Well, a fifty year old baby I have been hankering after getting for a while came up on Ebay, and I just had to bid (sorry Sir Bob)and won with some fiendish bidding brinksmanship. So I am now the proud owner of a Cyclemaster equipped Phillips bike.
The Cyclemaster is an internal combustion engine built into the rear hub of a bicycle and manages, with 50year old engine technology, to get 200+mpg. Beats an electric bike hands down.
Next project is to engage someone in the engine business to explore what a modern lightweight efficient engine technology applied to the design could do in a modern frame.
Now all I've got to do is get up to Cumbria to collect it and practice my Crazy Frog impressions ;-)
-- Tony
"I did make a mistake once - I thought I'd made a mistake but I hadn't" Anon
Well, a fifty year old baby I have been hankering after getting for a while came up on Ebay, and I just had to bid (sorry Sir Bob)and won with some fiendish bidding brinksmanship. So I am now the proud owner of a Cyclemaster equipped Phillips bike.
The Cyclemaster is an internal combustion engine built into the rear hub of a bicycle and manages, with 50year old engine technology, to get 200+mpg. Beats an electric bike hands down.
Next project is to engage someone in the engine business to explore what a modern lightweight efficient engine technology applied to the design could do in a modern frame.
Now all I've got to do is get up to Cumbria to collect it and practice my Crazy Frog impressions ;-)
Hey that's cool - you can ride a bike and still burn fossil fuels too!
Got to find out what the current licensing regs are for them next.
It's a moped as far as the law is concerned. But, of course, it's old enough to get a VED disc for nothing. BTW, don't bank on getting 200mpg from it; that was the manufacturer's claim from the days before the Trades Descriptions Act, 150mpg will be nearer the mark.
Got to find out what the current licensing regs are for them next.
It's a moped as far as the law is concerned. But, of course, it's old enough to get a VED disc for nothing. BTW, don't bank on getting 200mpg from it; that was the manufacturer's claim from the days before the Trades Descriptions Act, 150mpg will be nearer the mark.
I don't plan to ride it that far so mpg is a bit academic, I just like the concept and curious to know more about it. Must join your NACC to get the registration docs sorted etc
-- Tony
"I did make a mistake once - I thought I'd made a mistake but I hadn't" Anon
Going to have a few problems fitting a number plate
You don't need a front one.
Top tip for fitting rear plate to mudguard: get an old-style mudguard-fitting reflector and prise the reflector bit out. A long bolt through the middle of the plate, through the reflector housing and into the mudguard. A short bolt at the bottom of the plate directly to the mudguard. Done.
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and you'll have to wear a 'proper' helmet - and people wonder why they never caught on !
They did catch on, a bit. There were around half a million Cyclemasters made. And you didn't need a helmet in those days. The real reason they died out was that people's disposable incomes increased and they could afford something better than rubbish like Cyclemasters.
I don't plan to ride it that far so mpg is a bit academic, I just like the concept and curious to know more about it. Must join your NACC to get the registration docs sorted etc
Indeed you must. It's our Coast to Coast ride this weekend - you could stop off and do that on the way as you ride it home from Cumbria <semi-colon, hyphen, right parenthesis>.
Just curious: where's the line drawn between motorized bicycle and "moped" - if there is even one?
Don't even know if the term "moped" is used in the UK... when I was in Germany in the 80's, I think the kids could drive mopeds starting around age 13 or 14.
Here in Canada, "moped" seems to mean a two-wheeled "bike" with an engine under 50cc (you see a lot at 49cc 🙂 and you can drive them without a licence. (insurance is ridiculous though - on par with a new car!) They all seem to have pedals here too for getting around without fuel. (though having tried one in this mode, you wouldn't want to... they're a bugger to pedal)
You got me thinking about using a chainsaw head as alternate power for a bicycle.
Was thinking of getting a beat up old frame and a reconditioned chainsaw on the cheap and testing the idea for kicks. I'm sure it's been done and there are instructions online... haven't Googled seriously for it but this turned up from a "motorized bike chainsaw" search: http://www.mopedarmy.com/photos/catagory/5/
