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Eric Barone 223.30 Km/h


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To be a mountain bike, shouldn't it also be able to go up the hills.

 

It many sports, speed records have to be set in both directions.

 

Still very cool though.

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From Wikipedia: 
  1. Near the surface of the Earth, an object in free fall in a vacuum will accelerate at approximately 9.8 m/s², independent of its mass. With air resistance acting on an object that has been dropped, the object will eventually reach a terminal velocity, which is around 56 m/s (200 km/hor 120 mph) for a human body.

 

He did not pedal once. So without an external force applied other than gravity, he exceeded terminal velocity based on his aero suit. Pretty gnarly.

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Maybe a tailwind , considering I doubt they would have done it with a side or head wind. 

Thats my guess

 

Yip, they said in the vid that it was a tail wind

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In my competitive sport I had to back up my records in the opposite direction within 15 Min in order to claim a standing 23 year old S. A. speed record. What is the ruling regarding this event and record?

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this is called mountain speed record..... Gnarly, yes. but I'm more impressed with the human powered speed records...

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