motor power
I was struck by possibly the most stupid idea in the history of cycling one winter night when it was 18 degrees and I wanted to get home faster: put a motor on a bike.
By motor I don't mean an electric/fuel powered motor, I mean a motor as in hobby rockets. Yeah, it would only give you a burst of speed, but it would be a rather good speed to attain, but where would it mount?
So far rocket-powered cars have been highly unsuccessful, but does anyone have any ideas about how to pull something like this off? Would the force of the motor kill the bike? Would there be too much flameage for someone to safely ride it? I'm to the point of putting training wheels on my bmx bike to do an unmanned test...