Topic: Worlds Fastest Mountain Bike

[Ecosse]

Old story but dug it up anyway. Impressive speeds but proves carbon fiber can be misapplied; looks like an engineless Cafe Racer.

 

[fuzzybutt]

i saw that just the other night on discovery i think it was. i bet that stung

[754]

I didnt view it, but is he faster than the one that ran 130mph down the snow hill ?

[dustyc]

I think that was him too.  Then he broke the record on a regular mountain bike, then broke the record on the bike he made and at the end of that run it fell apart and he scraped along for 300 ft on volcanic rock.  I didn't watch this vid either, but on the Discovery channel, they showed him after it and he looks rough.  Said it took him 5 years to heal.

[seaweb11]

Yeah but on level ground, it took a guy from Gabriola Island to get the worlds fastest peddle power to the ground 132.5 km/h 

Just last week!

http://www.canada.com/nanaimodailynews/news/story.html?id=764b59e2-5eb2-4da1-b32e-4bd2ddad4173

http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/20020914/bike_record_020913/CTVNewsAt11/story/

[Ecosse]

 

The reason I posted this was because I'd just seen it on the Discovery Channel. And yeah it was the same guy who blasted down the snow covered mountain. Couldn't find that vid though.


Seaweb11, 132.5 km/h... is that like, a thousand miles per hour or something? When are the rest of you backward countries gonna convert to Amuracan? 

[754]

in 1941, a Schwinn World, rode behind a race car and did I believe over 100 mph.. unfaired..

 had a really freaking huge front chainring..

[Terry in Australia]

Ha ha, worlds fastest bicycle, and worlds dumbest rider (for not buckling on his helmet) does not make for a nice safe ride!!!