http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ CityCyclingEdinburgh Forum » Topic: “British man sets new cycling speed record of more than 174mph” en Sun, 17 May 2026 23:31:26 +0000 http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=19789#post-312772 Tue, 20 Aug 2019 16:58:47 +0000 acsimpson 312772@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>@sallyhinch, I'm not sure why your article suggests joining the male and female records. With Woman being so much faster it would leave nothing for men to aspire to.</p> <p>I kind of agree with Laidback. The record is really for the fastest car to be followed by a bicycle. The hard part appears to be not crashing when the two vehicles start to slow down. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=19789#post-312763 Tue, 20 Aug 2019 15:12:06 +0000 cb 312763@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p><em>"Isn't it a bit like being helicoptered up Everest (if they could get there)"</em></p> <p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Didier_Delsalle">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Didier_Delsalle</a></p> <p>"he became the first (and only) person to land a helicopter, the Eurocopter AS350 Squirrel, on the 8,848 m (29,030 ft) summit of Mount Everest." </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=19789#post-312741 Tue, 20 Aug 2019 11:46:23 +0000 LaidBack 312741@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Really a motorsport record. Bike entertainment that can't be achieved without a specially designed vehicle to draft.<br /> Main job is to get YouTube hits and achieves this effortlessly. Encourages cyclists to draught large vehicles 10cm off their bumper ;-)</p> <p>For the real deal the HPV record at Battle Mountain is far more impressive - but of course you can't see rider and legs moving inside the bodywork! They have to pedal up to speed over 5 miles.<br /> <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zNW1gaYR9wg" rel="nofollow">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zNW1gaYR9wg</a> </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=19789#post-312737 Tue, 20 Aug 2019 10:01:51 +0000 neddie 312737@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>For other pointless records, see travelling at supersonic speeds *on land*.</p> <p>I mean, if you're going to go that fast, you might as well go flying... </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=19789#post-312734 Tue, 20 Aug 2019 09:28:09 +0000 dessert rat 312734@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>@neddie - that sort of describes life i think. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=19789#post-312732 Tue, 20 Aug 2019 09:21:27 +0000 neddie 312732@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>I suppose there's a bit of skill in not coming out of the slipstream and dying. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=19789#post-312730 Tue, 20 Aug 2019 09:07:57 +0000 dessert rat 312730@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>not sure I fully understand the point. He is measured over a distance of 200 metres, uses a car to get him to 280kph and then essentially coasts for the 2.5seconds it takes to cover that distance.</p> <p>Isn't it a bit like being helicoptered up Everest (if they could get there) and walking the last 10 meters and saying 'fastest ascent ever' ? </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=19789#post-312727 Tue, 20 Aug 2019 08:14:50 +0000 sallyhinch 312727@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Less than 10mph slower than the fastest woman</p> <p><a href="https://www.npr.org/2018/09/18/649221471/woman-rides-bicycle-to-183-9-mph-a-new-world-record?t=1566247937619" rel="nofollow">https://www.npr.org/2018/09/18/649221471/woman-rides-bicycle-to-183-9-mph-a-new-world-record?t=1566247937619</a> </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=19789#post-312719 Mon, 19 Aug 2019 17:43:24 +0000 chdot 312719@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2019/aug/18/british-man-sets-new-cycling-speed-record-of-more-than-174mph" rel="nofollow">https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2019/aug/18/british-man-sets-new-cycling-speed-record-of-more-than-174mph</a> </p>