General Cycling Discussion - I want one!

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mwmw
09-28-01, 06:28 PM
Hydrogen fuel cell powered bike--its' only byproduct is water.
I can't get a link to work--just go to popsci.com and check out Extreme Machines

LittleBigMan
09-28-01, 10:11 PM
Can't pull it up, mwmw.
D*Alex
09-29-01, 07:17 AM
Who is it made by? Zeppelin Werke a.g.?

RainmanP
09-30-01, 05:14 PM
I just saw this in the October Pop Sci today. I'm rethinking this whole electric bike thing. It might be a good way for non-cycling spouses to be able to keep up/go the distance with the more experienced cyclist and perhaps learn to love it while pedalling when they can to build up their own stamina.
Regards,
Raymond
HillaryRose
09-30-01, 10:38 PM
But doesn't hydrogen have the nasty habit of exploding easily? I think the last place most people would want to have a mini-Hindenburg is right between their thighs...
HardBall
10-01-01, 04:47 AM
Originally posted by HillaryRose
But doesn't hydrogen have the nasty habit of exploding easily? I think the last place most people would want to have a mini-Hindenburg is right between their thighs...

Yes it does. Germany couldn't get hold of any helium for the Hindenburg so they used hydrogen instead. Sadly, the rest is history... I agree between my thighs is not where I want a hydrogen bomb! What ever happened to just pedaling?
D*Alex
10-01-01, 05:23 AM
What happens when the spouse runs out of fuel? Who's gonna ride that anchor back home??
RainmanP
10-01-01, 06:23 AM
HillaryRose, yep, and that is the big disadvantage mentioned in the little blurb in Popular Science.