Rim friction drive?

[wheelbender6]

Anybody tried one? I thought about it when I saw an old rim driven (resistance) bicycle trainer.
I was considering using one of the elastomer wheels from an oxygen scooter to drive the rim.
It may be possible to use a cantilever brake to engage the friction drive on the rim.
I'll sketch something up in AutoCad and create a materials list.
If I get it to work I'll call it the "Wino Drive", to rhyme with Deacon's Rhino Drive.

 

[deacon]

Good plan all the way around.

 

[wheelbender6]

I found this link to a site with rim drive kits.
Snagged it from another forum.
Velo electrique - Cybien est fabricant de vélo électrique en France
It's a tidy kit, but my french is not good enough to determine
what the wattage of these motors are.

 

[ZRTMWA]

Here's the very roughly translated Google page:

Google Translate

 

[wheelbender6]

Merci, ZRTMWA