bicycle gearing.

**ischuldt** · 11-01-2011, 09:23 AM

Weird question. If you geared a bicycle properly do you think it would be possible to accelerate up to, or maintain a speed of 60 mph using only human peddling? Just had an odd idea that if you put a small motor on a bike that could get you up to a decent speed I would think you could cut out the engine and maintain that speed using human power alone. You'd probably need more help going up hills and what not, but...

**Polymath20** · 11-01-2011, 09:28 AM

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Yes it should be possible, but at those speeds drag becomes more significant so what you're wearing and the shape of your bicycle becomes very important.

The fools going downhill on snow and volcanoes are just 100% batshit insane IMO.

**JackCY** · 02-17-2012, 11:17 AM

it's all about drag, even in mythbusters they rode a bike behind a truck
you can find many things on the net
and silly like this:

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11-01-2011, 09:23 AM	#1
ischuldt Veteran Member [70%] MBTI: INTJ Join Date: Aug 2010 Posts: 2,839	Weird question. If you geared a bicycle properly do you think it would be possible to accelerate up to, or maintain a speed of 60 mph using only human peddling? Just had an odd idea that if you put a small motor on a bike that could get you up to a decent speed I would think you could cut out the engine and maintain that speed using human power alone. You'd probably need more help going up hills and what not, but...
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Polymath20 Core Member [413%] MBTI: ENTP Join Date: Oct 2011 Posts: 16,523	To view links or images in this forum your post count must be 2 or greater. You currently have 0 posts. Yes it should be possible, but at those speeds drag becomes more significant so what you're wearing and the shape of your bicycle becomes very important. The fools going downhill on snow and volcanoes are just 100% batshit insane IMO.
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02-17-2012, 11:17 AM	#3
JackCY Core Member [108%] MBTI: INTj Join Date: Jan 2011 Posts: 4,335	it's all about drag, even in mythbusters they rode a bike behind a truck you can find many things on the net and silly like this: To view links or images in this forum your post count must be 2 or greater. You currently have 0 posts.
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