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[Closed] Steam powered recumbent anyone?

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This Steam Machine, is one of a kind.
It is built from many laminations of European Beach.
Has 7 speed peddling capabilities.
The steam engine is 38mm bore.
Water supply aprox 6lts.
Gas is 2 kg.of lpg.
Does aprox 10km to a tank of water.
Speed no idea but it gets along quite fast 20-30 .

See Youtube clip of machine in operation.

original find (NZ version of eBay): http://www.trademe.co.nz/sports/cycling/other-bikes/auction-814114672.htm

I kind of want one! Anyone else? What tyres for steam?


 
Posted : 27/11/2014 8:58 pm
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Steam powered recumbent anyone?

No thanks. Despite it running on free water, it looks crap so I'm out!


 
Posted : 27/11/2014 9:05 pm
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I like that. A bit of polishing and it'd be very amusing.


 
Posted : 27/11/2014 9:19 pm
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Rider was disappointingly un - eccentric

Interesting but it would be noisy as hell


 
Posted : 27/11/2014 9:22 pm
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That's just the thing me and my friends have been looking for...

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Posted : 27/11/2014 9:26 pm
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^^^ what did you search for to find that gem? ^^^


 
Posted : 27/11/2014 10:13 pm
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steampunk, innit


 
Posted : 27/11/2014 10:42 pm
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That's pretty cool 😉


 
Posted : 27/11/2014 10:51 pm
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Wearing a helmet is mandatory. Pith helmet obviously not cycle helmet


 
Posted : 27/11/2014 11:21 pm

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