Posted on 01/08/2017 11:52:06 AM PST by DUMBGRUNT
One hundred twenty.
The custom carbon-fiber bike, fitted with motorcycle tires, begins to drift a little bit, right to left, left to right. Mueller exhales under her matte-black helmet, steadies herself in her crimson-leather jumpsuit and keeps pedaling. Her red ponytail flickers from beneath her helmet.
Mueller may be hard-wired for racing, it turns out. Both of her parents are thrill-seekers. When Myron Mueller turned 70, he celebrated by riding a bicycle around the perimeter of the continental U.S. It took him 9½ months. Denises mother, Anna, competed in demolition derby racing before Denise was born. On her 80th birthday, Anna sky-dived from an airplane.
(Excerpt) Read more at wsj.com ...
I jumped with a lot of wimmin sky divers who would disagree.
“Worlds Fastest Woman”
My college GF.
Except for, like, every woman pilot ever.
Me thinks you were just there for some RW ! (Relative Work)
You can bet it’s not a standard chainring!
The fastest man alive since the early 1960s is Barry Allen
there are "rules" ;-)
From article:
Double-reduction gearing and drivetrain - The pedals are connected to a first reduction gear; that gear is connected to a low-speed pinion with one more shaft. This pinion is connected to a second reduction gear mounted directly to the back wheel.
Swag estimate from photo, 80:11 front 100: 14? to wheel??? Yes I could zoom in and count the teeth, takes too much time.
More here:
http://www.bicycling.com/news/records/badass-mom-of-three-becomes-worlds-fastest-female-cyclist
Thank God I will be seeing my eye doctor because I thought the title of this thread said “Worlds Fattest Woman “ LOL
A better view of the drive side gear set!
I thought this thread was about Megyn Kelly...
I’m not a good speller.
Am I in trouble, again?
How fast can she go without a draft car?
Monica Lewinsky??
Hahahaha.
requires I turn off Ad Blocker and give them my email.........ain’t gonna
Had to go and spoil it for those that thought she just was out there pedaling by herself, eh?
Me to. The sad thing is, like a car crash, I just had to look.
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