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9 yrs ago, 6 mos ago - Thursday 8/25/11 - 1:07:12 AM EST (GMT-5)
Crazy cyclist goes 60 MPH on the freeway behind a big truck.
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9 yrs ago, 6 mos ago - Thursday 8/25/11 - 2:15:03 AM EST (GMT-5)
what? so he isn't holding on but actually cycling at that speed?
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9 yrs ago, 6 mos ago - Thursday 8/25/11 - 2:52:02 AM EST (GMT-5)
Mythbusters said not to try anything they do on the show.
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9 yrs ago, 6 mos ago - Thursday 8/25/11 - 2:55:05 AM EST (GMT-5)
On Thursday 8/25/11 - 2:15:03 AM mudassar wrote: what? so he isn't holding on but actually cycling at that speed? |
yeah, he's just cycling, when drafting behind a truck on a bicycle it is actually very easy, just extremely dangerous.
Mythbusters did it
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9 yrs ago, 6 mos ago - Thursday 8/25/11 - 3:53:00 AM EST (GMT-5)
I knew a cyclist that died doing that...
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9 yrs ago, 6 mos ago - Thursday 8/25/11 - 7:37:29 AM EST (GMT-5)
i don't really get how though. :P even just going down a steep hill fast in my highest gear i can barely peddle fast enough to keep up with the wheels. Let alone at 60mph.i don't really get how though. :P even just going down a steep hill fast in my highest gear i can barely peddle fast enough to keep up with the wheels. Let alone at 60mph.
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9 yrs ago, 6 mos ago - Thursday 8/25/11 - 7:38:19 AM EST (GMT-5)
now why did my phone do that?
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9 yrs ago, 6 mos ago - Thursday 8/25/11 - 8:13:26 AM EST (GMT-5)
I imagine he's using the slipstream caused by the truck. Reduced wind resistant so you can achieve higher speeds.
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9 yrs ago, 6 mos ago - Thursday 8/25/11 - 11:14:55 AM EST (GMT-5)
On Thursday 8/25/11 - 7:37:29 AM mudassar wrote: i don't really get how though. :P even just going down a steep hill fast in my highest gear i can barely peddle fast enough to keep up with the wheels. Let alone at 60mph.i don't really get how though. :P even just going down a steep hill fast in my highest gear i can barely peddle fast enough to keep up with the wheels. Let alone at 60mph. |
I top out at over 50 mph, without drafting anything (but definitely going downhill). Super dangerous, but if you draft off a large vehicle you can get going a whole lot faster.
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9 yrs ago, 6 mos ago - Thursday 8/25/11 - 11:18:20 AM EST (GMT-5)
I should also point out I'm not even a very good cyclist and my bike, as far as road racing bikes go, is kind of old and cheap.
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9 yrs ago, 6 mos ago - Thursday 8/25/11 - 9:30:36 PM EST (GMT-5)
Yeah, I agree with catchall. I was just the commissaire vehicle for a road race, and these guys hit 80 km/h easily on the downhills, not drafting off of anything except the guy in front of them.
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9 yrs ago, 4 mos ago - Wednesday 9/28/11 - 5:22:52 PM EST (GMT-5)
He was feeling the need for speed.
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