SE at brianmillerhotrodding.com

Code Name: Street Experiment

If it’s street you want, it’s street you got! Here’s an interesting bike for those interested in ultimate urban usage. It’s called the Street Experiment, and it comes from artist/designer/inventor/philosopher Brian Miller of Chicago, Illinois.

The Street Experiment is designed to offer the street rider a durable, agile, quick, and compact machine. To accomplish this, Brian has designed a number of interesting things.

Note the front wheel, a 24 incher. It helps keep the bike compact as well as having a low rotational mass. These translate into lightweight, quick acceleration, and quick braking.

On the rear we find a large diameter wheel. Testing indicated to Brian that because the rear supports most of the rider weight, the larger wheel could offer more impact protection from road deformities. It also increases rider comfort and increases traction.

As for the rider position, which to the lay eye looks cramped, Brian tells us that the upright bars are positioned so that they’re just above the height of “drops” on a road bike. This yields a highly aero position that makes use of maximum leg strength.

Having registered this design with the US Patent and Trademark office, it looks like Brian is serious with this design. Info? Write him at 660 N. Dearborn 406, Chicago, IL 60610.