Originally Posted by
mander
That bike is for riding in a draft to set speed records. Those bikes go ****ing fast. I remember reading that the record was well over 150 mph in the early mid 20th century, and i have no idea how high itd be now.
Boy...are you sure those numbers are right? I remember reading about the first bike to beat 60mph, running behind a train, inside a hood, over a specially laid track.
Last I'd heard, the record for human-powered vehicle was around 81mph...
EDIT-- I just did some digging around...that drafting stuff is nuts. The 150 number is from John Howard, in the Bonneville Salt Flats...behind a rocket car or something.