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Longest bike revisited
Record is stretched to 90 feet by Dutch students...
A while ago we reported perhaps the world's longest bike.
Now, two students from Delft in the Netherlands have apparently built a 90-foot machine, according to this story from Yahoo News, and are claiming a new record.
Of course, the Dutch would more likely be working in metres instead of feet and inches. 90 feet works out at over 27 metres...
Posted on 12 December 2002
Your comments ...| From: Buzz Starkbier ([email protected]) on 13 December 2002 |
Once again, a totally useless bike built just for the entery in the Guiness book.
Ralf |
| From: Ben - Kinetics ([email protected]) on 13 December 2002 |
| What I want to know is: what do you do with it afterwards? It's a bit big to go in the shed... |
| From: RtH (@cyclemagic) on 13 December 2002 |
| You build the worlds longest shed. |
| From: S. (seamustuffetc) on 13 December 2002 |
| Mobile clothes horse! |
| From: Steven Brandist (whatever) on 13 December 2002 |
| Find a long straight bit of canal to throw it into. |
| From: Steven Brandist (still whatever) on 13 December 2002 |
| Find a couple of blokes in Leicester that have a collection of unusual and strange bikes already. Then give it to them - they'll take anything. |
| From: Steve... (...) on 13 December 2002 |
| Build a really long and strong workstand. |
| From: Seamus (tuff) on 13 December 2002 |
| I just happen to know a couple of blokes in Leicester that have a collection of unusual and strange bikes already who conveniently have a long straight bit of canal to throw it into outside their place of employ. |
| From: . (.) on 13 December 2002 |
It could perhaps make a wide gate.
Or maybe a fence. |
| From: Steve... (...) on 13 December 2002 |
| Fit about 200 S+S couplings and buy 100 hard plastic suitcases and.. hey presto! the worlds longest air transportable bike. |
| From: Steve... (@thelaughterfactory.com) on 13 December 2002 |
"Or maybe a fence..." so if the bike was locked then it would be a D-fence (tee, he).
Jokes like that normally come from Roger, which are normally O-fences (hehehe...) |
| From: Steve... (...) on 13 December 2002 |
| I believe this bike has been produced to carry all the people in world who have never heard of Roger. |
| From: Seamus ([email protected]) on 13 December 2002 |
Hey Steve. If Pete uses a piccie of it for the D-Tek advert you'll be onto a winner with that line.
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| From: RtH (@cyclemagic) on 13 December 2002 |
| Never heard of me?! Don't they read the Leicester Mercury? Send me a list of who they are and I'll go around and introduce myself. |
| From: simon salesman ([email protected].) on 13 December 2002 |
| Roger, if you're going to visit them all, please give them my business card - I specialise in tickets to Australia.... |
| From: Mr Norris ([email protected]) on 16 December 2002 |
| Who's Roger? Ah, but then I'm not really involved in the cycling world really. |
| From: Steven B... (...) on 16 December 2002 |
ERRATA
In a previous comment I stated 'unusual and strange bikes'. This should have read 'unusual and strange blokes". Many appologies for this oversight. |
| From: John J ([email protected]) on 17 December 2002 |
| If you are desperate to aquire a loooonnnnggggggg bicycle there's a six seater for sale on ebay - http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=1792455482 . Last day tomorrow though. |
| From: Jaff (Jaff) on 20 December 2002 |
| Mmmmm. Sheds! |
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