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Faster still: Eric Barone hits 141 mph for a new Mountain Bike World Speed Record

Written by Zach Overholt
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It’s well known that Eric Barone has a penchant for speed. About this time two years ago, we were writing about how he had just broken his own record in the French Alps with a speed of 223.30 km/h, or 138.75 mph. Apparently, without others to compete with, Eric is perfectly happy pushing the limits to break his own record again and again. The ‘Red Baron’ narrowly beat his own record with an incredible run of 227.720 Km/h or 141.498 mph – though instability at high speed almost made everything go horribly wrong…

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Zach Overholt is the Editor in Chief of Bikerumor. He has been writing about what’s new in the bicycle world for 12+ years. Prior to that, Zach spent many years in the back of a bicycle shop building and repairing nearly every type of bike, while figuring out how to (occasionally) ride them.

Based in Ohio, Zach is now slowly introducing a new generation to cycling and still trying to figure out how to fit the most rides into a busy schedule as a new dad.

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Bmx
Bmx
7 years ago

How did he keep that together. Fair play balls of steel

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Beat_the_trail
Beat_the_trail
7 years ago

Meh, who cares… He’s just coasting down a hill. Seems like a pointless endeavor.

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paquo
paquo
7 years ago
Reply to  Beat_the_trail

yea you could do that no sweat, you could probably hit 250 with your eyes closed, you rock

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Brian
Brian
7 years ago
Reply to  paquo

I agree with beat the trail. It’s such an abstraction of cycling that it doesn’t really represent any particular branch of the sport at all. I’m sure thousands of people could do what he is doing. It’s just a matter of having the balls. And there are a lot of pro and amateur riders with big balls.

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Pete
Pete
7 years ago

Interesting how skiers rather than cyclists are the fastest non-motored land travel.

But yeah, more than once he almost had a repeat of his volcano skin-shredding yard sale.

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preston
preston
7 years ago

Yeah…he’s just “coasting down a hill”

A little more to it than that.

I wonder how much more aero there is to be gained on his setup. Looks pretty insane to me though. It does seem a bit weird that a guy sliding down on 2 sticks is faster than wheels that’s a good point.

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Dylan
Dylan
7 years ago
Reply to  preston

Not so strange. Even if the rider/skier could get into exactly the same position, skis are just more aero than a bike. Significantly less frontal area on their own (never mind the losses from a spinning wheel), and much simpler to integrate the aerodynamics of skis & rider vs bike & rider.

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deanaaargh
deanaaargh
7 years ago

Those are some comically short cranks. Is he even required to have a chain?

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stolichnaya
stolichnaya
7 years ago

And Markus Stöckli banged out 167.6 kph using a bog standard DH bike on dirt in Chile, so prepped snow and a highly tuned bike make a significant difference. That high speed wobble at the bottom from Barone is cringe worthy. Amazing.

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