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Jet Cyclist Hits 73 MPH and Lives to Tell the Tale
Posted: Tue Jun 02, 2009 2:27 pm
by Sabre
My first contribution to this forum!
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He recently bolted a dual-exhaust pulse jet engine to the side of an ordinary bicycle, donned a leather jacket and helmet and then held on tight as he peeled off a 73-mph run down a deserted back road. And we thought he was crazy when he hit 50 mph on one of his single-engine contraptions last year.
Re: Jet Cyclist Hits 73 MPH and Lives to Tell the Tale
Posted: Tue Jun 02, 2009 2:55 pm
by Libra Monkee
Technically, I think this would be DC0WD seeing as there are no drive wheels. Still cool though.
Re: Jet Cyclist Hits 73 MPH and Lives to Tell the Tale
Posted: Tue Jun 02, 2009 2:57 pm
by schvin
that's pretty sweet!
Re: Jet Cyclist Hits 73 MPH and Lives to Tell the Tale
Posted: Tue Jun 02, 2009 3:22 pm
by complacent
Now
that is insanity.
Tires?
Wheel bearings?
Structural integrity?
BRAKES??!?!?!
I wouldn't want to touch that with a ten foot pole. Kudos to the testicular fortitude of the designer though.
Re: Jet Cyclist Hits 73 MPH and Lives to Tell the Tale
Posted: Tue Jun 02, 2009 5:50 pm
by snaab
complacent wrote:I wouldn't want to touch that with a ten foot pole.
Nonsense! Nothing a suit of bubble wrap can't fix!