183.9mph

On Friday, September 21, 2018 at 10:04:37 AM UTC-7, AMuzi wrote:
On 9/21/2018 11:23 AM, wrote:
On Wednesday, September 19, 2018 at 8:10:25 AM UTC-7, AMuzi wrote:
On 9/19/2018 10:04 AM, wrote:
On Tuesday, September 18, 2018 at 5:56:28 PM UTC-7, AMuzi wrote:
On 9/18/2018 7:44 PM, Sir Ridesalot wrote:
On Tuesday, September 18, 2018 at 7:34:46 PM UTC-4, AMuzi wrote:
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Yes and Murphy cheated death that day, being pulled up into
the train car at he very last second. We all grew up with
Jose Meiffret's adventures:
http://capovelo.com/historic-footage...d-record-1952/

and of course John Howard's 1980s attempts. But this, I
think, is truly a step beyond. Hats off to her!



Interesting that #1 the front fork rake is reversed from what we're used to and #2 the front tire is off the rim after the crash. Was it the front tire coming off the rim that caused that crash?


Right, speed record bikes have very different geometry - the
very last thing you want is snappy handling.

I don't know about the tire but tires/tubes/valves are a
real problem as we don't have 'speed rated' products for our
wheels as racing cars and motorcycles enjoy.

John Howard's Schrader valve pins depressed at some high
RPM, the solution being a classic metal valve cap with
rubber liner.

https://www.roadandtrack.com/car-cul...-record-of-15/


We were just talking about that yesterday. I think that Goodyear makes speed record tires for most records. I understand that Goodyear is about to start making normal bicycle tires again.


Such that "making" means buying them from the low bidder in
Asia, then yes.



Do you mean like most of the other tire manufacturers?


Some yes and some no.

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Considering that there are some 87 tire manufacturers in the world that isn't very informative nor difficult to claim.