Maker Faire New York 2011 Topic(s): Engineering

DRAG BIKE

Recumbent tricycle w/ range of nine gears run from the riders pedals to the fly wheel. Once the fly wheel is rotating at a high rate, the rider drops hold of the clutch and the brake and the power is delivered straight to the rear axle.

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About the Maker(s)

Porter Cycles

Wlliam Thomas Porter is an experimental bike builder working in Brooklyn, NY. Mixing art and engineering to find new forms of human powered vehicles.

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