Finally a Video of the Races!

Well, its been quite a few months since we raced at Maker Faire, and it took long enough to get this video up, frankly we were all exhausted. We are planning on doing it all again in May, with some pedal car building workshops coming up (here in Sonoma County).

Please make sure that you look back in this blog to find the build requirements and restrictions before you start welding.... we will be rejecting cars that obviously do not meet some of the most basic rules... like the NUMBER OF WHEELS!

This video is of the "Man vs Machine" race, meaning that it is Pedal Cars and Power Wheels racing at the same time.  Believe me, it moves really fast when you are out there, even is we look like snails in the video!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oP9Y_Ofv4rI

Some News from the Races.

We raced all day Saturday and Sunday, every other hour we had 2 heats per hour. We also had one race at the end of each day that was "Man Against Machine" -pedalcars vrs. powerwheels.
Race results and more photos and videos will follow in the next few days!

More News about the Races, from MAKE itself...

Maker News

This is the work of a Genius, or a Madman.

(another post about brakes!?)

There is alot going on with the left rear of this pedalcar. First, the arm that goes on the outside of the wheel comes off with two bolts to access the tire. The brake caliper is mounted to that bar, and the handle shares the shaft that has the transfer axle sprocket, that handle also has the twist-shift for the derailer. Crazy, works really well. This car is one wheel drive, and one wheel brake.

WE HAVE A VIDEO TOO:

Sometimes we call it our commercial, sometimes its our calling card. Its about the pedal car races, and mostly we just call it :
    Our VIDEO