Guy With a Death Wish Goes 207 MPH on a Rocket-Powered Bike | WIRED
France’s Circuit Paul Ricard was designed for Formula 1 races, not cycling. But we’ll make an exception for François Gissy, because the guy just set an insane record: He hit 207 mph on a bicycle powered by three rocket engines.
The bike, designed by Gissy’s friend Arnold Neracher, is for the most part normal. Aside from those rockets, of course. The frame is elongated, probably to improve stability, but the pedals still work. It rides on a pair of fat tires, and the brakes are standard stuff, albeit essentially useless at that kind of speed. Gissy can use them to stabilize himself, but mostly leaves them alone. Yes, brakes are the type of thing you usually improve before subjecting yourself supercar velocities and 1.96 Gs of acceleration, but whatever.
pee wee’s big adventure bike flip
That movie never gets old.
In my best Pee-wee voice, “Where they hosing him down?”
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