207 mph rocket-powered bicycle smashes world record (Video)
Posted by: Jon Ben-Mayor on 11/10/2014 09:46 AM [ Comments ]
François Gissy beat the world record, which he set last year, by rocketing down the Circuit Paul Ricard in the South of France on his bicycle - hitting a speed of 207 mph. For posterity, he left a Ferrari F430 like it was sitting on blocks.
Dialing in a massive 4.5 kN of thrust, which generates roughly the equivalent of 560 horsepower, Gissy took his rickety-looking rocket bike up to a monstrous 333 km/h (207 mph), hitting top speed in just 4.8 seconds and generating about 1.96 Gs worth of acceleration.
Source: Gizmag
Source: Gizmag
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