Pulsejet-powered bicycle, for those leisurely commutes
By Nilay Patel 
posted May 22nd 2008 6:33AM
posted May 22nd 2008 6:33AM
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Me... wanty....
Sure it looks cool
But, its a suicide machine.
Imagine getting up to 75mph and not being able to stop. Keep in mind, if you slam on the brakes out of fear, the bike will flip over and make you do a somersault.
I think a better adaptation would be a go-kart with 1 or 2 of these. But, you gotta remember that when a vehicle is traveling this fast, it becomes dangerous.
Tell the world you're coming! WIth a unique
BZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ
sound you'll be heard MILES away!
I really hope you won't use it...
Great propulsion! I needed some safety feature too
Air bags?
ABS?
3-point seat belts?
Someone say suicide machine?
[b]In the day we sweat it out in the streets of a runaway american dream
At night we ride through mansions of glory in suicide machines
Sprung from cages out on highway 9,
Chrome wheeled, fuel injected and steppin out over the line
Baby this town rips the bones from your back
Its a death trap, its a suicide rap
We gotta get out while were young
`cause tramps like us, baby we were born to run[/b]
I think going 75 on a bicycle is more of a problem than the stopping. They just aren't built for those speeds. But that's not the point, it's freakin' cool.
I think the break pads would burn out at 75mph. So i wouldn't worry about flipping. I would worry about hitting a wall with out means of stopping. But why not throw some wings on it to evade the wall !!
I'm more worried about the jet blast from the exhaust nozzle. Instant face melt for any vehicle traveling behind the bike.
@flashpoint.... im fairly certain going at that speed, braking would be futinle and you wouldnt do a flip, maybe a 40km/h but at 120km/h, either your pads would disintergrate thus being worthless, or if they did work, and you locked your brakes your tyres would shred and you would slide crash.
Are you serious?!?!?!?
Wouldn't that make the bike pull Right Really fast during "Take Off"
How could you keep that in a straight line?
The offset of the engine isn't really great enough for much to happen. There will, of course, be a little pulling to the right, but I would imagine the riders body position and slight adjustments of the handlebars (probably subconcious) would make up for that.
Ok Thanks, just thought that because of the HUGE amount of thrust and the lack of it on the Right.
+ The engine weight.
Just add a second jet engine on the right side to even it out, and make it go twice as fast! Then you can kill yourself twice as fast too!
Does it come with traiing wheels? in that case i'm gonna be sooo cool riding that metal stallion
thats what she said
err... you're doing it wrong...
"err... you're doing it wrong..."
That's what she said...
training wheels..
I, for one, would welcome the edit button overlords
Jeremy Clarkson did it at MPH 2006 with a smaller jet engine from an RC plane. I guess we Europeans keep things smaller ;-) And the engine is behind the driver ... as it should be ;-)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_nYMwd9dmUw
That was a turbo-jet engine.
I'll take three.
As for "pulling to the right" Solve this with two engines, and make it go much MUCH faster.
I'd like to see a dual engine version :D
Just add wings.
Drink redbull.
Then check your blood pressure.
It would be more ammusing if it were a fixed gear.
Great, a V1 on wheels!
I dub thee: "BlitzBike"!
The doodlebike?
I guess the Darwin awards are always running. Sure, go ahead, your bike sure was designed for these speeds, just do it, man...
Well, my bike has hit 50+ going downhill.
Of course, it cost more than my first 2 cars (combined), so I won't be strapping a buzz bomb to the side, either.
Most bikes on the pro tour will easily do 60 or better on downhill runs.
Looks like something out of Bioshock!
Yeah, because video game developers don't get their ideas from anyone and completely come up with this stuff off the top of their heads.
Yeah, but what kind of mileage does it get?
And what does that do for your 'carbon footprint'?
some things are more important than your carbon footprint.
like riding a rocket bike at 75 mph with no breaks.Nothing is more important than that, if this planet is ever to be saved.
It ain't no jetpack, but until they are readily available whaddayagonnado?
I'm surprised it actually worked, and went straight.
But yeah, it's pretty stupid and dangerous....just get a motorbike.
If a couple wings were strapped to this beauty, I wonder if it would be able to fly... As a child, I once dreamed of a flying bike. Too much ET, I imagine. But still, it could possibly be feasible...
Great visual.
now i can impress all my friends at grade school...
the kid in me has to chuckle as that sounded like one enormous long fart.
I doubt the parts on that bike were made for going 75mph. You'd have to be insane to try that.
Who doesn't want a large strap-on?
---pulse engine that is.....
This should be in the ACME catalog..
It is but it's now out of stock, some guy called W Coyote ordered all of them.
Bah! We can't solve all of our problems by putting jet engines and rockets on them! Rocket powered kayaks, port-a-potties, what's next? Rocket powered enemas?
If you'll excuse me, I have a painful product to patent.
So... When the cops ask, just tell them it's for helping you get up -really- steep hills.
Nice!
Half a Gallon PER MINUTE at WOT ! and thats for the 50 pounder!