Thread: 100 mph fixie?
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Old 04-18-13 | 03:24 PM
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OneGoodLeg
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Originally Posted by Sixty Fiver
Not a new idea in the world of motorpacing...



The current record is 167mph... the gentleman above was trying to break the record in 1979 and was aiming for 128mph but had a blowout at 110mph (and survived).
This is for a fg/ss bike or all bikes?

I don't remember the speed he was attempting to hit, but I know there is a horrific crash video of french rider who was trying to set a new world record by riding down the side of a dormant volcanoe and his custom made/composite bike came apart at the seams during the record attempt. He face planted, into a rag doll flip, and than continued to rag doll for a few hundred feet. He did not survive. It's an awfully tough video to watch.
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