24,000-Watt Scooter Is Going for a 100 MPH Speed Record at Bonneville

Re:24,000-Watt Scooter Is Going for a 100 MPH Speed Record a... by 4gotunameagain on Friday August 22, 2025 @05:15AM (#44982442)

24 kW on a Penny Farthing-like bike ?

At 100 MPH you hit the brakes and instead of stopping the whole thing just rolls over to slam you with the same velocity to the ground ? x)

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Re:24,000-Watt Scooter Is Going for a 100 MPH Speed Record a... by hi_hi on Friday August 22, 2025 @05:31AM (#44982534)

Penny Farthing or E-Scooter, at these speeds you're going to slam into the ground and become a mess regardless. At least on the PF, you look cool...

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Re:24,000-Watt Scooter Is Going for a 100 MPH Speed Record a... by 4gotunameagain on Friday August 22, 2025 @05:46AM (#44982607)

It only takes basic high school physics to see how much worse a penny farthing is. And I'm no fan of scooters.

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Re:24,000-Watt Scooter Is Going for a 100 MPH Speed Record a... by hi_hi on Friday August 22, 2025 @06:57AM (#44982985)

I dunno man. That big wheel is going to ride over those pot holes like they're nothing.

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Re:24,000-Watt Scooter Is Going for a 100 MPH Speed Record a... by 4gotunameagain on Friday August 22, 2025 @08:26AM (#44983679)

We were specifically talking about breaking.

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Re:24,000-Watt Scooter Is Going for a 100 MPH Speed Record a... by stavros on Friday August 22, 2025 @05:34AM (#44982546)

Listen I don't know the physics, I'm the ideas man, the practical details are for you eggheads to figure out.

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Re:24,000-Watt Scooter Is Going for a 100 MPH Speed Record a... by hi_hi on Friday August 22, 2025 @06:54AM (#44982967)

At last, someone who gets it. Whats the point in moving at 100mph, on the edge of death, and looking like a dork.

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