Entries tagged with “powered”.


Robert Maddox testing his super twin pulsejet powered bike at 70 MPH

Steam Powered Bicycle designed and built from scratch by the late Robert V Grosse c. 1984. Saskatoon SK Canada. This bike made the local newspaper, local tv (in fact this was the clip from the local CBC news broadcast), as well as National TV. At the time it was rumoured to be the only known steam bike in all of Canada. Posted by your Son, Robert Jr. Love you Dad.

This is our entry to Specialized and Google's "Innovate or Die" competition. It is a bicycle-powered water distillery. Using friction heat from a bicycle "fluid trainer", contaminated or unsafe water is boiled, and the vapor is condensed, making it fit to drink. Currently the design relies on "pedal power", but it could be easily coupled with solar power, wind power, or a paddle-wheel in running water to produce clean water on a larger scale. The design has two boiling chambers as shown, one ...

Abita Springs Bicycle Festival June 16, 2007.

Speciliazed Innovate or Die competition entry: bicycle powered water pump and slow sand filter for use in rural settings in third-world, developing countries.

The fastest human powered bike world record was set in Oct, 2002 at 81 mph (130km/h) by Sam Whittingham from Canada. Since the record was set, it is still remains unbroken. Sam owns a custom bike shop in: www.fortebikes.com The bike was designed and built by Georgi Georgiev (Varna Team). www.varnahandcycles.com For detail of the record holders you can check out from this web site www.wisil.recumbents.com