From: NBG@BikeRoute.com (Cycle America) Subject: NBG Riders Spot Famous Housebike Newsgroups: rec.bicycles.rides,rec.bicycles.misc,ba.bicycles Date: Thu, 13 Jul 2000 23:49:14 -0800 Organization: National Bicycle Greenway Message-ID: Lines: 31 If you've already visited cycleology.com, you may already know this but brothers Max and Mark Chen spotted the Famous House bike that inventor Brian (can't recall hiss last name) made a big sensation with about five years ago in the national press. His design has evolved quite a bit and here is what Mark and Max had to say about what they saw: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- After Bike-E, we stopped at a cafe and met this other guy on a house-bike! The most incredible thing I've ever seen on two wheels! This guy, Brian, built a 20 foot house on two wheels. Granted the house part is the size of a two-man tent, but it was still incredible! All styrofoam and aluminum. He had a moped wheel in front and a Nissan wheel in back. The front wheel was attached to a generator which recharged a battery. When he needed to, he could flip a switch and the whole thing would be motorized. He claims to have gone 73 miles an hour on this thing! He's been living out of this house-bike for 5 years now, and this is his 13th model (the last one burned up in a fire). Absolutely amazing! -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- They even took a picture of it at the web that cycleology.com points to: http://www.bikeroute.com/Housebike.jpg -- M a r t i n K r i e g Attacking with Love Coma, Paralysis, Clinical Death Survivor '79 & '86 TransAm Vet, "Awake Again" Author TransAm w/us in 2000: http://www.BikeRoute.com N A T I O N A L B I C Y C L E G R E E N W A Y