Dutch Students Set New World Bicycle Speed Record of 83.13 MPH!

I’m from Holland. Isn’t that veird?

ABW – The sanctioning body in this case is the IHPVA (International Human Powered Vehicle Association). The speed does not have to be duplicated. In order to be considered “legal”, the speed must be achieved on the track only once with wind at less than 328 ft/min (1.66 m/s) with vane meter measuring 10sec average into wind direction.

The run does have to be backed up by another run within 5% of the record speed.

@T, I would assume that tiny appendage on top is a camera. That’s what I’ve seen in other enclosed vehicles like this.

There are only two things I hate.

People who are intolerant of other peoples’ cultures, and the dutch.

It would be great if there was a website that showed some technical coverage of what’s underneath that shell

Speed records aren’t confirmed with radar guns or speedometers. They’re confirmed with timing over a well known distance. Cancellara would likely have gone much faster, and it’s really no surprise. Consider that the biggest source of power loss on a bike is drag, and that’s the biggest by far. If the bike above has 1/10th the drag of a traditional bike and rider, that would mean the velocity at a given power output for the bike above would be over twice as much as that for a traditional bike and rider. That bike no doubt reduced drag by significantly more.