lots of people talk about their speed

[tintin40]

on a bike. But these are really fast :shock: But 208mph on rollers :shock:

Name Year Speed Type of record
Sam Whittingham 2009 133 km/h (83 mph) Flat surface, unpaced
Barbara Buatois 2009 121 km/h (75 mph) Flat surface, unpaced (woman)
Fred Rompelberg 1995 268 km/h (167 mph) Flat surface, motor-paced
Bruce Bursford 1996 334 km/h (208 mph) Riding on a roller
Eric Barone 2002 163 km/h (101 mph) Downhill on a volcano, on a serial production bicycle
Eric Barone 2002 172 km/h (107 mph) Downhill on a volcano, on a prototype bicycle
Markus Stöckl 2007 210 km/h (130 mph) Downhill on snow, on a serial production bicycle
Eric Barone 2000 222 km/h (138 mph) Downhill on snow, on a prototype bicycle

 

[hamster]

Presumably the flat, unpaced ones were for HPV / faired recumbents?

 

[sgw]

Amazing!

Good vid of Eric Barone's record and bone breaking run here:-

http://videos.lugarlatino.com/video/P4_xlFtcPLk/eric-barone-in-cerro-negro-nicaragua.html

and Markus Stöckl here:-

http://www.ms-racing.at/ms/wordpress/squat/behind-the-scene/management/markus-stoeckl/

 

[sgw]

Presumably the flat, unpaced ones were for HPV / faired recumbents?

Yes:-

http://wapedia.mobi/en/Sam_Whittingham

Impressive but I espcialy admire the records on stock bikes.

 

[Tad]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BmpxJWAJbFM

This guy's frame was built by Cliff Shrubb, used to be my local frame builder, built my TT bike

 

[sgw]

How does that work? Is the speed of the truck controlled by the speed of the bike? No one could drive/ride that close at that speed. (good soundtrack too)

If we are going to have assistance though:-

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sbqZwp9tBVQ&feature=related