Archive for the ‘Road Bike’ Category
It’s with considerable interest that Gizmag has followed cyclist Graeme Obree’s latest quest to break the human-powered speed record on his self-designed and self-built bicycle, Beastie. On Friday at the World Human Speed Championships at Battle Mountain, Nevada, Obree finally made the attempt. Though he fell short of that ultimate record, he did break the world prone record (for cycling head first, face down) with an impressive speed of 56.62 mph (91 km/h). Yet the overall speed record was broken during the event, by a team from the Delft University of Technology and VU University Amsterdam.
Speaking to BBC Radio Scotland, Obree revealed that the record fell after a number of incremental improvements from the 47 mph he achieved at the beginning of the week. “The timekeeper announced it is a new official world record … Pictures and more
Is putting your bike in a box the most stressful thing a cyclist can do? Breaking your hard-earned pride and joy into pieces, putting these into a case and handing it over to a baggage handler is the most gut wrenching thing I’ve had to do as a cyclist.
I’m heading off to ride the HotChillee 2013 Alpine Challenge, a three day event based out of the French Alpine town of Annecy. Having ridden the HotChillee London to Paris event earlier in the year I know I’m in excellent hands and that all I will need to do in the next few days is relax and ride.
But I’ll confess I’m a bit a worrier and … More
A video taken from a bicyclist’s perspective captured an ugly incident involving the town police chief and a group of riders, highlighting the tensions that remain in Rye between cyclists and their detractors.
The three-minute clip starts with a group of about a dozen cyclists traveling 30 mph in the shoulder along Ocean Boulevard. They appear to be riding two abreast, but part suddenly as they ride up on Rye Police Chief Kevin Walsh standing like a statue on the white line of the travel lane … More