On March 14, we celebrate the World Constant π Day, as this date, judging by the American notation, comes closest to it with numbers. In addition, one of the greatest geniuses of our time, Albert Einstein, was born on March 14, 1879. It would be hard to imagine more ideal circumstances for the presentation of the imaginative Pi bike.
Some spend hours and hours deciphering the infinite constant π, while others imagine π in a completely different way. Martijn Koomen and Tadas Maksimovas are a constant written in greek letters, saw not as constant of the ratio between the circumference of a circle and its diameter, but as something completely different. They saw the potential shape of a bicycle in it. From an idea first conceived by a Malaysian illustrator Yau Hoong, was created 2D sketch, from which the two budding 'artists' made a completely useful one the Pi Bike.
The frame of the bike is made entirely of carbon fiber and it has no gears, just a good old chain to drive the rear wheel. It took a lot of tweaking and testing to get to the final, functional form, but the end result is worth all the effort. At the Pi wheel, they go mathematics and a bicycle in your hand, because you are without a bicycle circle we simply cannot imagine.
Gallery: Pi Bike
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