It takes me nearly an hour to ride the 10 miles from my west Edmond home to the office at Britton Road and the Broadway Extension. I could make better time with a jet-powered bike — if I could survive using such a device. This also would defeat part of the purpose of riding a bike to work, which is to save fuel. But it certainly wouldn’t be a boring commute.
The guy who made this sold one on eBay for $920, which isn’t much more than I paid for my used Cannondale, also bought on eBay.
Wired Blog headlines its report “Jet-Powered Bicycle Makes 50 MPH Feel WaaaaaaY Too Fast.”
And loud. Way too loud.
“It’s loud like a top alcohol dragster loud,” he says. “It’ll pop your ear drums if you aren’t wearing protective gear. That’s a drawback to the engines.”
No kidding.
A better idea might be to attach a jet engine to one of our Metro Transit buses. That might have shortened my colleague’s 2-1/2 hour bus ride from Edmond to The Oklahoman.
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