at 14:03 |
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Maybe it's referring to the steel centers as the rims? It looks like the spokes could be "hickory treads steel-clamped".
burntartichoke
> Mr. Ontop, No Strokes, No Smokes...Goes Fast.
11/26/2014 at 14:13 |
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All current donks must crush their rides in shame, nothing can live up to history.
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RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht
> BigBlock440
11/26/2014 at 14:18 |
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Nope. If you look at the wheel, there are hickory boards mounted as the friction surface.
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BigBlock440
> RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht
11/26/2014 at 14:35 |
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I see that, but it also looks like the majority of the wheel is also wood. I don't know what they considered wheel and what was tread back then. It probably does mean width, but I don't see any other steel on it, so it got me wondering.
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RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht
> BigBlock440
11/26/2014 at 14:46 |
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The front wheels have a wood rim with full-size wood tread mounted. The rear wheels appear to be similar to silo sections, except full-ring with an interior lip. They might have been cut and made up from a large storage tank. That outer rim is attached to the spokes through an inner rim which may be sectioned wood.
To that rim, the hickory tread bars are attached with clamps on the end.
The steel band is approximately 12,000 square inches of steel, which, using that 700lb number, tells us the steel would be 1/4 thick or so, which looks about right.
