vintagebicycle

Is anyone else thinking about how hot that bike is getting hanging on the front of the boiler like that? I can just picture all the grease dripping out of the bb and hubs as it hangs there.
I'm no steam expert but I was told while visiting a steam locomotive shop that the area around the smoke box can be in excess of 650°F, and the fire box can be over 2,700K° under way.
That bike is hanging on the outside of what is likely the actual smoke box for that engine, I would think that even though air flow when moving forward would cool the bike, heat conduction would certainly cook that bike thoroughly regardless of surface cooling. .