Cycling land speed record

[JonMad]

mental!

[DeskJockey]

I'd happily not bother.

[Rich B]

I just can’t get my head around the whole “towed up to a speed then drafting behind a car” thing. It spoils it for me - which is a pity because that’s an epic speed to push yourself to.

Imo the record should really be set without any intervention - just man/woman and their bike.

[NotoriousREV]

I just can’t get my head around the whole “towed up to a speed then drafting behind a car” thing. It spoils it for me - which is a pity because that’s an epic speed to push yourself to.

Imo the record should really be set without any intervention - just man/woman and their bike.

Except that would be impossible due to the gearing requirements alone

[Gavin]

I just can’t get my head around the whole “towed up to a speed then drafting behind a car” thing. It spoils it for me - which is a pity because that’s an epic speed to push yourself to.

Imo the record should really be set without any intervention - just man/woman and their bike.

Except that would be impossible due to the gearing requirements alone

Get stronger legs or different gears then, I am with Rich, it is fantastic to watch but it should just be a person on a bike on a flat road with no wind assistance.

[DeskJockey]

Could have a system like with freediving where there are assisted and unassisted categories.

[JLv3.0]

I just can’t get my head around the whole “towed up to a speed then drafting behind a car” thing. It spoils it for me - which is a pity because that’s an epic speed to push yourself to.

Imo the record should really be set without any intervention - just man/woman and their bike.

Except that would be impossible due to the gearing requirements alone

That's kind of the point though isn't it? What is actually physically possible as a human?

Great achievement of course, but I don't quite "get" it.

[Ascender]

Is there a different bike speed record for someone just on a "normal" production bike?

[NotoriousREV]

Yes, it’s 82.82mph. Boring.

Even the land speed record cars at Bonneville get pushed up to 100mph or so to get going.

[JLv3.0]

Well we seem to have landed on Dave's Daily Trigger rather swiftly today

[NotoriousREV]

Just the opposite. I really don’t care whether it’s assisted or not. I don’t get the outrage. It still takes a massive amount of effort to go those speeds.

[JLv3.0]

There's no outrage at all mate, slow your roll. It's just odd and I don't really get it. No-one's saying it's easy.

[NotoriousREV]

What is there to not get? There’s a record for unassisted, then there’s the outright record for a human powered vehicle. The tow vehicle is there to overcome the ridiculous gearing needed, and the drafting is used because adding streamlining to the bike is impractical.

[JLv3.0]

I don't get that any form of cycling has an "assisted" category. However it clearly exists so I'll make my peace with it, don't worry.

[NotoriousREV]

A hot blonde chick pedalled a bike across a dried up lake bed, chasing a dragster at 180mph. How is any part of that not awesome?

[JLv3.0]

And I'm back in the room - her driver is no slouch in the looks department either!

Well, I mean, if you're into that sort of thing:

[Rich B]

Nope, I am OUTRAGED!!!!

[Jobbo]

I'm with Dave. Amazing achievement and I don't disregard land speed record cars for not being able to pull away from traffic lights without help.

That photo must have been taken a while ago or heavily photoshopped ETA: ah, it's the girl on the right pictured above. Not the one who broke the record, centre...

[JLv3.0]

I might be turning into a white-knight SJW - although I admit that's unlikely - but does ring true with you guys?

"As a result of her feat, there are calls for Guinness World Records to stop listing separate men's and women's records for the event."

Look, if a woman is the fastest, let her have the record in the Women's category! What's the point of changing that?

[JLv3.0]

That photo must have been taken a while ago or heavily photoshopped ETA: ah, it's the girl on the right pictured above. Not the one who broke the record, centre...

My apologies - my clear reference to "her driver" must have got encrypted after I pressed Submit