Ultimate is right. I have posted old superbikes from Lotus and Hotta before, but this picture just reminds me that I need to post more of those crazy bikes from the 90s that I love so much. In the mid 90s, Bruce Bursford was passionate about speed on a bicycle and breaking records. Using technology and materials from F1 racing and the aerospace industry, he built the “Ultimate Bike” a version of which is shown here. Sadly, Bruce was killed by a van while on a training ride in 2000.
I just found this great page about his Ultimate Bike via Stumbleupon, so I wanted to pass it along. Check out the gearing on this LOLA labeled bike (a maker of Indy cars). Wow! That makes a 53 x 11 look pretty wimpy. I guess that is why I hardly ever get up to 207 mph on the flats.
that bike is pretty much awesome, I would definitely like to find out what it would be like to ride that thing, its cool to see how far things have come from their origins, as a look at this much older bike shows, but the similarities are still pretty obvious too
At 82 mph, the wind drag is a factor of velocity squared. No wonder he decided to break the record on a ‘treadmill’
Yeah Ron, I wish I could average the same speed in the real world that I can on my rollers.
Erik, I forgot to mention; great pic of the old Schwinn. Thanks for the link. That chainwheel looks like it would be close to touching the boards on the track.
Great Blog you have!That´s a really good vibes to bycicle design what you show here.
Continue the good work!
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James,
I really enjoy your posts on super bikes! It’s like looking at an alternate design reality.
LOTUS BIKES! i’ve been trying to find information on these bikes. I recently got a Lotus Legend and have it set up as a fixed, and it is a fantastic bike. please let me know if you have a website i can go to.
bonorox at gmail
thanks!