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		<title>Rocket powered bicycle.. for a million yen</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[I've posted up about cool electric motorcycles before, now for a rocket powered pedal cycle courtesy of some insane inventor(s) somewhere in Japan.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I&#8217;ve posted up about <a href="http://nathan-lee.com/blog/2009/06/05/an-electric-motorcycle-to-drool-over/">cool electric motorcycle</a>s before, now for a <a href="http://www.crunchgear.com/2009/07/16/rocket-bike-faiyatorikkubobu-for-you-one-million-yen/" target="_blank">rocket powered pedal cycle courtesy of some insane inventor(s) somewhere in Japan</a>.</p>
<div id="attachment_672" class="wp-caption alignnone" style="width: 410px"><a href="http://nathan-lee.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2009/09/faiyatorikkubobu.jpg" rel="lightbox[671]"><img class="size-medium wp-image-672" title="faiyatorikkubobu" src="http://nathan-lee.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2009/09/faiyatorikkubobu-400x307.jpg" alt="Those crazy Japanese and their wacky inventions!" width="400" height="307" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">Those crazy Japanese and their wacky inventions!</p></div>
<p>But wait, there&#8217;s more! I always try and value add on my posts so here&#8217;s the result of a bit of research. Let&#8217;s see what other countries have done with respect to the rather niche field of strapping a jet to two wheels.</p>
<p><strong>1920s German rocket bicycles</strong><br />
Digging back into history those clever boffins in<a href="http://www.dself.dsl.pipex.com/MUSEUM/TRANSPORT/rocketbicycle/rocketbicycle.htm" target="_blank"> Germany were also sticking rockets on bicycles 1920s and 30s</a>.</p>
<div id="attachment_673" class="wp-caption alignnone" style="width: 410px"><a href="http://nathan-lee.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2009/09/rocketbike1a.jpg" rel="lightbox[671]"><img class="size-medium wp-image-673" title="rocketbike1a" src="http://nathan-lee.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2009/09/rocketbike1a-400x329.jpg" alt="The trench coat must be a safety outfit for this rocket bike test" width="400" height="329" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">The trench coat must be a safety outfit for this rocket bike test</p></div>
<p>It had a bit of a rough landing for the rider when he got to 55 miles per hour (90 km/h for the civilised metric world). But he survived.</p>
<div id="attachment_674" class="wp-caption alignnone" style="width: 410px"><a href="http://nathan-lee.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2009/09/rocketbike5a.jpg" rel="lightbox[671]"><img class="size-medium wp-image-674" title="rocketbike5a" src="http://nathan-lee.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2009/09/rocketbike5a-400x256.jpg" alt="Bicycle racing doesn't get much crazier than this!" width="400" height="256" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">Bicycle racing doesn&#39;t get much crazier than this!</p></div>
<p><strong>Make your own?</strong></p>
<p>Seems like there are lots of people who have made rocket bikes.</p>
<p>This page talks of a <a href="http://www.rocketbelts.americanrocketman.com/artist.html" target="_blank">collection of rocket bikes</a> (and other rocket powered things).</p>
<p>This thing looks like you&#8217;re sitting on the saturn booster (from <a href="http://autoanything.wordpress.com/2008/07/15/" target="_blank">auto anything blog</a>)</p>
<div id="attachment_675" class="wp-caption alignnone" style="width: 410px"><a href="http://nathan-lee.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2009/09/rocket-bike.jpg" rel="lightbox[671]"><img class="size-medium wp-image-675" title="rocket-bike" src="http://nathan-lee.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2009/09/rocket-bike-400x266.jpg" alt="Stand well clear while starting up.." width="400" height="266" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">Stand well clear while starting up..</p></div>
<p><strong>Random rocket craziness</strong></p>
<p>Not bicycle related, but hey..</p>
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