Should there ever be a bike-porn thread...

It's a bike made for drafting behind a car.

That makes the big ring make sense. But I wonder why it has the tiny front wheel and inverted fork? I thought maybe to keep the rider's head lower, but the stem is extended to keep the top tube level.
 
That makes the big ring make sense. But I wonder why it has the tiny front wheel and inverted fork? I thought maybe to keep the rider's head lower, but the stem is extended to keep the top tube level.

To get the rider closer to the car!

Not my cuppa tea.
 
John Howard, Olympic cyclist and Ironman triathlon winner, reset the record to 244 km/h (152 mph), also at the Bonneville Salt Flats, on July 20, 1985. Fred Rompelberg from Maastricht, Netherlands is the current holder of the motor-paced speed world record cycling with 268.831 km/h (166.9 mph) since 1995.
 
John Howard, Olympic cyclist and Ironman triathlon winner, reset the record to 244 km/h (152 mph), also at the Bonneville Salt Flats, on July 20, 1985. Fred Rompelberg from Maastricht, Netherlands is the current holder of the motor-paced speed world record cycling with 268.831 km/h (166.9 mph) since 1995.
This is amazing. Thanks.
To get the rider closer to the car!

Not my cuppa tea.
I wouldn't think with the big fairing off the back of the car that it would matter. Although it looks like there's a roller mounted on the back of the car, so maybe that contact is part of the plan.

It would be interesting to experience just being pulled along in that pocket.
 
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This is amazing. Thanks.

I wouldn't think with the big fairing off the back of the car that it would matter. Although it looks like there's a roller mounted on the back of the car, so maybe that contact is part of the plan.

It would be interesting to experience just being pulled along in that pocket.

Wind resistance is everything. Doubling the speed takes four times the horsepower. Humans produce at max. 1/2 hp. That is what limits human runners and long jumpers.

It's why sprinters hang back in the peloton until the last few miles conserving their strength. Why break away groups cooperate in taking turns at front even with rivals.

My fastest on level ground is 27mph. Those who are in much better shape can cruise at that, with the proper gearing. Downhill I have hit 40mph.

I was wondering about the backward fork too. The distance between a straight line drawn through forks to ground and vertical line down from wheel hub is called 'trail'. The bike is always trying to catch up with the wheels contact point because of trail. Very important to stability.

In motorcycles sportbikes have small amount of trail, cruisers have a larger amount. Hence the slow turning and stability of a Harley over a riceburner crotch rocket.

This bike has negative trail? Might have to look up that impact on stability.
 
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