Monday, May 04, 2009

Bike Plane!

This is my bike plane. It makes me go faster. Or makes it sound like I'm going really fast if I'm riding up behind you. It makes the guy at The Cyclery laugh. It also makes it almost impossible to hear Eryn talking to me, and might actually make it more difficult to hear an approaching car. Here it is in the wind off Lake Harriet near the bandshell. For most of this video it's going so fast it looks like it's barely moving. It goes faster and makes more noise when I'm riding. I like how the sun shines off it in the video. Sometimes that glare hits me in the eyes while I'm riding.

It took me a few hours before I realized I could push it forward against the brake cable so that it could take a well-deserved rest from flying.

2 comments:

pete said...

I have one of those! My Mother in Law gave it to me. It is a pretty sweet item though it really doesn't fit my 31.8 bars....

Scooter said...

We should have a club. Cool people from TR with bike planes rock. Mine was a gift from my father for Christmas. I was excited to get it on my bike.