Well......It is a recumbent. 207MPH anyone?

I've seen Eric Teboul on his rocket bike at Santa Pod a few times. At least the bearings and tyres on his have a chance. I imagine the bearings and tyres on a cycle based rocket bike are destined to fail quite spectacularly.
 
I often try and visualise a broken spoke or two at anything over 60kph. I guess in this case if anything catastrophically failed he would be well in front of it by the time he realised it - if he ever realised it. It looks like an unnatural act to me. Call me chicken if you like but I am a safer chicken.
 
Personally, I'd be fearful at anything above 50 mph. :eek:

42 mph is my personal record, coasting down a fairly steep,
mile-long hill on my first bent, back in 1985. Even at THAT
modest speed, I kept thinking about my tires, & the fact
that all I had was rim brakes! :eek:
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I wonder where he got that rocket motor. I have an old Kart that would like to have one of them installed.
 
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