quote: Pickens, president of rocket-design firm Orion Propulsion, created his first rocket bike with fellow speed enthusiast Glenn May by bolting a 35-pound-thrust rocket engine to Pickens's bike -- enough power for a gentle push down the road.
That project didn't kill anyone, so Pickens got himself another bike and stepped it up, attaching a 200-pound-thrust engine capable of blasting him from 0 to 60 miles an hour in five seconds -- fast enough to beat a Porsche in a drag race.
I want to see Dang riding one of these to work in the near future. I bet his photos would be come out all blurry though.
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Fucking hell! A bike that powers itself so you don't have to pedal! What will they think of next! This is going to revolutionise transport. Imagine if these things were in mass production. Powered bicycles! Incredible! This is the way of the future.
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I can see Dang buying one of those from the Acme corporation - then he'll finally get his hands on that pesky road-runner.
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quote:Originally posted by ben: I can see Dang buying one of those from the Acme corporation - then he'll finally get his hands on that pesky road-runner.
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