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^^^^^^ Yup - only one gear.
As she suggests, IMO they really need to figure out how to do it with several gears. That way you don't have to be physically "towed," and only use the car for aero reasons. Last edited by Louis; 09-17-2018 at 08:54 PM. |
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So amazing!!! Incredible feat!! I was fortunate to see Denise and John Howard give a presentation on their path to the speed record at last year's Ride the Rockies. So great their dreams became reality!!
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Allan Abbott 1973 Bonneville Salt Flats Bicycle Speed Record: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sUmabVbz0ys. Single huge chainring!
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Ahhhh--truck training! Our coach said 'pick a truck with a flat back!'.
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Gosh, I can't imagine hitting the pavement at that speed! :d
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Here's an article by Clifford Graves about José Meiffret's "Date With Death": https://cycling.ahands.org/bicycling/datewithdeath.html.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gAW946UQ1fU https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k8MAqmklHwg https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cKXeipLGXZc Meiffret got up to speed on his own with a huge effort, and only then moved behind the fairing. I love the enormous TA chainring. Still, his gearing was much lower than allowed by a double-reduction system, and his legs were spinning very fast. By the way, you can see close-ups of John Howard's record-setting bike here: http://www.copakeauction.com/land-sp...ll-april-2017/.
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The linked videos don't show a motorcycle, but it does show the rider starting out on his own, and then moving over to the pace car. It appears that he moves behind the pace car at much less than 50mph. Also, it shows that just after moving behind the pace car, the rider reaches forward and grabs onto the car with his hand, and then gets pulled along by the pace car. |
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184 mph and all she had was a single vbrake to slow her down at the end?
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