Rocket Bike

marty · Jun 19, 2007

For those of you who did not see on the old visforvoltage forum. Here it is.... The Rocket Bike.

17 miles a hour with no pedaling

Stihl - Professional, Top-of-the-line hand-held blower. AIR VELOCITY 183 mph!

History; It all started with a sore left knee. After about 6 miles of pedaling left knee gets sore. Very minor medical problem. Dr Marty does his own medical work. Tie leaf blower to rear rack with bungee cords. No more sore knee

Only problem is the NOISE :!:

Want pedal assist without noise. Buy Bionx PL350 http://www.bionx.ca Very Happy. Rocket Bike is now a leaf blower. Now we working on Electric Bike Project # 2.

xyster · Jun 19, 2007

Now that's radical!

Marty's next experiment with Newton's Third Law:

Straps a kid armed with a slingshot, blow-tube, and rounds of gumball ammo backwards on the rear rack. Instructs kid to hurl and spit his load at the motorists. If the experiment fails, Marty at least has considerable incentive to pedal like mad.

Toorbough ULL-Zeveigh · Jun 19, 2007

17 mph is faster than anything I would have guessed.
Installation is even simpler than a hubmotor.
I wonder how much quieter an electric blower would be.

knightmb · Jun 19, 2007

I would be curious to see what happens when you climb a steep hill. Since it's just air, the blower won't overheat if you come to a stall. Would be interesting to see.

TylerDurden · Jun 19, 2007

They're fun with office-chairs too.

Steering is trickier tho...

:lol:

fechter · Jun 20, 2007

If stopped, you could tell the cops you were street sweeping

xyster · Jun 20, 2007

You should keep it but upgrade to a clean and quieter electric leaf blower.

fechter · Jun 20, 2007

Naaaw... you should upgrade it to a real rocket cycle like this:

or this one:

http://www.tecaeromex.com/esp/bicie.htm

Lowell · Jun 20, 2007

Cool steering damper on the white bike. I just upgraded to a dual crown fork and I'm going to fit a damper on my own bike.

gwsaltspring · Jun 20, 2007

A buddy of mine learned how to build a small rocket out of PVC and epoxy components last year. Never though of applying the info to a bike.

xyster · Jun 20, 2007

fetcher said:
Naaaw... you should upgrade it to a real rocket cycle like this:

Yah, then go ride it around a major international airport. :shock:

Lowell · Jun 20, 2007

xyster said:
fetcher said:

Naaaw... you should upgrade it to a real rocket cycle like this:

Click to expand...

Yah, then go ride it around a major international airport.

Don't forget a "This Bike is a Pipe Bomb" sticker.

Doctorbass · Jun 20, 2007

Ha haaa.. just use sone 18650 li-ion and make them to explode.. you will get some multiple little rockets

Doc

xyster · Jun 20, 2007

Doctorbass said:
Ha haaa.. just use sone 18650 li-ion and make them to explode.. you will get some multiple little rockets

Doc

Been there, done that -- the big flaming explosion I expected was more like a little smokey fizzle. Ho hum, *Yawn*. Those internal PTC fuses actually work...

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