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The first bike was very interesting, and in no way looked bodged. The hubs themselves had a lot going on. I'd imagine testers genius to lunatic ratio was actually rather conservative, but it only takes one.
I really think @No_Fork should just say 'here's my work, make of it what you will'. The world needs people to try new things, but it's normally the world that gets to judge if and what use they will be, not the creator.
When you think of a new idea, before forging on with it, think about why NOBODY has done it before and then go and do something else.
This is clueless bodging, not innovation or engineering.