gavroche
Getting old but not past it
- Location
- North Wales
Check "youtube vélofusé." A French man achieved 207mph on his home made rocket propelled bicycle. Quite a sight on normal bike wheels too.
New world speed record on a bicycle!
- Thread starter gavroche
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classic33
Leg End Member
This mechanical doping is getting out of hand.
Jaykun85
Senior Member
- Location
- Northwich, Cheshire
i blame Clarkson he made this rocket propelled bike years ago.
classic33
Leg End Member
T'was old even then.
Drago
Legendary Member
- Location
- Suburban Poshshire
Surely a bicycle with some kind of mechanical propulsion is a motorcycle? Motor. Cycle.
vernon
Harder than Ronnie Pickering
- Location
- Meanwood, Leeds
It's got two wheels - bicycle.
Yes it's a bike but it's also a motorbike. The bike part is an abbreviation of bicycle.
Drago
Legendary Member
- Location
- Suburban Poshshire
And why is a motorcycle a motorcycle when you don't cycle on them?
vernon
Harder than Ronnie Pickering
- Location
- Meanwood, Leeds
Why is it a motor bike when the propulsion system is a rocket?
vernon
Harder than Ronnie Pickering
- Location
- Meanwood, Leeds
The cycle part of the word is derived from the Greek noun kyklos - circle, wheel.
Drago
Legendary Member
- Location
- Suburban Poshshire
Excellent! So kyklos, x 2 wheels = bicycle. Makes sense.
So add an engine and we have a motor bicycle, or motorbike.
So add an engine and we have a motor bicycle, or motorbike.
