Rocket powered bicycle
Posted: 2014-11-12 07:57am
Yes I said bicycle. Shame I can't watch the video here at work. I'll have to check it out afterwards.
linkWhich is the more amazing feat: Switzerland's Francois Gissy leaving a Ferrari 430 Scuderia sitting still at the dragstrip as he recorded 3.1gs of inline acceleration on his way to a top speed of 207 mph, or that he did this on a BICYCLE? That bicycle, incidentally, was equipped with a rocket engine supplying 4.2 kN (944 pounds) of thrust.
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Gissy hit that 207-mph mark in just 4.8 seconds, at the 300-meter mark of the run. His quarter-mile time was a scant 6.8 seconds. If he has his way, Gissy could turn the 23-day Tour de France into a friendly afternoon of rocket-propelled insanity. Note that the actual record run was solo. The face-off against the Ferrari appeared to be for giggles. It was still the most comprehensive ass-kicking ever.
As insane as this all is—and as the video demonstrates, it is insane—Gissy plans to outdo it in 2015 with a new "monster bicycle" dubbed the Spine Crusher. We'll be watching.
