Posted on 10/03/2016 4:48:39 PM PDT by aquila48
Aerovelo’s human-powered vehicle “Eta” has broken the world record for fastest human-powered vehicle, reaching 89.59 mph/144.18 kph at the World Human Powered Speed Challenge in Battle Mountain, Nevada. This record breaks the previous world record, also held by Aerovelo’s Eta of 86.65mph / 139.45kph, set last September.
Analysis of the vehicle performance showed that Eta requires less than 198 watts of pedal power at 90 km/h, which translates to a 9,544 MPGe highway fuel efficiency. According to Aerovelo, this is the highest per-passenger MPGe of any existing transportation technology at this speed.
“The efficiency of this vehicle seems impossibly high: it’s a powerful example of the massive change we can achieve with existing technology in the near future,” said Aerovelo co-founder Cameron Robertson. “Eta’s performance is a testament to the passion and engineering the team devoted to this endeavour, and showcases what can be achieved when we seek to do more with less.”
Aerovelo cofounder Todd Reichert used Eta to set 2 consecutive human-powered world records this September. Reichert achieved 88.26 mph/142.04 kph on September 14th, 2016 and 89.59 mph/144.18 kph on September 18th, 2016.
“It’s an unbelievable feeling to be riding in something that efficient,” said Reichert. “It cuts through the air with such little resistance, and before you know it, you’re cruising at highway speeds on nothing more than your own power. When you realize that this is the same amount of power it takes to light up a few light bulbs, it’s truly mind blowing.”
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Nobody is going to want to go 90mph on a bicycle. Trust me.
I know one radical bicyclist that might.
I’d give it a try. But the bigger picture is going that fast using that little energy.
Not me. You can’t ride a bicycle comfortably while wearing motorcycle protection.
Of course the Obama regime will require 5mph bumpers, the weight of which will slow the bike down to 4mph!
That’s a three year old video - he was doing “only” 83.6mph.
Here’s a more recent one that includes what happens when you get a flat.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y8bbPmn8q6s
At least one did ...
Battle Mountain, I believe, is where Dingy Harry is from. Or was, before the exercise machine kicked his a$$.
Over the rim of the Grand Canyon, we go fast!
I'm afraid you are wrong. Take me back to my twenties and my combined body and skill, including the requisite reflexes, and I'd do it. I'm sure I'm not alone. I was skiing pretty fast then, water skiing as fast as the boats would go, carting at 70+ on a long road course, I weighed only 118 - 126. I once beat a Volkswagen in a short drag race.
Now, would I do it every day? For enough money, maybe!
He only needs to go straight but even with that he needs to be able to make corrections to keep going straight.
Actually, Dingy Harry is from Searchlight, NV, which is at the far southern end of Nevada while Battle Mountain is in northern Nevada.
So how does the driver see where he is going or does that matter?
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