02-03-2007, 06:36 AM
|
#22 (permalink)
|
| | Re: Drag racing on bicycles.
On Jan 30, 4:57 am, Bill Baka <b...@comcast.net> wrote:
> This one is my pet. Since all the car freaks like to do drag races, both
> at stop lights and at a track, why not have the same event for bicycle
> riders. A quarter mile is a good distance for a healthy rider to cover
> at 110% effort and the finishing speed should be about 40 MPH for a
> really fit rider. Given an average of 30 MPH that would give 30 seconds
> of pure leg busting effort and a near heart attack at the end.
> I know that a rider set a record by riding at 35 MPH for one full hour
> in a velodrome so it can be done, although that record may have been on
> a 'bent.
>
> New sport anyone?
>
> Bill Baka
Not quite 1/4 mile, not elite riders, but fun 2-up drag racing anyway:
http://www.digave.com/videos_alley_races.html
Kind of boring until 1/2 way through the video.
Joseph
|
|
|  |