Happy Friday
WIN TICKETS TO THE TRACK WORLD CUP!
Did I forget something?
Faster than you.thanks Liisa.
David Hogben, Vancouver Sun
Published: Monday, September 22, 2008
Every other human on this planet can only imagine what Sam Whittingham has experienced: What is it like powering a bicycle to one-tenth the speed of sound?
"On the one hand it's terrifying, but also completely exhilarating," Whittingham said Monday from the deck of a BC Ferry as he returned home to Quadra Island after setting the world record for a human-propelled vehicle.
"It's like going down the steepest hill you can find on your bike, but you get to do that all the time," Whittingham said of his world-record performance in the Nevada desert.
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Sam Whittingham of Quadra Island made history in the Nevada desert on Thursday, pedalling the Varna Diablo III bike to a world-record speed.
Lorne Bridgman/Special to The Vancouver Sun
Whittingham not only set the world record for speed in a human-powered vehicle last Thursday, he claimed a $26,000-prize as the first person to power such a vehicle at one-tenth the speed of sound.
Max.
I should get it tattoed somewhere.
How my Concorde looked - sans Delta brakes.
Another sleek 'suicide' ride.
From the hands of Fuso, don't quit Dave.
Lance is growing on me.Why?
Not because he rides without a helmet on Sundays, but he can ride fixed.
Take note, Cadel.
Lance is coming to Australia also.
Good thing they haven't uncovered Melburn, definitely more singlespeed/fixed wheels per capita than anywhere ever rolled.
Kept a lid on it.
Bite the style - and now you can stink of it
Thanks Tracko
Speaking of Track.
Throw some drop bars on your street bike, and a 88" gear, and et down to DISC and race you big soft cry babies!
Where's that?
DISC has racing, training and development programs for everyone! You can come train on the track if you hold a current Cycling Australia licence, or you can attend one of our Come N Try, school or Corporate clinics.
Location
Fast Facts
I met Elle in Green Park when I worked in London. Very tall lassie. Attractive, but not too bright...
The model Elle Macpherson was this week pilloried by the tabloids for bicycling in a London street without a helmet and with her (helmeted) son on her handlebars. “Elle on wheels,” cried the Mail. “What the Elle are you doing?” screamed the Mirror with an editorial titled “Elle to pay”. Even the Times demanded a response to her behaviour from the gods of health and safety. The answer from the Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents was a predictable howl: “Illegal and dangerous!”
The truth is the opposite. Macpherson was probably the safest cyclist in London that day. Like the mayor, Boris Johnson, she is signed up (I guess by instinct) to the Wilde-Adams theory of compensatory risk assessment. By not wearing a helmet, she lowers her risk threshold and thus rides more carefully. She commendably cycles rather than drives a car and protects her child, who cannot manage his own risk. The society should give her a medal, not insult her.
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