What a legend. Well done that man, gets my respect. The sort of bloke one should look upto rather than pop stars/footballers.

@wontee2

4 жыл бұрын

I agree, the world seems upside down in places.

@kajsaftw9694

4 жыл бұрын

Absolutely ! 👍 😁

@peterhoward7530

4 жыл бұрын

Oh no! This gentleman isn't filthy rich and he doesn't have a scandalous personal life. How could anyone possibly look up to him?

I didn't know I wanted a steam bike

@Roamancing

4 жыл бұрын

Was thinking the same thing.

@harrisp584

4 жыл бұрын

Likewise. I wonder if he has anything out on how he built it exactly (precisely).

@hfraat25

4 жыл бұрын

Can I have one please ?

@InArcadiaSum

4 жыл бұрын

You'll have to get behind me in the queue!

@soaringvulture

3 жыл бұрын

I've wanted one for a while. This one is beautiful.

This is what can happen to a man who doesn't spend enough time on the internet. A cautionary tale!

@prestonransome5362

4 жыл бұрын

Best KZread comment ever!

@alexanderhorstkotter2910

4 жыл бұрын

Well, he definitely spent a fair time on the internet looking up part specifications and thinks like that, i guess :D

@bryanmartinez6600

3 жыл бұрын

More depends how the internet is used Most of the stuff for working on cars was google and youtube.

@oiltoast3723

3 жыл бұрын

How impressive, you've wrote a KZread comment on a steam engine.

@xenowreborn

Жыл бұрын

Is it possible to learn this Power?

"It's called an eccentric drive" Damn right, it is.

@williamsavage6301

4 жыл бұрын

Well, it is an eccentric builder.

@adam_-adam

4 жыл бұрын

As soon as he said that' all these yrs i thought i was smart and a genious just flashed in my face saying' you are wrong" you dont know jack shit.

@thetruth156real3

4 жыл бұрын

Robert Cook Ha Ha, nice one😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

@flinch622

4 жыл бұрын

It occurred to me that every man needs his pants set on fire. Most do that via marriage, but a steam bicycle...? Now that's different.

@mikecook7530

3 жыл бұрын

Well said, Mr Cook !

Amazing bike! Adding 300 degrees C superheat at 120 psig is incredible. I was a boiler tech in the Navy and our boilers ran at 1200 psig and 975 degrees F. That is about 400 degrees F superheat but was absolutely necessary to push a 6000 ton destroyer to 30 knots. Love it. Darlington, South Carolina USA

@ianmangham4570

7 ай бұрын

Sleepy steam,live steam, dead steam 🇺🇸🤠

@kruz2727ify

6 ай бұрын

Sweaty Salute from the ddg-22.

Truly MASTERPIECE of engineering. Well done!

@mybluebelly

4 жыл бұрын

I bet he needs a license to operate it, lol.

@stevejeffries1603

4 жыл бұрын

It is

@paulstandeven8572

4 жыл бұрын

@@mybluebelly Electric bicycles are allowed 250W. Anything above 250W is classed as a motorcycle, and so subject to all the regulations and licensing issues. This machine is 130W - so it is well within the regulations.

@cia9315

4 жыл бұрын

@@paulstandeven8572 also, its speed caps off at around 15k/h. So neither the speed is a problem!

OUTSTANDING! But.... where's the whistle? here's a loaner till you get your own: TOOOT TOOOOOOOT!

Excellent. Just imagine what would happen if this chap and Colin Furze got together...

@beaufighter245

4 жыл бұрын

I would prefer to listen to this chap on his own. Calm, interesting and knowledgeable. CF, brilliant too unquestionably but, too much noise and hype.

@tonyduncan9852

4 жыл бұрын

Blue murder.

@thra5herxb12s

4 жыл бұрын

They could build a fake steam powered quadcopter 👍

Serious respect from me, Mr. Drake! As a model engineer myself, I appreciate the amount of work in that bike. You must get a whistle, though.

@harrymu148

2 жыл бұрын

ditch the bike bell, give a good ole toot to warn pedestrians. Or pedestrian riders for that matter.

Seen a number of attempts at producing a steam powered bicycle, but this is by far the best. It actually seems like an everyday use machine. ...It shows what can be done with informed and careful design. It would be nice to know a bit more detail of the hybrid boiler.

@someotherdude

5 жыл бұрын

Yes Steamyfog, re: hybrid boiler, I can't understand why cramming a section of firetube boiler in there would help. Obviously it does, but why specifically? The price for doing it has to be very high- the time spent on it must have increased by 10x. The refinement of this machine produces an incredibly rideable bike. Just imagine if ICE engine development were delayed by 30 years. The world received a few beautifully refined steam engine vehicles just as consumers got attracted to ICE engines. Doble, White, Stanley, Sentinel Steam Trucks, the last Bessemer steam locomotives in the 1920's with multiple cylinders/drive wheels, the Bessemer Steam Biplane, etc. We might have had steam engines right into recent times.

@twistedyogert

5 жыл бұрын

@@someotherdude In my opinion it was the electric starter that killed the steam engine in cars or other road vehicles. Why wait a few minutes for steam when you could push the clutch in, press a button and go? Also, some people were scared of steam because they were worried about boiler explosions.

@someotherdude

5 жыл бұрын

I think it was that and more- how would you operate the thing in the dead of winter with freezing? Boiler explosions were not too serious though, with small monotube boilers. The tube basically rips open and releases pressure, no 'bang'. But also, steam engines wold tend to have less range and to additionally demand water, and they are oil consumers too. Without computer monitoring and control, you have a more complex job as driver. But read about the 'cyclone steam engine', it now takes 30 seconds for steam pressure to be ready to drive- about the time it takes to settle in, put on your seatbelt, turn on the heat or AC, etc.

@JimRichardson

4 жыл бұрын

@@twistedyogert steam died because IC engines were a lot cheaper to make.

@dogphlap6749

4 жыл бұрын

@@someotherdude I'm not sure I would dismiss a boiler mishap quite so lightly. In this case a small quantity of 100 psi super heated (500C) steam released close to a human would be no joke. I have every confidence Mr Drake knows what he's doing.

I want one ..and a monocle 😁

@YaR0MyR

4 жыл бұрын

Don't forget the Nelson's hat (-:

This is the most British thing I've ever seen.

@MichaelHarrisIreland

4 жыл бұрын

I'm Irish and you're right. So glad it's someone I could relate to doing this personal experiment, we see so little of them by comparison to the Americans.

@BILLY-px3hw

4 жыл бұрын

he needs to modify it to make tea as well

@EPeltzer

4 жыл бұрын

@@BILLY-px3hwGoes without saying it makes tea. Rather the whole point I should say. He missed pointing out the little Darjeeling hopper, it's on the right hand side.

So, you, Bicycle Ship builder. You are one of our gifts. Thank you

Brilliant engineering well done!. Goes into the tunnel without a crash helmet and comes out with one on, Magical!

@AllniceAndtidy

4 жыл бұрын

My glasses must have steamed up watching this and had to look again when I read your comment about the crash helmet as I had missed it first time!

@JesseP.Watson

2 жыл бұрын

That was the cyclist he met in the tunnel that got vaporised as he rocketed through.

Wow, certainly an impressive piece of engineering. Looks like it’s got plenty of torque, it definitely gets up and goes.

Jay Leno needs one for his collection!

@thegardensentinel

3 жыл бұрын

Jay who??

@barrylitchfield250

3 жыл бұрын

@@thegardensentinel - Jay Leno - watch the video. He's a famous American comedian that owns a huge automobile and motorcycle museum in California. www.shearcomfort.com/blog/jay-lenos-car-collection-cars-from-the-jay-leno-garage/

Beautiful. These need to be manufactured and sold to the masses.

@cia9315

4 жыл бұрын

Yes indeed, this is a marvel of engineering. But lets be honest. Very few people would buy this. And they would do it only for the looks of it. It would be also very expensive to maintain unless the user happened to be a mechanic that knows what he is doing. Also, there are much more practical mediums of transportation.

@ozzymandius666

4 жыл бұрын

@@cia9315 Could come in handy in fascist states that ban internal combustion engines on bikes.

@MrDorbel

4 жыл бұрын

@jason9022 I recommend my book, "Recognising Whimsical Irony for Dummies". It will help you to avoid making a fool of yourself in future. (Available at all good book shops and indeed, at some mediocre book shops too).

@twoeightythreez

4 жыл бұрын

@@ozzymandius666 Yeah because a pedal bike should always have an engine. How about just buying a damn motorcycle if you don't want to pedal

@olzhasolzhas1869

4 жыл бұрын

Are you serious or just stupid?

What a beautiful machine, beautiful to look at and beautifully engineered.

After this demonstration nobody will be able to say "you go into such great detail"! Mechanical engineers were responsible for discovering the world. Thanks for the video!

Top notch engineering in this build, many people have built simular ones but very bulky, heavy and cannot compete with yours ! ,I'm very happy to see this.

The sound to an unsuspecting bystander is that of a small gas engine.

@MarKeMu125

4 жыл бұрын

Yeah, it sounds like a single cylinder petrol engine... Which it kinda is

Absolutely remarkable. James Watt would be impressed!

All I can say, I am blown away by astonishment! This is by far the best steam-bike concept I have ever seen, well thought out in design and color! Its one of the nicest machines, I ever saw!

What an amazing form of transport and indeed concept - and those working parts run like a Swiss watch. (I suspect that many years of experience have come into play, including early forms of transport made from lawnmowers and bicycle tyres!)

English understatement at its finest. You are a genius sir

That is quite something else, understated excellence in design and modern approach with the engineering.

lol fred dibnah, rest his soul would love this :D

This brings a smile to my face. I love my four stroke bicycle but this is really a marvel. Well done!

Very impressed by his friend's knowledge and very clear explanations. I found them necessary to understand the system.

I love how clean and neat his bicycle looks!

Beautiful job. Love the fact that "superceded" technology continues to be developed utilising discoveries developed since their hay day.

@catsbyondrepair

2 жыл бұрын

Steam train engines were so strong they were breaking shit two steam cylinders could best a lot of big Diesels

A splendid piece of engineering and you could even warm your greggs pasties on the side of the steam boiler .Well Done

@sewasewa6585

4 жыл бұрын

could make a steamer box and also recover heat to preheat the air while condensing

Absolutely Brilliant! Lovely work, Mark!

Beautiful.. piece of Art and engineering 👍🏼

Absolutely stunning piece of work. a real joy to watch, well done and thanks for sharing.

Beautiful work of art from a true craftsman. Well done!

Magnificent: beautiful engineering, a wealth of experience, attention to detail, and a genuine passion combine to conceive art in motion!

A very precise, able machine! Excellent work!

Absolutely delightful! Amazingly engineered, well done.

I wish I had the skills to build such a machine! An brilliant for the environment, you should be recognised for such a achievement

That is absolutely marvelous. I am impressed beyond words at the engineering and how well the engine performs. It's a true work of art and vision. Thankyou for sharing.

Sir my hats off to you. That is the most awesome bicycle ever! I would like to see your shop. Thanks for sharing.

Sensational design, truly inspirational for starting a steam bicycle project.

Magnificent accomplishment on what is obviously a labour of love. Thanks for this video

Incredible and beautiful engineering. A masterpiece.

What an incredibly intelligent chap. Bravo sir, your creation is truely magnificent.

Such a genius as far as i can tell this is as close to perfect. I have always appreciated the two years i spent studying physics at the community, you must have a spent all sorts of time thinking about isaac newton. I feel humble watching this video. My whole 70 years on this planet perhaps the most stable thing has been my bicycle. it has been with me and a part of me every day. I

Your sharing of this wonderful machine and her steam-savvy builder is enhanced by the great production values and the intelligent questions of the interviewer.

This is absolutely magnificent. Beautiful engineering.

Thanks for sharing, most interesting and an excellent job

Awesome machine, big respect and thanks for showing

So cool :) what a great looking and sounding bike ! Well done !

So good to have an intelligent interviewer as well! I did wonder about the cut-off so I was pleased to hear it.

Excellent engineering skills, great fun to watch

Beautifully engineered, it all fits so neatly in the frame

Excellent! Very motivating.

It's absolutely beautiful, congrats!

Absolutely captivating, I am in awe.

Nice to hear two blokes talking technical, and know what each other means.

Absolutely love it,pure character.Clever engineering,love to see in the boiler.

Beautiful work

Absolutely brilliant well done sir

Mark; very nice work, James Watt would be thrilled.

Absolutely marvelous. Bravo. People are going to want one of those not knowing the amount of work going in to making one. Beautiful piece of machinery.

Fantastic. Very well engineered.

Most brilliant! Well done man. 👍🙂

It's elegant practical. I absolutely love your work. People need to make their own power and get around, for cheap

Brilliant engineering. Well done.

Very impressive. Congratulations!

Brilliantly done.

Absolutely genius engineering! I want one!

Wow! Inspiring! Thank you for sharing

Fantastic! I'd love one just for the sound it makes, especially in the tunnel.

Wow, that's masterpiece of enginering. Well done!!!

Uber cool...well done...beautifully engineered....

Such an interesting machine! It looks like a goofy contraption from a distance, but close up it's clearly a well-engineered and artfully realized design. Well done!

You sir are simply amazing!

The end is hilarious! Well made!

Oh WOW! Simply fantastic. Ingenious and extremely well done! What an outstanding masterpiece (additionally it looks beautiful). Congrats. I bet that great Jay Leno (and Mustie1 for example) would love this steam bike. Thanks a lot for making taping editing uploading and sharing. Best regards luck and health.

Thanks for sharing your gifts.

What a beautiful piece of engineering!

Wonderful! - Hats off to you Mark!!...

🔵 Beautiful piece of work!... Very clean build and quite well-balanced!...? can't wait to see one with the improvements you spoke of.

Absolutely brilliant!!!!

Better than any E bike. Especially the exhaust note at the end 👍

Soooooo cool!!!!! Great job!!!

Very impressive engineering. Clever flash boiler design and safer too being able shut off heat like that. Quite a challenge to keep weight down. Thanks for sharing

Bloody brilliant!

Utterly splendid!

This is brilliant !

This is amazing!👍👍

That’s the best thing I’ve seen in a very long time😀

What a bike! And that sound!

Very cool idea, calling it a gentleman bicycle brings to mind expensive and complicated. Engineering masterpiece, like the small steam powered gadgets in the movie Wild, Wild, West. Which only Hollywood could do.

How awesome. This should be produced! I'd pay good money for something this clever

Oh. My. God. I want one! So complicated though, total respect for making it.

Absolutely brilliant

Ive always loved the potentials of steam

@charliejeans2413

4 жыл бұрын

Supppsedly spitfires Rolls Royce V12 ran on steam. The cooling sealed superheated system rand through the leading edge of the wings. The German mssserschmidt speed record "the French men burnt there hands on the leading edge when they pushed it into the hanger" The closed dry steam pressure system runs at 850lb per □ inch. Superheated dry steam. I think steam is the best system avaiable the sealed dry steam system can run for 00s of miles before needing a top up of water. Would go along way to explaining the old world and how they could build these magnificent structures. Steam is the ultimate power. Less moving parts. More efficient and far more powerful than diesel. E.g.. 2 5/8 × 4 1/4 inch. Two cylinders at 125 lb per □ inch pressure can carry 74 passengers in one load with 2 carriges. The engine us 10 foot long. 2 1/2 foot high. 1 . Foot .7 nch wide. 4820 passengers in one day. Parramatta to domain Sydney 1890. Cheers.

@jedsparks3868

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the info. When I was a kid about 60 years ago, I got a Christmas gift of a working kid version of a steam operated shop. With working drills, lathes ect. . A great learning tool. They cant sell those to kids now. Fire, boilers & saws. Wish I still had it.

@charliejeans2413

4 жыл бұрын

@@jedsparks3868 yes. We can't get anything now a days. Not even a chemistry set. Nanny state. I don't feel safe. Ring the DhHs. Omg. Help. Haha

@fishbmw

4 жыл бұрын

@@jedsparks3868 They do still sell them. Do an ebay search for Wilesco or Mamod.

@jedsparks3868

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks

Magnificent - bravo! I'd love a go on that.

I really like how he scrounged the bicycle and sot of cobbled the rest. This is very English.

@SmokeGrinder

4 жыл бұрын

That's not cobbled, it's engineering beyond a commercial professional level for personnal satisfaction. It would be intesting to see his workshop and personnal office.

@someotherdude

4 жыл бұрын

You're so right! I detect that too..... and he's so meticulous and the attention to detail done so well.....