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The "Lunartic Cycle" Here you go: http://www.yankodesign.com/2010/08/13/no-spokes-cycle/ Complete with movie. As for your extra reading material: http://bicycledesign.net/ Hope that helps!

The exact model is Start Shosse from Kharkiv Bicycle factory (ХВЗ Старт-шоссе) Wikipedia link about factory. This particular bike was a dream of many soviet youngsters, but in reality it is not anything special, as Soviet Olympic team rode on Colnago bikes. It is quite popular trend here (in Latvia, ex USSR member country) to make a fixed gear bike from ...

You have asked two questions. Is it feasible? Yes. Yes it is. As has already been said, many people rebuild old frames like this with newer parts to create unique rides. I don't know much about xUSSR bicycles, but I would guess that a lot of the parts are copies or near-copies of popular nonUSSR components. To my eye, this looks like a knock-off of ...

The usual method of identifying a bike is what you've done. The brand and model are usually part of the decals on the frame. My bike, for example, says Scott on the downtube, and CR1 Pro on the toptube near the headset. It is Swiss made, and the model stands for comfort road 1, and Pro tells you what parts were on it originally. If there are no ...

That is a 'Bicycle Shaped Object' with any-old name plastered on the frame. It is 'off-brand'. Years ago it was possible to identify bikes by the quality of the welds, shapes of the lugs, shapes of the dropouts and choice of components. However, with 'Bicycle Shaped Objects' this is sadly not possible. There are probably countless variants of this exact ...

'Gran Touring' alludes to 'Gran Sport' and 'Gran Turismo'. These were Campagnolo names used in former times for their derailleurs. I am not old enough to remember when those former times were, but they were decades and decades ago! The brand means nothing if this is a department store bike. That means you have free reign to do what you like with it. You can ...

I think those are McMahon Racing Components, possibly their "Power-Link" model. See: http://mombat.org/MOMBAT/BikeHistoryPages/McMahon.html http://www.blackbirdsf.org/brake_obscura/mtb.html

There was a time when bikes (and cars, and food mixers, and whatever) were manufactured to last, and the same model would be manufactured and sold, unchanged, for many years. From somewhere in the 90's, there seems to be an obsession with the NEW, so now bikes (and cars, and cell phones, etc you get the picture) change their designs overnight, so people ...

"Experienced and/or interested": Not for real world use. The regular spoked wheel is a very good and optimized solution to the "wheel" problem: light, stiff, low rolling resistance. The shown wheel is more of a curiosity, something to startle people. But, for sure, it is a good way to create potentially useful space "inside" the wheel...

I think Candy 1 SE is a special edition where colors are changed from standard Candy 1 as you can see in the links provided. Candy 1 SE is not even listed at Crank Brothers website. So if you fancy a more exclusive color set and it's cheaper go for the SE!

An excellent resource is Bikepedia.com, they have listings for a wide range of bikes.It is very useful when looking at used bike ads as they may list stock components and suggested retail price new.The newer the bike is the more information they seem to have.It is useful when looking at used bikes to determine age by what years components were offered and ...

Bicycles of this type are churned out by the many thousands and simply "branded" to various distributors. They are invariably very cheaply made; often with all-steel components and the lowest-possible level of brakes,shifters, and other components. They are as alike as peas in a pod otherwise. Other than doing the normal sort of maintenance, lubing the ...