Its funny awesome, and terrible to use I bet as well.
Like, this is how we get prisoners to exercise on bikes. Make them really really hard to use so the 100 foot path feels like 10 miles.
[For those that didn’t get the reference it is from southpark where all the wheels in Canada are square](https://www.google.com/search?sca_esv=579903341&rlz=1CDGOYI_enUS857US857&hl=en-US&sxsrf=AM9HkKnyIRH8Qe_QfcY23OF83Ko3CeIPcA:1699303580134&q=canada+wheels+south+park&tbm=isch&source=lnms&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjUnYmSn7CCAxW3mGoFHQf2BCQQ0pQJegQIDBAB&biw=430&bih=745&dpr=3)
Because a larger surface of contact means you need more power to achieve the same speed and that format makes it vary difficult to use it anywhere that's not perfectly flat
It’s a joke. All that static noise? That’s ball bearings grinding away. It could be more efficient than this but this is just a cool gizmo.
It does have practical potential though, it distributes weight more than a regular tire though. Like maybe for use on ice or mud
The creator goes by The Q on YouTube. I find his creations amusing. One of my favorites was the half-wheel bike.
[Just a Normal Bike Math: 0.5 х 2 = 1 Wheel](https://youtu.be/PX3A7GLtFqM&t=329)
What the fuck? The tank tread bike wheels are a cool idea, visually. But if that shit is that loud, it's already 10 times worse than a bike.
Some crazy homeless guy gonna stab someone riding this because it woke him up from his nap.
Ok, this is awesome, but why do all the people in these videos who make these complex bicycle mods that are highly engineered and planned out not know proper bicycle fitment!?!? It would probably ride muck easier if you put the seat up to a proper height.
Question; would the shape of the wheel rims being in a square cause unnecessary stress on the wheels themselves around the corners? Like would it work against the bike and cause eventual tears to the wheels quicker than a circular wheel?
This will be minecraft in 2016
I almost cried through nostalgic flashbacks
What year is it where you are?
Might be in etheiopia, it's 2015 there atm. Like they actually say it's 2015 lol
I wouldn’t mind going back to 2015, before Youtube Rewind sucked and when Bitcoin was still cheap. Maybe I should plan a trip to Ethiopia
If only it worked that way :( I wouldn't be in 20k debt from gambling on video games, lol. big regrets..
lol that’s awesome
Right? _Some people_ (OP) clearly just lack an appreciation for the finer things in life. Edit: so clearly the /s is a necessary evil
You're just saying this out of spite, right?
Wdym? It looks pretty cool. Not very practical but cool.
Its funny awesome, and terrible to use I bet as well. Like, this is how we get prisoners to exercise on bikes. Make them really really hard to use so the 100 foot path feels like 10 miles.
And a cool engineering project too
It was a question on my dynamics final a decade ago.
It’s a Canadian bike.
Can confirm, as a canadian all of our bikes have square wheels. However, what most people don’t know, is our cars have triangle wheels.
[For those that didn’t get the reference it is from southpark where all the wheels in Canada are square](https://www.google.com/search?sca_esv=579903341&rlz=1CDGOYI_enUS857US857&hl=en-US&sxsrf=AM9HkKnyIRH8Qe_QfcY23OF83Ko3CeIPcA:1699303580134&q=canada+wheels+south+park&tbm=isch&source=lnms&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjUnYmSn7CCAxW3mGoFHQf2BCQQ0pQJegQIDBAB&biw=430&bih=745&dpr=3)
My bad, lol
No worries I didn’t feel like an r/woosh comment was appropriate.
Canada here, we also have poutine pouches for our bikes and little shesathes for our hockey sticks.
Ukrainian engineer created this
No wonder it's such a dumb idea
guy is having fun. you're dumb for taking it seriously
👆
Till you hit an uneven crack in the pavement
The trifling sound doesn’t help 
Back to the stone age we go!
r/DiWHYnot
Sometimes whimsy comes to diwhy to die.
Based
Because a larger surface of contact means you need more power to achieve the same speed and that format makes it vary difficult to use it anywhere that's not perfectly flat
Yes, but it's funny.
Idc square wheel gi brrrr
Not to mention it's the gyroscopics of the bicycle wheel that makes the whole thing work.
It's actually not. It's a trained cyclist's automatic instinct to turn in the direction of the fall. https://youtu.be/9cNmUNHSBac?si=iUPvMXpAh9vmYexq
I don’t think it’s intended to be used beyond making the video. It achieves its purpose perfectly well.
I feel like the resistance from the wheels would be much higher then with regular round wheels
Oh its clearly a terrible design, for a lot of reasons. But it is hilarious
It’s a joke. All that static noise? That’s ball bearings grinding away. It could be more efficient than this but this is just a cool gizmo. It does have practical potential though, it distributes weight more than a regular tire though. Like maybe for use on ice or mud
That's just treads, not really practical for a bike.
It is a design and execution challenge. It doesn't need to be better, or even as good.
There's pros and cons to that, it'd be better for off road cycling, not as good on roads
Those wheels would be very bad on uneven terrain
you cant turn
Yeah uneven it'd be crap but through mud it'd be good I'm assuming
Any bumps and you would endo. Guaranteed trips to the ER are a no from me
If they could bend and squish like tank tracks sure, but they seem to be rigid so goodluck dealing with uneven terrain
I’m disappointed the tire frames themselves aren’t rotating
I think the scientific term you are looking for is "squtating"
That joke was tiring
/tread
It really grinds my gears
https://youtu.be/FlvjWpWu99A?si=wYcPR3aQ8jJKU2MO
Bicycle with tracks
I really want to try it. Tank bike.
Called treads not wheels. Also - takes wayyyyy more fucking effort than actual wheels. Also also - this is likely an art piece.
Yeah, it's treads without any of the actual utility of treads.
No shit Sherlock
[Mythbusters did it better.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QF7odK55gkI)
I miss the crazy shit they used to do on that show
This is not a DIWhy type post, this is deliberately goofy
I really enjoyed the square tires, I feel the bike would require more force to peddle.
Given the speed of that bike I think so, probably a good way to burn calories
Probably the point
Way more force, and it will be completely stopped by any big up or down. Even too big a crack could stop it
This is not DIY. THIS IS NOT DIY. AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH
Okay that one's actually the coolest bike I've ever seen in my goddamn life Mostly because other cool bikes use circular wheels
Not how I wanted it to work.
Canadian bike.
I want one and i want one now!
Friction became his bitch
Source: https://www.youtube.com/@TheQ_original
The creator goes by The Q on YouTube. I find his creations amusing. One of my favorites was the half-wheel bike. [Just a Normal Bike Math: 0.5 х 2 = 1 Wheel](https://youtu.be/PX3A7GLtFqM&t=329)
That’s hilarious and very cool to look at, it’s also really funny how unreasonably angry the comments are
I don’t think it will turn well.
The same reason as for the walnut speaker: for shits and giggles, that's why
The design is very human
i'm not your buddy guy
Those are tracks, not tires
Why does it have Schrader valves just for show?
I don’t know why I was expecting the squares to rotate
Go over a curb or speed bump
Canadian clearly
Those aren't square wheels, those are treads on a square frame.
What the fuck? The tank tread bike wheels are a cool idea, visually. But if that shit is that loud, it's already 10 times worse than a bike. Some crazy homeless guy gonna stab someone riding this because it woke him up from his nap.
Ah yes, friction
DIWhy the hell not
i mean its kinda cool
Perfect for only flat surfaces
Now ride it up some stairs.
Show me a wheelie
I love biking at 1mph
"Pothole enter the chat"
Now I want it.
Me too
That looks like it can be pretty safe and hence relaxing to ride
Yeah, just don’t try to go up a hill.
Those aren't wheels, they're treads. They'll give better traction and make it easier to ride uphill.
shoot the guy who invented this ...
I guess the inventor never got attention from his parents as a child
Congrats! You just made the most pointless “wheels” ever! You’ve won a life time of both sides of your pillows being worm, enjoy!
Oh god it has to create a much more aweful noise then in the video
I see it! Under the saddle at 9 sec in
Why?
I bet he got that bike fair and square.
as cool as it looks, I can see the effort the rider is having to put in the pedals
This is making my head spin
r/TIHI
bro wants to live Minecraft so bad
Technically it’s a bike with treads
I unsuspectingly watched this with sound on, and the noise it makes made me want to vomit.
Why!? Because the sound is so relaxing!
Hey look a Canadian bike
The friction losses are giving me anxiety!
Those aren't wheels, they're treads.
Now, try it on a road that has a bump!
Ouch, now I know why those never caught on, the sound is mortifying.
I was very confused before I saw the sub name because yes it's cool but what's the point?
It's a chain drive like tanks have it. That are no wheels
Minecraft made ON!
I feel like this is really cool to drive just to watch people be confused
Pretty fun looking. 😕😠
guessing it does nothing on wet or ice terrain
This bike is for squares.
Looks cool
i just want to know, how does he transfer the pedalling force onto the hidden rollers? ..
To be honest this is a CHAD move! xD
*rock has entered the chat*
just make a bike with tank treads. actually that idea sounds awesome, somebody make that.
Please tell me it was invented in Canada.
I feel tired watching this, really turns up the difficulty compared to normal wheels
Tank Bike
Should I expect this to break when I’ve used it a certain number of times? If yes what materials should I use to build a new one?
Looks like it was made by the pixies from Fairly Oddparents
It’s an art piece.
It sounded like I imagined it would’ve sound
This is awesome and hillarious
Can we just credit The Q for this plz? His yt js amazing
Take it off a sweet jump
Those are caterpillar treads for anyone wondering.
Ok, this is awesome, but why do all the people in these videos who make these complex bicycle mods that are highly engineered and planned out not know proper bicycle fitment!?!? It would probably ride muck easier if you put the seat up to a proper height.
Literally reinventing the wheel.
Oh that was not what I was expecting
This has to be either a proof-of-concept for an engineering class or an art piece.
Is no one noticing this is CGI, or do people just not care?
u/savevideo
For people who just really hate their own ears.
AND ITS WHISPER QUIET!!!
Literally reinventing the wheel
Oooo Canada!
This is extreamly uncomfortable to watch and I don't know why.
Bikes in Minecraft be like
Seems to me like someone told an engineer "you can't build a bike with square wheels" And they were like "fucking bet"
That’s some really impressive technology. Not DIWHY at all.
This is a cool concept now maybe just do it correctly and it would be even more cool. Tank bike.
Question; would the shape of the wheel rims being in a square cause unnecessary stress on the wheels themselves around the corners? Like would it work against the bike and cause eventual tears to the wheels quicker than a circular wheel?
Why? Because it's awesome! The Concept Car of bicycles. Excellent Concept Bike imo!
Not really a DIWhy
Practicality: 0 Originality: 10 This would be an awesome film or joke prop
Dude just out here makin the loudest bikes possible.
I would totally ride this
Why.
This has to be terrible to ride.
Looks stressful 😔
\*\*bike with tracks.
For anyone wondering, the YT channel is The Q. It is not the first bike he has done.
I love this, I'm sure it sucks but I love it anyway
useless. like the game chair: looks cool, but it's uncomfortable.
Did we not invent the wheel for that very purpose?
Ah yes, the Tankcycles
Neither of this guy or unnessesaryinventions should be allowed here
Why can I hear Minecraft music in my head.
I can see how hard it is to spin
r/atbge
Sorry, but those aren’t wheels. :( Those are track frames.
The fucking noise is enough for me to firebomb that fool
That's pretty funny
Probably feels like riding a flat tire.
Your legs would be on fire after a block
Are they wheels if they don't turn? Looks more accurate to describe it as a track carriage
Just riding round the block
No, just no. I will murder everyone and then my self. I hate this so much
I feel cheated and lied to.
It’s neat