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Bicycle, or jet powered motorbike?

Still pretty cool though...

Google tells me the fastest bicycle is the VeloX3, pedalled by Sebastiaan Bowier en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sebastiaan_Bowier at 133.78 kph. On a flat surface unpaced!



Correction, it's not exactly flat. The rules allow for a maximum slope of 2/3 rds of a percent. So back in the day one fellow drove all over the state looking for a flattish bit of road just within that maximum allowed gradient. Another thing in common with speed sailors is that last minute touch up with the wet and dry.

No pedalling or jets here, just downhill...most of the way.

grumplestiltskin said..
Potential Darwin Award

You're not wrong. He went to the trouble of making a light frame and it failed. Weight doesn't matter for a downhill run like that.

Skid said..
Bicycle, or jet powered motorbike?

Still pretty cool though...

I think 'power-assisted pedal cycle' is what you are looking for, but itneeds a set of spokey dokes though, when they stop rattling you know you are going really fast

Loftywinds said..
A bicycle with a motor on it - is no longer a bicycle.

Might as well be called a light-weight motorcycle.

I think the true cycling speed consumption while riding record on a flat is held by Jens Voight

Hahahaha! being cycling is it measured in grams per hour????????

Haircut said..
be handy zipping to work. acceleration looks awesome

Spoke with a guy who was riding one around Adelaide. The power is amazing and he used it to climb mountain bike trails for downhill riding. But the main feature is the quality of the suspension, which he claimed took an 8 foot vertical drop to bottom-out.