Have done 53 mph (coasting!) on our tandem in the White Mountains of northern AZ . . . didn't need no truck!

+ 1000.

Tastier than C-Record delta brakes.

The truck is prolly not hauling booze. Just their umbrellas.

again- i post this pic. you can't see the booze b/c it's in everyone's bloodstream, but the umbrella is up.

I pulled it down from BT. Watched it and deleted it. Not worth another viewing.

Well I'm not kidding about Pee Wee's Big Adventure. It is the best cycling movie ever. I ought to know because when my kids were little I had to watch it with them at least 500 times. There is another post on 50+ about Breaking Away, pretty funny. As to 60 mph drafting. I have seen it done at 55 mph.

That's gotta be BS - no way a Smart car can do 90kmh :D

They're computer limited to 135km/h... on the flats a loaded smart will do 120 easily.

:D :D

maybe it was in free fall.....

nothing to do this morning....


Down by Law: Cipo gets a ticket...On his bike!
By Tim Maloney, European Editor

Italian traffic cops are not that well known for their stringent enforcement of the law, but yesterday on the so-called superstrada, a divided highway from Livorno to Florence, the long arm of the law caught up with World Champion Mario Cipollini. Making final training preparations for his 2003 season debut at Trofeo Luis Puig this weekend, Cipollini & his faithful leadout man Mario "Avvocato" Scirea were motorpacing behind a Smart car driven as usual by Cipo's faithful mechanic Roberto "Carube" Lencioni.

As the Mario & Mario show streaked by the PolStrada (Italy's version of the Highway Patrol) at almost 90/km per hour on their way to the Cascina exit, the PolStrada boys hopped in their blue Alfa 156 station wagon, did a 180 and hit the gumball lights, pulling Mario, Mario & Carube over at the Lavoria exit. They weren't speeding, since the limit on that stretch of superstrada is 110km/h, but bicycles simply are not allowed on the limited access road, not even Cipo!

Although the police seemed somewhat embarrassed by the situation, they still had their quota to meet before the lunch break and a steaming bowl of spaghetti, so both Marios were fined 63 euros each for use of a "mezzo non idoneo" (means of transport not permitted). The PolStrada boys were not too harsh on Cipo. "We're sorry to have to do this, but it's our job." said the cops, and suggested that next time Cipo wanted to use the superstrada, he should request the OK of the regional office of the PolStrada.

This isn't the first time that Cipo has almost been busted for speeding on his bike; at last years Ghent-Wevelgem, he tripped the radar cameras at over 50km/h in the centre of Ostend, Belgium. Instantly recognizable, the Bruges prosecutor wanted to give Cipo a fine of 100 euros for speeding, but the Belgian Justice Minister intervened and Cipo walked. Mario is hoping the Spanish police won't bust him for speeding in the final sprint at Puig, where the World Champ is looking to notch his first win of the 2003 season.

Any comments about when they duct tape his shoes to the pedals in the final scenes? Seems like the time spent duct taping would negate any benefit, but I realize it was all for dramatic effect.

If you get the HBO package on a satellite dish, Breaking Away is on HBOSG at 7:45 a.m. (EST) tomorrow morning (Dec. 6) one last time, it appears. They've been carrying it a lot the past month and I recorded it a couple weeks back. Cinemax then shows it all through January starting on the 3rd.

Damn fine movie.

According to the Guinness Book, his record was destroyed by Fred Rompelberg in 1995, 268.831 km/h (167.043 mph) Motor paced time

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cycling_records

I love that movie (Breaking away). Peewee's big adventure is a tie or close second in my book.