Is Road & Track getting a clue?
03-06-10, 08:46 PM
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Pedaled too far.
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Is Road & Track getting a clue?
Today in the library, I was shocked to discover that Road & Track magazine was doing a road test on pedicabs? Could they be seeing the light? Could they be getting a glimmer of things to come?
Pedicab Road Test
But then I remembered that it was their April issue. But it's a cool article anyway.
Pedicab Road Test
But then I remembered that it was their April issue. But it's a cool article anyway.
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03-06-10, 10:06 PM
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Drag races… laps around the block… it doesn’t matter as long as the insatiable craving for moderately disappointing speed is satisfied.
03-07-10, 12:09 AM
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Haha. Thanks. Very entertaining article and photo slideshow.
03-07-10, 06:02 AM
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Don't miss the technical data sheet in the "Data Panel" section of the article:
ENGINE
Type/layout human, 1 head, 4 heart valves, 2 prehensile thumbs, some issues, 1 possibly immortal soul, some ability to distinguish right from wrong after sex drive wanes
Valvetrain variable cam timing controlled by frontal lobe
Displacement larger than any cabin-class airline seat
Compression ratio na
Horsepower imagine a small Shetland with swine flu
Bhp/liter A liter of what? It all depends if the 7/11 guy asks for your ID
Torque bodacious
Redline/limiter 90 rpm on a good day/EPO level in bloodstream
Fuel injection plastic "spork" and straw
Recommended fuel a nice healthy lunch like your mom would have fixed instead of that junk you and your friends are always eating
Type/layout human, 1 head, 4 heart valves, 2 prehensile thumbs, some issues, 1 possibly immortal soul, some ability to distinguish right from wrong after sex drive wanes
Valvetrain variable cam timing controlled by frontal lobe
Displacement larger than any cabin-class airline seat
Compression ratio na
Horsepower imagine a small Shetland with swine flu
Bhp/liter A liter of what? It all depends if the 7/11 guy asks for your ID
Torque bodacious
Redline/limiter 90 rpm on a good day/EPO level in bloodstream
Fuel injection plastic "spork" and straw
Recommended fuel a nice healthy lunch like your mom would have fixed instead of that junk you and your friends are always eating
03-07-10, 07:40 AM
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Yep standard April fare for R&T. You ought to check out some of the back issues, mainly the April ones.
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"Steel: nearly a thousand years of metallurgical development
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03-08-10, 01:35 PM
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Pedaled too far.
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Think they'll get into drifting those pedicabs? 
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03-08-10, 05:28 PM
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Pedicabs look to me al little like the old war chariots, but with a bike rider up front instead of four horses. I'd love to see the president of the NRA standing in the back of a pedicab, whipping on the rider in front! 
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I laughed hard. My wife thought I needed help...thanks for entertainment for the evening1
03-09-10, 10:08 PM
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from my experience (short lived) as a pedicab driver there's no way to get that thing to drift hahaha. But those thing weigh a TON.
03-14-10, 10:52 AM
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Bike ≠ Car ≠ Ped.
R&T's previous April road tests have included a Pontiac-sponsored hot air balloon, the transporter that carries the Space Shuttle to its launch pad, a steam locomotive, and a four-lackey sedan chair. Fun stuff.
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