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Saturday, September 29, 2007

Going Fast on Bikes in Snow

posted by on September 29 at 12:12 PM

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A 33-year-old Austrian dude got on his mountain bike in the Andes, in the snow, and then his crazy ass went 130.7 MPH down the mountain, breaking the world speed record.

No one knows how, but apparently he did eventually stop. Here’s some video of this lunatic:

Thank God he was wearing a helmet.

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1

They will write about him.

Posted by Mr. Poe | September 29, 2007 12:28 PM
2

Thank god he was listening to nu-metal.

Posted by Eric Grandy | September 29, 2007 12:31 PM
3

Good thing he wasn't on a fixie. That might have been dangerous.

Posted by Jerod | September 29, 2007 12:37 PM
4

What a weird deal. The bike wasn't streamlined, he wasn't streamlined, the cross sectional area wasn't minimized. Not a very serious effort.

Posted by Big Sven | September 29, 2007 12:53 PM
5

Damn, Jerod beat me to it.

Posted by Gurldoggie | September 29, 2007 12:53 PM
6

Never mind. It was the record for "series mountain bikes". Jesus, what a meaningless record. No wonder the rest of the hates us and our banal amusements.

Posted by Big Sven | September 29, 2007 12:57 PM
7

Those crazy Austrians!! They should put snow-biking in the next James Bond movie.

Posted by Katelyn | September 29, 2007 1:00 PM
8

who cares if the bike was streamlined... those pants were streamlined enough to make up for it.

Posted by infrequent | September 29, 2007 1:07 PM
9

Actually looks pretty fun, but keep in mind downhill skiers go faster than that:


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Speed_skiing

Posted by bakfiets | September 29, 2007 3:15 PM
10

Its been up on BRoadbandSports.com for a few days..

Posted by t-fly | September 29, 2007 3:48 PM
11

On my fixie (6.3 gear meters at 42/14 on 700c25s) 210 kmph would mean 556 revolutions per minute or almost 10 revs per second. Not safe indeed. I think I'd blow out a knee.
I wonder, at that speed, is there really any point in having steering? Wouldn't a one piece frame work just as well and be less prone to failure?

Posted by kinaidos | September 29, 2007 4:07 PM
12

Cool. The world needs more organ donors.

Posted by Mahtli69 | September 29, 2007 6:07 PM
13

He made his own helmet out of Red Bull cans.

Posted by Lloyd Clydesdale | September 29, 2007 7:55 PM
14

11: Without the steering function, I don't think you could get balanced enough to start moving forward on a bike. Once riding, steering is crucial in order to maintain balance.

But go ahead and make it so your bike can't steer, then ride down a hill. Have a friend record it so we can see the wipe out on YouTube.

Posted by midwayPete | September 29, 2007 9:24 PM
15

@6:

The rest of the what? And it's not us that's doing this, it's the Austrians. Hate them and their delicious cakes.

Posted by Abby | September 29, 2007 9:53 PM
16

Abby-

Rest of the *world*, sorry. And by "we" I mean the West.

Probably not the source of East-West emnity, I admit, but silly none the less. I wonder what the land speed record is for a non-motorized vehicle of any kind? Skier? Bicyclist? Luge?

Posted by big Sven | September 29, 2007 10:28 PM
17

I wonder, is there really any point in having a fixie? How about in calling it a fixie? You nerds.

Posted by Quad Blast | September 30, 2007 8:47 AM
18

About the helmet - even with a good ski helmet, hit a tree dead-on at 25mph and you can pretty much guarantee a broken neck.

Having said that, his wearing specialist equipment leads me to believe there's not a tree in sight...

Posted by Stevo | September 30, 2007 8:59 AM
19

He looks like a little Lego man.

Posted by Jessica | September 30, 2007 3:09 PM
20

You can tell he's not on a "fixie" because he doesn't get hit by a car at the end of the video.

Posted by Zac | October 1, 2007 12:30 PM

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