Originally Posted by
Gordiep
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.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human-p...rface_vehicles
OK that figure I recall must have been in km/h. It was a really interesting profile of this guy who set a land speed record in the early 20th century. I wish I could find it...
Edit!! Found it. This is just ****ing awesome. I messed up the speed and the era, it was just about 130 mph in the 60s, pushing 130*15:
http://cycling.ahands.org/bicycling/datewithdeath.html
"In case of fatal accident, I beg of the spectators not to feel sorry for me. I am a poor man, an orphan since the age of eleven, and I have suffered much. Death holds no terror for me. This record attempt is my way of expressing myself. If the doctors can do no more for me, please bury me by the side of the road where I have fallen."
how can you possibly **** with this