IncoherentJeff
Well-Known Member
- Location
- Gtr. Manchester
There's a little bit more about the bike here... http://www.chainreactionhub.com/lat...n-british-bicycle-speed-record-this-christmas
Mainly photos but still interesting
Guy Martin
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There's a little bit more about the bike here... http://www.chainreactionhub.com/lat...n-british-bicycle-speed-record-this-christmas
Mainly photos but still interesting
andylaw79
Über Member
- Location
- Sunny Blackpool - well nearly!
Thanks for that link, I'll have a gander at those pics later.
- Location
- Shrewsbury, Shropshire
Looking at it that way, the land speed record would still be held by Donald Campbell in Bluebird CN7 (403.10 mph). Something to think about.
Linford
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Faired or unfaired, conventional or recumbent. 1:4 or 1:3 ??? , So many variablesThought it was pure fluff meself, he's not Britain's fastest cyclist, eitherIt's just a function of the size and effectiveness of the wind break in front of you, he was essentially getting towed.
A far more interesting experiment would have been a fastest descent of a road, or maybe just the fastest human powered effort (recumbent perhaps) on the flat.
Seems like a nice fella though, kind of bloke you'd want to have a pint with.
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Deleted member 26715
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Hmm. The chains are slack....
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Deleted member 26715
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Wonder why they chose Pendine would have thought the RAF would have allowed them access to a runway
Alan...
Alan...
Do they have a runway 3 miles long?
shouldbeinbed
Rollin' along
- Location
- Manchester way
for those of us that missed it first time, its on again tonight at 8pm on channel 4seven
Supersuperleeds
Legendary Member
- Location
- Leicester
I thought it was a great programme, only problem is I now want a hand built bike
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No idea do they & why would they need one, if the truck was towing him up to 100mph then I'm sure it can accelerate quicker than that
Alan...
Alan...
Arch
Married to Night Train
- Location
- Salford, UK
See that huge mug he had at home, with Mug of Tea on it? NT has one of those.
God, he's brave. Mad, but brave.
Richard A Thackeray
Legendary Member
I've driven on Pendine Sands, a few years before the ban on (private) vehicles came into being
It's not an easy surface, it even had 2 tons of 110Tdi sliding about a bit at 30MPH!!
Mindst you, finding a soft bit (either water held there, or a spring under the sands??), made life exciting with the tide coming in (& 3 miles up the beach from Pendine itself...........)
Thankfully, low-range & diff-lock, whilst rocking the vehicle got it out, but the drive back to the 'resort' was very quiet.......
Enjoyed it immensely myself, as did a couple of motor-cycling collegues at work, who asked if I'd seen it
It's not an easy surface, it even had 2 tons of 110Tdi sliding about a bit at 30MPH!!
Mindst you, finding a soft bit (either water held there, or a spring under the sands??), made life exciting with the tide coming in (& 3 miles up the beach from Pendine itself...........)
Thankfully, low-range & diff-lock, whilst rocking the vehicle got it out, but the drive back to the 'resort' was very quiet.......
Typical Martin!!, but good
Enjoyed it immensely myself, as did a couple of motor-cycling collegues at work, who asked if I'd seen it
Marham is the longest at 2 miles, which I imagine is not long enough to get up to speed and slow down again.
Richard A Thackeray
Legendary Member
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencet...ilding-vehicle-earned-place-record-books.html
Quite unconnectedly, there's a rocket-powered railway at Pendine, or there was, on the military base there, roughly a mile long (& level to 1/2"!!)
Allegedly Mach 3 was attainable for the 'sleds' used on it!!
Quite unconnectedly, there's a rocket-powered railway at Pendine, or there was, on the military base there, roughly a mile long (& level to 1/2"!!)
Allegedly Mach 3 was attainable for the 'sleds' used on it!!