Saturday 1 April 2023

When I First And Second Saw This,

I had to ask, "what is it",


photograph Record Institute for Germany, a few facts, it was built over 2500 hours, it is over 5 meters in length, almost 2 meters tall, and weighs in at about 4,800 lbs (2,177 kg), now this might give you a clue as to what it is, it has 35 forward gears and 7 reverse gears and can tow up to 15 tons, without any problems, it has a built-in engine, but only for powering the alternator that charges the user’s cell phone, so what is it?
 
it is named Kleine Johanna, and was built by Sebastian Beutler, who lives in Köthen, a town in Germany’s Saxony-Anhalt state, it is the heaviest rideable bicycle in the world according to the Record Institute for Germany, a national version of the Guinness Book of Records, the fantastical machine is powered by just one person and thanks to a truck gearbox adapted to enhance the classic bicycle gear system, easy to ride, so easy in fact that, the builder says he plans to ride to the Baltic Sea for a vacation in the summer, a 389-kilometer ride that he estimates will take him about a month to complete, note to car drivers, if you see this in the cycle lane, defiantly give way!


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