Why It's Almost Impossible to Ride a Bike 60 Kilometers in One Hour | WIRED
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Ming the Merciless
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It’s not, it’s been exceeded (by quite a bit) on faired recumbents a number of times over the years.
byegad
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Perfectly possible.
From Wikipedia..
In August 2011, Francesco Russo travelled 91.56 km (56.89 mi) at the Dekra Test Oval near Klettwitz, Germany. He rode the Eiviestretto bicycle, which he designed and built with earlier record-holder Damjan Zabovnik. The Eiviestretto is a backwards-ridden vehicle with the rider's head pointed in the direction of travel. The rider lies on his back, using a mirror to navigate. The design is based on Eivie III from Damjan Zabovnik, with several improvements.[3] In 2016 Russo improved his record to 92.43 km (57.44 mi) on a bike he designed himself.
From Wikipedia..
In August 2011, Francesco Russo travelled 91.56 km (56.89 mi) at the Dekra Test Oval near Klettwitz, Germany. He rode the Eiviestretto bicycle, which he designed and built with earlier record-holder Damjan Zabovnik. The Eiviestretto is a backwards-ridden vehicle with the rider's head pointed in the direction of travel. The rider lies on his back, using a mirror to navigate. The design is based on Eivie III from Damjan Zabovnik, with several improvements.[3] In 2016 Russo improved his record to 92.43 km (57.44 mi) on a bike he designed himself.
dan_bo
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Safe as houses.
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ColinJ
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That was very odd - It looked like he was going at less than half that speed!
Bonefish Blues
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The fact that it had to use the banking was impressive!That was very odd - It looked like he was going at less than half that speed!
HMS_Dave
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Nothing wrong with E-bikes competing at all. Just removed the battery...Next they will allow E-Bikes to do the so called Modern Hour Record!
Ming the Merciless
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Comparing your example with the real Hour Record is just going backwards!
ha ha ha ha. Why don’t you look up the real hour record for human powered bike. It’s not the one you think it is.
Bonefish Blues
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OP you posted a video without comment - and you're surprised that the thread is spearing off in different directions?
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Ming the Merciless
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We are talking bikes and hour record. Yours is a poor second best
winjim
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Does somebody want to summarise it? Is the answer 'aerodynamics'?OP you posted a video without comment - and you're surprised that the thread is spearing off in different directions?
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Ming the Merciless
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Cycling involves a bike or didn’t you realise ?
Ming the Merciless
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Or a trike
That’s triking. I wonder what the hour trike record is?
