Dauntless
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https://www.cnn.com/2019/08/19/sport/cycling-speed-record-scli-gbr-intl/index.html
Speed Record has to Go somewhere
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markz
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Is riding behind a wind break hence a vehicle, really a "speed record" at all?
Might as well just get towed up to 500mph and just coast and call it a day.
Might as well just get towed up to 500mph and just coast and call it a day.
John in CR
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$18,000 to build that bike is almost as stupid as discussion of attempting the same at Bonneville. Imagine being blasted by salt being towed behind a vehicle at 200mph.
I always thought the old record was pedal power up to speed behind a wind break. This guy seems to have been towed up to speed. How can that be a record for anything?
I always thought the old record was pedal power up to speed behind a wind break. This guy seems to have been towed up to speed. How can that be a record for anything?
wturber
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John in CR said:
Yeah - I kept wondering if I was reading it correctly. All I can see is that it documents that he's got a lot of nerve/daring. If the rider isn't powering and maintaining the speed, I don't see how it counts for much else.
markz
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On the bike itself you can see the hitch that is apart of the bike frame.
That is no speed record at all.
A record is done by human power, start to finish. If they do windbreaks, might as well just put that bicycle on a tread mill, be much safer.
That is no speed record at all.
A record is done by human power, start to finish. If they do windbreaks, might as well just put that bicycle on a tread mill, be much safer.
I bet Luke's Deathbike could go that fast without a wind break.
Does seem like sort of a silly event. I don't see any practical application for the technology.
Does seem like sort of a silly event. I don't see any practical application for the technology.
dustNbone
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John in CR said:
From Wikipedia:
"Allan Abbott, a cycling enthusiast and motorcycle racer, elevated the motor-paced bicycle speed record at the Bonneville Salt Flats, reaching 223 km/h (139 mph) in 1973. John Howard, Olympic cyclist and Ironman triathlon winner, reset the record to 244 km/h (152 mph), also at the Bonneville Salt Flats, on 20 July 1985."
"Denise Mueller-Korenek claimed a women's bicycle land speed record at 147 mph (237 km/h) at the Bonneville Salt Flats on 10 September 2016. Mueller was coached by former record holder John Howard. It is not clear which authority was supervising the record attempt.[29] On 17 September 2018, again at Bonneville, she took the world record with a top speed of 183.93 mph (296 km/h) behind a converted rail dragster with a fairing."
So it's been done before on the salt.
I also fail to see the point of this contest. They do have to maintain the speed under pedal power for a determined amount of time, but I still don't get why it's a thing. Is there some standard dictating how much wind the pace vehicle is allowed to suck behind it?
Icewrench
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Riding along at high speed on a two wheel trailer while hitched to an 8 cylinder suv is a death defying stunt. No doubt.
Cycling purists might be offended. :lol:
Cycling purists might be offended. :lol:
markz
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Then a bicycle on a tread mill, breaking speed records would suffice as well. Be much safer and less risk of major injury, would cost less too.
billvon said:
And if you want to set that record I say "go for it!" You'd learn a LOT about engineering and moving materials at high speed.markz said:
Personally, I think moving at speed over a course is different than a treadmill, so they'd be different records - but no reason we can't have both, if you really want to.
