Incredible!!!

[HLaB]

Never a good idea to draft a rubbish collection lorry in hot weather. Unless you're wearing a gas mask.

there's nothing worse than being stuck behind a rubbish truck.

 

[Matthames]

there's nothing worse than being stuck behind a rubbish truck.

Actually there is, getting stuck behind a tanker carrying raw sewage Having one overtake me was bad enough, I nearly emptied the contents of my stomach at the side of the road.

 

[HLaB]

Actually there is, getting stuck behind a tanker carrying raw sewage Having one overtake me was bad enough, I nearly emptied the contents of my stomach at the side of the road.

 

[gaz]

View: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fH8nUk4-uBI

Busses are too slow for me, i want to go faster!

 

[BentMikey]

That is *impressive*, Gaz. (said in the PainKeep voice - wonder who remembers that!)

 

[dondare]

Drafting double decker buses is fun and keeps you warm in winter. Yes it's reckless and your own fault if you have an accident but worth it for the feeling of maintaining 25-30mph effortlessly.

Behind a bus there's nothing to breathe but stink.

 

[Crankarm]

In test conditions what's the fastest a cyclist can draft a vehicle? 30, 40, 50, 60, 70, 80mph?

 

[Will1985]

It's just over 80mph on the flat non-drafting by an HPV - Sam Whittingham I think.

Fastest with drafting is something crazy - there are youtube videos of Theo Bos doing 85mph behind a team car, and Dave Le Grys doing 110mph on the M3 when it opened but I'm sure someone has been above 120mph.

 

[ManiaMuse]

152mph on the flat behind a special drafting vehicle. Although I believe he did require a tow up to a certain speed because the gear is so ridiculously big.

Apologies for the music.

 

[Vincealot]

I love a bit of drafting, although I have been nearly caught out once or twice.

Once I was drafting very close behind a van. Unfortunatly a pot hole appeared and I had no time to swerve. There was an almighty crack but my bike seems to be in one piece. The back wheel is now ever so slightly buckled though.

 

[skudupnorth]

Drafting double decker buses is fun and keeps you warm in winter. Yes it's reckless and your own fault if you have an accident but worth it for the feeling of maintaining 25-30mph effortlessly.

+ 1 ....But not for a while after the ride to Cornwall hurt a bit on the knee front

 

[Crankarm]

I love a bit of drafting, although I have been nearly caught out once or twice.

Once I was drafting very close behind a van. Unfortunatly a pot hole appeared and I had no time to swerve. There was an almighty crack but my bike seems to be in one piece. The back wheel is now ever so slightly buckled though.

There is that as well. You are buggered if this happens. I guess it helps to do it on a road you know.

 

[Crankarm]

Drafting double decker buses is fun and keeps you warm in winter. Yes it's reckless and your own fault if you have an accident but worth it for the feeling of maintaining 25-30mph effortlessly.

Drafting buses is dangerous as they stop regularly and often suddenly as passengers press the bell at the last second and the driver slams his/her foot on the brake pedal. Plus they are the filthy dirty polluting beasts of the roads. Yuk !

 

[HLaB]

Drafting double decker buses is fun and keeps you warm in winter. Yes it's reckless and your own fault if you have an accident but worth it for the feeling of maintaining 25-30mph effortlessly.

I wonder if this bloke was trying to draft the bus

 

[fossyant]

Never draft a tractor with a trailer of potatoes

Never draft a tractor with a trailer of manure

Me and a club mate followed a tractor doing 25 mph for some miles...... bit pongy, but had a good draft.

Wasn't until I got home - realised that I smelt of manure