New Boing Boing T-shirt: "Rocket Bike"

Our latest Boing Boing T-shirt was designed by Alex Pearson! It makes a great gift for all your rocket-bike enthusiast friends!

Boing Boing Rocket Bike T-shirt

See all of our offerings in the Boing Boing Shop.

Mark Frauenfelder is the founder of Boing Boing and the editor-in-chief of MAKE and Cool Tools. Twitter: @frauenfelder. Come and hear Mark speak at the ALA conference in Chicago on July 1.

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nixiebunny

I’ll have to wear this shirt while riding this bike…
http://www.cathodecorner.com/bikeboombox/below.jpg
John Smith

Looks like a great idea for a fixie.
Marky

Nice design! I’d make a great pin, or merit badge.
class_enemy

That’s actually a turbojet, not a rocket. Still cool, but ya gotta be careful about what parts might get sucked into that air intake…..
- ackpht
  
  The UK is developing an air-breathing rocket engine called SABRE. It hasn’t flown yet, but they’ve convinced themselves they can build it.
- http://www.gyrofrog.com/ Gyrofrog
  
  Yep, turbojet. No (or low) bypass.
  - alfanovember
    
    And a low-trail fork up front, for added steering liveliness.
- endrest
  
  I was biking around with a friend when we pulled up next to this guy –walking it. He said it was fully operational, but was out of fuel. That explained why he was walking it. Notice the intake has a more practical positioning than the t-shirt version.
Preston Sturges

That shirt would get your kid sent home from school.
- nixiebunny
  
  Bong Bong!
  - Preston Sturges
    
    Clearly the bike is smoking a blunt
    - nixiebunny
      
      School administrators can’t read.
pjcamp

I’m having fond memories of Mexican food right now.
http://dustindriver.com dustindriver

Sold!
hadlockk

I sure hope that’s a freewheel and not a fixed rear hub.
- nixiebunny
  
  Coaster brake!
  
  For a sense of its effectiveness, see the “JATO strapped to Chevy” urban legend.
noah django

fucking perspective, how does it work?
- class_enemy
  
  The engine is not only mounted off the frame centerline, but it’s at an offset angle (front of engine maybe 15 degrees to the right from the rider’s perspective).
  
  Apparently intended to go hella fast on a counterclockwise circular track. Maybe a revival of the old “wall of death” carny act with the added value of jet exhaust……
  - http://disqus.com/Kimmoth/ Kimmo
    
    Actually the bike, aside from the drivetrain, is perfectly symmetrical – it’s just lying on its side, half-submerged in black paint.
    
    Otherwise you’d see some sign of the left crank and other half of the bars.
    - http://twitter.com/fossilfuels Funk Daddy
      
      So there’s another engine mounted on the other side, but it has been completely ruined for being submerged in black paint.
      
      At least now no budding cyclist star will lose their legs to Jet Bike.
http://thespamdiaries.blogspot.com Ed Falk

You will not go to space today.