Saturday, June 8, 2019

The fastest person on a bicycle is a woman who pedaled at 184 mph


There are a lot of dangerous things you can do on a bicycle.  But riding inches away from a dragster, at well over 150 mph, is probably the most dangerous.  Tiny mishaps, mistakes, or accidents would all likely lead to death.  This two woman team blew the doors off the old world record.  Denise Mueller-Korenek pedaled 183.9 miles an hour on the Bonneville Salt Flats in 2018.  Another woman, pro race car driver Shea Holbrook, had the daunting task of driving the specially designed dragster, while making sure Denise was within a couple feet behind her.  This 21 minute video shows a dangerous kind of bicycling that even the craziest street, park, vert, and MTB downhillers wouldn't want to try.  It's a 21 minute video, a testament to goals and Girl Power, and a really interesting watch.  Check it out.

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