Wednesday 9 May 2012

At First Glance This Might Look Like A Car,


even a familiar shape,


say a Ferrari FXX, but you would be wrong, it is a Fahrradi Farfall FFX, though based on the Ferrari shape the comparison ends there, it is a bicycle, though to be accurate with 4 wheels it is really a quadricycle, it is the brainchild of Austrian artist Hannes Langeder, who spent a year building the vehicle,


the upside is that it is peddle powered, so is ecofriendly in that there are no carbon gases produced, (except from the two occupants as they pant away to bring it to a top speed of some 10 mph), they power the skinny wheels in tandem using pedals and 11 gears,


the downside is that if it is in front of you it is the size of a real car, a mobile chicane as far as meeting it on the roads is concerned, also did I mention it costs £1.2 million? making it the most expensive bicycle/quadricycle in the world, just think for an extra £200,000 you could buy a Bugatti Veyron and never be in anybodies way on the road!

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