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On mentioning Mythbusters failed to recreate this, he concludes Emile is amazing, still without doubting any of the story. "The insanity of this creation could
by CapitalistCartr 5y ago
On mentioning Mythbusters failed to recreate this, he concludes Emile is amazing, still without doubting any of the story.
"The insanity of this creation couldn’t be better expressed than in the episode of Mythbusters, where they tried to recreate his process."
"Without following a manual, the hosts disassembled a 2CV, which they found easy, then set about making their bike. That part was not so easy. They failed twice."
"The first, was when they tried to make a better version, requiring two to operate it. Fail."
"Then, they tried to recreate Leray’s machine from the images they’d seen. They couldn’t balance it long enough to save their lives. Fail again."
"Considering the boys had two good brains, intelligent, experienced, and endless time to make something, they failed two-times-twice."
- jandrese 5y agoThe original report states that Emile had a lot of trouble staying balanced on his bike as well. It is possible the Mythbusters version didn't work very well because the design was fundamentally flawed. From what I understand he didn't even get out of civilization with it, being picked up by the army not far from where he built the thing.
- ansible 5y agoSteering geometry on a motorcycle is very important, and getting it slightly wrong will make it hard / impossible to balance and steer. Actually, this is true for a bicycle as well.