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Not sure I want a home made high pressure boiler and fire between my legs.
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Aye well, y'ken, it's kinda normal for us like...
:-))
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Looked about as user-friendly as the Chinese strap-on 2-stroke I tried a year or so back. In that case the bike, an old off-roader with worn telescopic forks, felt too dodgy to enable the on-off power of the screamer to be enjoyed.
I do love that steam thing although thick leather gaiters on the cyclist's legs might make it feel safer. Oh, and footrests. And brakes. And a bit of work on throttle control. Seems to have a mind of its own like any proper machine.
:o}
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I have forwarded the link to three people and two have replied. One complains that the bike makes a lot of smoke - honestly what would one expect from a wood-fired boiler? - but the other, more encouragingly, wants his wife to have one to go shopping in the nearest small town.
I think on that basis it might be worth contacting the inventor to see whether a limited run of improved* wood-fired steam bikes could be produced. An amusing stopgap enterprise for Sheikh Rattolo perhaps since he is feeling restless?
:o}
*Footrests, brakes, leather gaiters for driver's legs, and perhaps an anchor for those wailing throttle-stuck-wide-open Swedish moments...
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>> Not sure I want a home made high pressure boiler and fire between my legs.
Keep you warm in winter and give you somewhere to roast your nuts.
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Why pedal... - Zero
