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Powered by a very large ramp in the garden, you could cycle
at top speed up the ramp, once air boure wings would eject
from the frame letting you glide to your destination.
friend of gizmo
The annual Bognor International Birdman competition.
http://www.birdman.org.uk/main.html
What pottedstu remembers. [DrBob, Nov 22 2001, last modified Oct 21 2004]
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Does a small alien need to sit in the wicker basket on the handlebars for this to work? |
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I'm sure I've seen this done on TV. When launched off a 20 foot high pier, it went about 10 feet forwards before hitting the water. |
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Incidentally the Wright brothers ran a bicycle repair shop. |
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//letting you glide to your destination// |
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What? *All* the way to the emergency room. How cool is *that*. |
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Aristotle: Don't know any aliens but my cat would love it. |
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pottedstu: the bike could be made of rubber so after
gliding you could then bounce the rest of the way. |
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st3f: school is only a few yards from my door, I could
probably just make it to the playground, what an
entrance. |
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It would be fun trying though. |
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Surely it would be possible to fix a ramp to the eaves of your roof and save a lot of energy in peddaling |
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Sounds good to me. I could rig up a catapult system for
that extra boost |
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Didn't Evel Knievel try this ? |
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Anything that keeps cyclists off the roads works for me. |
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