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Title: Bicycle Mobile Taken To The Nth Degree Post by: Tom WA3KLR on July 29, 2005, 03:18:50 PM The following has been developed by Steve Roberts N4RVE of Shacktopus:
An extreme bicycle mobile communications set-up. See the third photo from the bottom of this web page for a view of his bicycle mobile. (Attention - Irb eat your heart out.) http://microship.com/resources/winnebiko-behemoth.html Title: Bicycle Mobile Taken To The Nth Degree Post by: wa2zdy on July 29, 2005, 07:48:06 PM I remember when that guy originally did that bike thing. I never did follow up, so was unaware of the later versions. I thought he was nuts the first time, the successive versions just make me more sure of it.
A 580 pound bicycle, loaded with so much stuff it needed a proximity sensor security system? If that's not nuts, someone tell me what it is. Title: Bicycle Mobile Taken To The Nth Degree Post by: Tom WA3KLR on July 29, 2005, 08:08:21 PM (http://microship.com/resources/resourcepix/behemothwisc.jpg)
Title: Bicycle Mobile Taken To The Nth Degree Post by: Jack-KA3ZLR- on July 29, 2005, 08:20:23 PM Think Maybe it's a Little OverKill.. :roll:
Title: Bicycle Mobile Taken To The Nth Degree Post by: W1RKW on July 29, 2005, 08:30:31 PM Seems like some of the stuff on the BEHEMOTH is useless in terms of radio. It has a radiation monitor. For what ?
Title: Bicycle Mobile Taken To The Nth Degree Post by: K1JJ on July 29, 2005, 10:01:59 PM He's definately a type A. I can see how he could get carried
away - and kept adding stuff while knowing full well the thing still needed to be pedaled by muscle. Gads. Just imagine having TWO, 300 pound guys riding on the handle bars and rear fender of your own bicycle and trying to keep the thing stable at high speed and then pedaling up hills. With that 120? speed gearbox can you imagine the amount of leg revolutions at the slowest speed to make it up a steep hill? Thank goodness it has training wheels or it would tip over at the slower speeds. Reminds me of a few nutcase Yagis I've built and then realized they were just too darn big and heavy to erect - tore down and did something else. His project was more of a mind f**k without much real whirl practicality. But still, I'm impressed in a weird sorta way.... :D T Title: Bicycle Mobile Taken To The Nth Degree Post by: KA8WTK on July 29, 2005, 10:44:06 PM I didn't think that thing was still around. I too remember the original and I also thought it was crazy. But then, some folks think I am crazy........
Title: Bicycle Mobile Taken To The Nth Degree Post by: Warren on July 30, 2005, 11:19:56 AM Quote from: Bill I didn't think that thing was still around. I too remember the original and I also thought it was crazy. But then, some folks think I am crazy........ I remember when he was running a Commodore computer (Commodore 64 I think) on his bike and he was in all of the Commodore magazines. Yes, its definitely 'over the top' but it doesn't bother anyone else and he must get a LOT of exercise pedalling a 580 pound bike up hills! I've always gone in the opposite direction, preferring racing bikes with no racks, radios or other do-dads, keep it light and clean looking. 73 Warren K2ORS/WD2XGJ Title: Re: Bicycle Mobile Taken To The Nth Degree Post by: John Holotko on July 31, 2005, 05:12:56 AM Quote from: Tom WA3KLR The following has been developed by Steve Roberts N4RVE of Shacktopus: An extreme bicycle mobile communications set-up. See the third photo from the bottom of this web page for a view of his bicycle mobile. (Attention - Irb eat your heart out.) http://microship.com/resources/winnebiko-behemoth.html Must be fun pumping that bad boy up a hill. |