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12-25-10 | 10:03 AM

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LarDasse74

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From: Grid Reference, SK

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Originally Posted by Mr. Fly

You need to watch your units. The hour record is in kph, not mph.

The UCI upright bike hour record is in KM/h, but the HPV record with a fully faired 'bent is ~56 MPH or ~90 KM/h. But we ae not tallkng about a guy that got his first bike last year.

Edit:

From http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bicycle_performance

"The highest speed officially recorded for a bicycle ridden in a conventional upright position under fully faired conditions was 82.52 km/h (51.29 mph) over 200m"

Last edited by LarDasse74; 12-25-10 at 10:08 AM. Reason: New info

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