Drag racing on bicycles. - Page 3 - Cycling Mob: Road Cycling, Mountain Biking and More

02-02-2007, 12:35 PM

OldRoads wrote:
> Click on "Picture Database", then under "Model" find "Bat Chute".
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>> I found the site but there is a lot there so it gets a book mark. I am
>> going back to look for parachutes, since that sounds like a bit of
>> overkill or just 'bling' for a bicycle.
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I went I saw the references to "Bat chute" and gave up waiting for an
absurdly slow site. My high speed is useless when the site itself won't
load.
The only use I can think of is as an emergency back up on a dangerously
steep and paved downhill where you might fry the brakes.
So bat chutes are for real, even if a crazy idea.
Why not?
Bill Baka

02-03-2007, 06:36 AM

On Jan 30, 4:57 am, Bill Baka <[Only registered and activated users can see links. ]> 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.
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> New sport anyone?
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> Bill Baka

Not quite 1/4 mile, not elite riders, but fun 2-up drag racing anyway:

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Kind of boring until 1/2 way through the video.

Joseph