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How fast can a normal person riding a normal-style bike with modified gears go across the salt flats? I feel like it's obvious that capability would be measure
by Dylan16807 1y ago
How fast can a normal person riding a normal-style bike with modified gears go across the salt flats?
I feel like it's obvious that capability would be measured with a fixed level of user input on a fixed course/dynamo.
- RhysU 1y ago2018 had one pro rider do 183 MPH per https://www.bikeradar.com/news/cycling-land-speed-record-smashed-on-bonneville-salt-flats https://www.bikeradar.com/news/cycling-land-speed-record-sma... I'd wager most weekend spandex warriors could break 100 MPH peak.
- Dylan16807 1y agoWhen you're drafting a dragster so close you're partly inside it I'm going to go ahead and say that doesn't count for my question.
- RhysU 1y agoCertainly crazy circumstances. But, it's just a bicycle.
- Dylan16807 1y agoIt's a bicycle that doesn't have to deal with air resistance, which sidesteps much of my question.