"Breaking Away"?
12-03-06 | 07:55 PM
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"Breaking Away"?
wtf... dude was going 60mph behind a semi? I mean, ugh.
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12-03-06 | 08:24 PM
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I've got to see this movie!!!
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12-03-06 | 08:28 PM
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Originally Posted by Vancemac
Artistic license. I'm also not quibbling about Johnny Lee Miller's "poor form" in The Flying Scotsman. 
What about Dupree's form while he was leading the pack in "You, Me & Dupree"?
He was pedaling in his instep, all the while kicking butt and taking names
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12-03-06 | 08:42 PM
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Originally Posted by Mariner Fan
I've got to see this movie!!!
Did about 25 miles today, the temp hit 27 so the toes were a little cold at the end.
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12-03-06 | 08:45 PM
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Originally Posted by bdcheung
wtf... dude was going 60mph behind a semi? I mean, ugh.
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Lots of dump trucks/semis/military vehicles around here, and in a draft it's not at all uncommon to hover around 50 for a little bit. Unsafe as all hell, but not impossible or all that hard...
12-03-06 | 08:47 PM
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And a little extra terrestrial really got seperated from his mothership and made a bike fly...
12-03-06 | 08:51 PM
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"The fastest speed achieved on a bicycle was 204.73 kph (127.243 mph), by Jose Meiffret (France), July 16, 1962, on the German Autobahn from Freiburg, behind a car"
from "Cycling." Encyclopedia Britannica. Volume V. Chicago: Encyclopedia Britannica, 1984
from "Cycling." Encyclopedia Britannica. Volume V. Chicago: Encyclopedia Britannica, 1984
12-03-06 | 08:58 PM
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The fastest speed achieved on a bicycle was 204.73 kph (127.243 mph), by Jose Meiffret (France), July 16, 1962, on the German Autobahn from Freiburg, behind a car"
from "Cycling." Encyclopedia Britannica. Volume V. Chicago: Encyclopedia Britannica, 1984
from "Cycling." Encyclopedia Britannica. Volume V. Chicago: Encyclopedia Britannica, 1984
John Howard might have something to say about that......although doing it behind a car on the highway is just as impressive...
https://www.canosoarus.com/08LSRbicycle/LSR%20Bike01.htm
12-03-06 | 09:29 PM
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Originally Posted by kokomo61
John Howard might have something to say about that......although doing it behind a car on the highway is just as impressive...
https://www.canosoarus.com/08LSRbicycle/LSR%20Bike01.htm
https://www.canosoarus.com/08LSRbicycle/LSR%20Bike01.htm
Which actually appears to have since been superceded if I am reading this right...
https://www.britannia.com/panorama/bike.html
12-03-06 | 10:13 PM
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Originally Posted by Snuffleupagus
Ever draft a big truck?
Lots of dump trucks/semis/military vehicles around here, and in a draft it's not at all uncommon to hover around 50 for a little bit.
Lots of dump trucks/semis/military vehicles around here, and in a draft it's not at all uncommon to hover around 50 for a little bit.
Correct.
Cipollini and Scirea got a ticket on the autostrada for drafting a Smart at about 90kmh in 2004, IIRC.
12-03-06 | 10:15 PM
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That's a great scene. Def. worth a rental...
12-03-06 | 10:53 PM
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Originally Posted by ViperZ
What about Dupree's form while he was leading the pack in "You, Me & Dupree"?
He was pedaling in his instep, all the while kicking butt and taking names
He was pedaling in his instep, all the while kicking butt and taking names
12-03-06 | 11:33 PM
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Originally Posted by Snuffleupagus
Ever draft a big truck?
Lots of dump trucks/semis/military vehicles around here, and in a draft it's not at all uncommon to hover around 50 for a little bit. Unsafe as all hell, but not impossible or all that hard...
Lots of dump trucks/semis/military vehicles around here, and in a draft it's not at all uncommon to hover around 50 for a little bit. Unsafe as all hell, but not impossible or all that hard...
I think in an ideal situation, like having some sort of a hill and a massive tt ring, drafting a semi at 60 would be doable for a short while.
12-04-06 | 12:19 AM
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Here is the youtube link of breaking away.. The cutaways to the legs and small ring are priceless.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hdg91Z0VgDw
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hdg91Z0VgDw
12-04-06 | 12:30 AM
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I drafted a firetruck once when I was on an charity ride and it couldn't get around a bunch of cyclist in
front of it. Fortunately it wasn't in a hurry and just kind of hung out doing 30 mph or so. Boy, it never
felt so easy to go so fast!!!! it was AWESOME!
front of it. Fortunately it wasn't in a hurry and just kind of hung out doing 30 mph or so. Boy, it never
felt so easy to go so fast!!!! it was AWESOME!
12-04-06 | 12:41 AM
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Originally Posted by Snuffleupagus
Ever draft a big truck?
Lots of dump trucks/semis/military vehicles around here, and in a draft it's not at all uncommon to hover around 50 for a little bit. Unsafe as all hell, but not impossible or all that hard...
Lots of dump trucks/semis/military vehicles around here, and in a draft it's not at all uncommon to hover around 50 for a little bit. Unsafe as all hell, but not impossible or all that hard...
12-04-06 | 12:42 AM
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Originally Posted by socalrider
Here is the youtube link of breaking away.. The cutaways to the legs and small ring are priceless.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hdg91Z0VgDw
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hdg91Z0VgDw
1. There are two closeups of his crankset while he is drafting the truck. He is in the big ring in the first (40mph) closeup, but in the small ring in the second (50mph) closeup.
2. In some of the frontal views (where you can see the actor's face), he is pedalling less than half as fast as he would need to go 60mph.
Still, I think this is one of the best scenes in the movie, and this is the best US-made bicycling movie ever.
12-04-06 | 03:23 AM
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Originally Posted by johnny99
Notice that:
1. There are two closeups of his crankset while he is drafting the truck. He is in the big ring in the first (40mph) closeup, but in the small ring in the second (50mph) closeup.
2. In some of the frontal views (where you can see the actor's face), he is pedalling less than half as fast as he would need to go 60mph.
Still, I think this is one of the best scenes in the movie, and this is the best US-made bicycling movie ever.
1. There are two closeups of his crankset while he is drafting the truck. He is in the big ring in the first (40mph) closeup, but in the small ring in the second (50mph) closeup.
2. In some of the frontal views (where you can see the actor's face), he is pedalling less than half as fast as he would need to go 60mph.
Still, I think this is one of the best scenes in the movie, and this is the best US-made bicycling movie ever.
12-04-06 | 06:02 AM
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Originally Posted by botto
not a difficult feat to achieve.
The others that I can think of are....
Quicksilver
American Flyers...
and the best bicycling movie of all time....
