These jets are made for radio controlled airplanes and helicopters. But no one said you can’t strap them onto an old mountain bike? These turbines cost around 3k each. Not a bad price considering a sweet carbon bike will run you about as much. You will leave the competition in your after burners when you show up at the next criterium with these strapped to your road bike. Ale Jet stands no chance against a real jet.
Check out http://www.jetcatusa.com/ for the turbines.
If you want to ride taller than folks around you, or be able to see ahead of you in a paceline better, then here is a way to build a better tall bike. This bike will have all of your friends at burning man drooling, or at least pondering the magnificence of a taller existense…”Dude you are like next to God or something”
Instructables is one of the coolest sites on the web where you can learn to do a variety of cool hacky projects. Check out how you can make a tall bike and be able to switch back when the novelty wears off.
http://www.instructables.com/
Weather has been extremely good for cycling in Upstate New York. Usually in January you wouldn’t dream of riding on clear roads with little to no salt. Sunday called for a club ride, even though I missed out on my first team ride (My email wasn’t coming through from Yahoo Groups for an odd reason).
The weather forcast called for a sunny day with temps in the low 40s Fahrenheit. Problem is that I do not have a decent pair of booties to keep my toes warm. No problem, I will use Johan Museeuw and other Belgian Classics riders as my inspriation and use a pair of socks instead of Booties. The solution is as simple as it sounds. Get a pair of socks, put them on over your shoes. Once the socks are on snugly, take a pair of scissors and cut out around your cleat. I find it easier to trim the socks after you have them on than to try to guess where to cut beforehand. Make sure that you have a large enough opening so that any extra sock material does not get caught in the cleat.
Once you are done, you will be riding with old school Euro Style.
