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 Ionut Predescu’s Tensegrity Bike Balances Compression & Tension Published: Mar 9, 09 Comments: 2 Views: 6,020 Buckminster Fuller would be proud. ‘Tensegrity’ is the term he coined to describe a structure that is a balance of members and cables in pure compression and tension. Ionut Predescu has created a bicycle leveraging the compression of carbon fiber tubes against the tension of Kevlar wire. The result is a markedly lighter, but definitely cooler, bicycle. Whether this could withstand the rigors of side-to-side loads that bikes can experience when in the heat of competition remains to be seen. Not to mention the possible problems that could occur in a pile-up. Still, it’s a design worth pursuing.  This Wire Bike from designer Ionut Predescu instead relies on tensegrity to leverage the tensile strength of Kevlar wire against the compression strength of but two carbon fiber tubes. The end result is a theoretically lighter bicycle where the rider and his seat seems to float against the rest of the bike through the tension of the cables.
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