Mag Lev bike makes the entire wheel into the motor

[Nirmala]

Clever idea: use the rim of the wheel as part of the motor.

There is a working prototype that has 500 watts of power and only weighs 26 pounds, but is probably going to be prohibitively expensive:

Further details are in these two articles:
http://electricbikereport.com/light...-electric-bike/comment-page-1/#comment-677461
http://www.cyclingweekly.co.uk/news...gnetic-hidden-motor-bike-can-go-100kph-211660

 

[Stephen Cho]

Cool tech, thanks... We are going through a renaissance period in the electric bike world and I think this and friction drive are the future. I love how clean the bike looks especially with disc brakes in the front and regen brakes in the back.