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Title: 184mph....on a bicycle!
Post by: Chaos on September 18, 2018, 09:45:59 PM
Talk about girl power!  Towed up to 100mph then released and pedaled in the pocket of the tow car up to 184.  https://www.bicycling.com/news/a23281242/denise-mueller-korenek-breaks-bicycle-speed-record/ Gearing on bike made it impossible to pedal below 100.  Engineering on the bike is interesting, made some of the tubes with carbon fiber wrapped around fluorescent light tubes, then broke the tubes and reinforced with some more carbon.  https://www.bicycling.com/bikes-gear/a23305843/what-went-into-creating-this-record-breaking-bike/
Title: Re: 184mph....on a bicycle!
Post by: Skunky on September 18, 2018, 10:31:58 PM
Talk about girl power!  Towed up to 100mph then released and pedaled in the pocket of the tow car up to 184.  https://www.bicycling.com/news/a23281242/denise-mueller-korenek-breaks-bicycle-speed-record/ Gearing on bike made it impossible to pedal below 100.  Engineering on the bike is interesting, made some of the tubes with carbon fiber wrapped around fluorescent light tubes, then broke the tubes and reinforced with some more carbon.  https://www.bicycling.com/bikes-gear/a23305843/what-went-into-creating-this-record-breaking-bike/

She needs Yamaha upside down forks on that bike. Might have got it to 200.
Title: Re: 184mph....on a bicycle!
Post by: billday on September 19, 2018, 09:12:21 AM
Can't imagine the gearing on that thing . . .
Title: Re: 184mph....on a bicycle!
Post by: natalena on September 20, 2018, 11:57:54 AM
I feel like a pussy, being scared by a silly 85mph wobble on the K.
Title: Re: 184mph....on a bicycle!
Post by: Laitch on September 20, 2018, 12:07:09 PM
I feel like a pussy, being scared by a silly 85mph wobble on the K.
You look like a doggy though. :giggles