What's the huge drum type thing on the rear wheel of this bike?



Thanks

either power for a light or an electric motor

That boring and simple? I thought it was some special brake because it wasn't a motor as far as I could see as there were no power supplies, it wasn't the gears because it had normal gears on the otherside...but it did have a nice light set.

yeh its a kind of dynamo

Thanks for the confirmation

there has been loads of different gear/power/hub set ups trialed on high end downhillers.
however thats definatly not one of them as ive yet to see a downhiller who uses a stand

lol yep, the stand confused me too, the two who got in the car didn't look too active but the bike looked reasonably good but I know nothing!

it looks like £80 of finest asda bike

and reffering to it as a bike is blasphamous (spl?).


rear drum thing could be any of..

light dynamo
granda electricmotor *unlikely
rohloff speed hub (google it and be googled at the price!)
coaster brake *god aweful spawn of satan city bike thing.

useless weight

I think its mean't to be a cheaper nastier take on a 'cruiser' bike, like what schwinn made years ago (supposidly) only its had crappy shocks added front an rear, and an extra 2ft in length

would be godaweful to ride anywhere.

hmm looks like something i saw on a bike in halfords once. was kinda like internal gear like an old three speed but with a about 7 i think it had. idea supposeadly keep crap out of gears and oil from gears out of yoru cloths or somthin lol