Saturday, September 27, 2008

Land Speed Record

Here's a recumbent bike in its natural environment, making 82.3 mph.


Battle Mountain NV has a stretch of certifiably flat highway suitable for this sort of thing.

Note that this thing, in addition to being a short-wheelbase recumbent, is also a front-wheel-drive machine.
Front wheel drive means that either you have some kind of fancy method to allow the wheel to turn when you steer it while keeping the chain from jumping off, or, in this case, you don't plan on doing much steering.

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