Originally Posted by bostontrevor
They use commas for decimal points in Europe. They also use the period instead of commas for thousands separations.
while that's certainly true, i think we can agree that 45,871 kph is still f
ucking fast. for an hour. and for a 50 y/old. damn.
edit: this is from rec.bicycles.racing -
"It's for a good cause. He's taking sponsors for a minimum of 1 euro per
kilometre. The money goes to an organization that helps AIDS orphans in
Africa. Van Beek himself is a cancer survivor (melanomous cancer '85-'87).
Here's the site:
http://www.goedkoopsteskelter.nl/recordpoging.htm (in
Dutch but plenty of photos). There's a form at the bottom of the page for
pledging as a sponsor. "