How fast do you ride a bike? A bike shop owner in Stoke, England was creating a high-speed bike and had to make the speed record of 112.94 mph (181 kph). Yes, Jason Rourke, who runs Brian Rourke Cycles in Burslem in Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire has been make the high-speed bike by spending time during the ten days. It's pure, a bicycle with a human foot pedaling power that has four gears to run it.
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| Jason Rourke spent 10 days and £5,000 building the 10 kg (22 lbs) super-strong bike. (Picture from: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/) |
If the ordinary bicycle has only one chain ring and one rear gear too, Rourke bike has a pair of these devices that use two chains. Rourke admitted, all parts of his bicycle, except the tires using the British goods production. Fastest bike in the world that uses a pair of aluminum wheels and its frame with a size of 56 cm x 56 cm. The bike overall weight reaches 10 kg (22 lbs). Rourke spent as much as £5,000, or approximately Rp. 100 million to make this bike.
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| Daredevil cyclist Guy Martin (pictured) commissioned bicycle shop owner Jason Rourke to make the super pushbike (also pictured) which he has since pedalled into the record books at 112 mph (177 kph). (Picture from: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/) |
Guy Martin, a motorcycle racer who has been test the bike at high speed. At first, Martin is only capable of driving it at 177 kph (112 mph) in Pendine Sands, South Wales. But in the second trial he broke the record with a drive up to 112.94 mph (181 kph). Of course this speed record was broke the previous speed record that has been noted by Dutch cyclists, Sebastian Bowier, who drove at a speed of 133.78 kph (83,13 mph).
"Because of all the components used are homemade, this bike is almost priceless. Due every bike company would not make it. But the cost of £5,000," said Rouker as quoted by the Daily Mail, on Wednesday, January 1, 2014. With the Rouker statement, it seems the bike with two chains will not be mass produced due to the cost of production. *** [EKA | FROM PREVIOUS SOURCES | DAILY MAIL]
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