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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)



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...


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


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


We were specifically talking about breaking.


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


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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