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Old September 18th 10, 03:49 AM posted to rec.bicycles.tech
Tom Sherman °_°[_2_]
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Default World's Fastest Woman - Updated

On 9/17/2010 8:24 PM, A. Muzi wrote:
Tom Sherman °_° wrote:
On 9/17/2010 2:11 PM, aka T.P. wrote:
On Sep 17, 6:21 am, Tom Sherman °_°
wrote:
On 9/15/2010, Barbara Buatois [1] pedaled her Varna Tempest [2] bicycle
through the flying 200m speed traps at 121.81 kph (75.69 mph), which is
a new provisional world record.

[1]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barbara_Buatois.
[2]
http://www.velomobilwerk.de/images/Stundenweltrekord_Varna_Tempest.jpg.


World's Fastest Woman?
1429 mph.
Jackie Cochran:[...]

Not under her own power.


Yeah I was thinking more Mae West.

^^^^^^^^
Is not that a WW2 era PFD [1]?

[1]
http://wpcontent.answcdn.com/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/00/Mae_West_life_preserver.jpg/170px-Mae_West_life_preserver.jpg.

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