This bike just might go 100 miles per hour

This bike just might go 100 miles per hour | Grist

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This bike just might go 100 miles per hour

When he rides his new bike, Graeme Obree must look like a man who’s been abducted by aliens and is struggling to get out of the weird, clear pod in which they’ve stored him. He doesn’t care what he looks like, though: He cares how fast he goes . And the super-aerodynamic bike that he has designed will, he thinks, go more than 100 miles per hour. Instead of pedaling around in a circle, the rider of this bike uses a push-pull pedal system, which, according to Obree , gives the bike part of its aerodynamic magic: The push pull arrangement means that the knees do not dip as far as would be the case with a circular movement, again reducing the frontal area and air resistance. Basically, he’s turning bike riders into engines. Instead of steam, we’re powered by corn. It’s not really clear how hard it is to bike this thing — Obree has a special breathing technique — but if humans ...

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@emplois_engages » 27 Sep '12, 3pm
Ici, aérodynamisme ne rime pas nécessairement avec esthétisme RT @jstrudel: Ce VELO pourrait rouler à plus de 150 km/h [link]
@jstrudel » 26 Sep '12, 11am
Ce VELO pourrait rouler à plus de 150 km/h! [link]
@phidippides26 » 25 Sep '12, 2am
Oh, FINE! NOW they tell me! [link]
@sarahflora » 25 Sep '12, 1am
This bike is so fast it might be worth the embarrassment of being trapped in an alien egg [link] @elohssacycling
@FionaGraham » 25 Sep '12, 1am
Egg? That's a human condom that is MT @grist Bike so fast might be worth being trapped in what looks like an alien egg [link]
@livingnatchgf » 25 Sep '12, 1am
This is bizarre“@grist: bike is so fast might be worth the embarrassment of being trapped in what looks like alien egg [link]”
@grist » 25 Sep '12, 1am
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@sasha_fierce6 » 25 Sep '12, 12am
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@JohnFromJackson » 24 Sep '12, 6pm
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@MrRogersNews » 24 Sep '12, 5pm
It could go 100 MPH – but would you want to in this thing? [link] #Cycling
@jlpratt4 » 24 Sep '12, 5pm
Imagine having a goal like going 100 miles an hour... on your bike. [link] via @grist [link]
@enniscath » 24 Sep '12, 4pm
RT @drgrist: This bike just might go 100 miles per hour [link] Looks comfy!
@drgrist » 24 Sep '12, 4pm
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@Stone_34 » 24 Sep '12, 3pm
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@carlos_ortet » 24 Sep '12, 3pm
Esta bici va a 100km/h WITL? [link]
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@MM73 » 24 Sep '12, 3pm
Aerodynamic push pedal concept bike just might go 100 miles per hour / @grist [link]
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@Global_Cool » 25 Sep '12, 5pm
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@Fringer » 25 Sep '12, 2am
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