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AeroVelo Breaks Human-powered Land Speed Record

Posted by Soulskill on from the zoom-zoom dept.

yyzmcleod sends news that AeroVelo, a Canadian team of engineers and students, has built a bike that successfully broke the human-powered land speed record. (This is the same group that built a human-powered helicopter in 2013.) The team's Eta recumbent speed bike managed a speed of 85.7mph (137.9km/h). The previous record was 83.1 mph.

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  1. Re:Stupid question but... by YrWrstNtmr · · Score: 4, Interesting

    Actually, no. It's not just weight. In that reclined position, a camera in the nose and a monitor provides a better picture than looking through a long curved 'window', that you're looking at mostly edge on.
    As far as weight....once you get it up to speed, a few ounces more or less doesn't really matter.

    This has been done before.