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Denise Mueller Sets Women's Paced Bicycle Land Speed Record -- 147 Mph

posted by cmn32480 on Wednesday September 14 2016, @06:22AM   Printer-friendly
from the holding-the-bumper-doesn't-count dept.

Velonews reports that experienced cycle racer Denise Mueller of San Diego, California was successful in setting the first woman's paced (drafting behind a car) cycling record. The record is the culmination of at least two years of training and planning.

Mueller set the new women's speed record at Utah's Bonneville Salt Flats where she rode a highly customized bike that includes two 60-tooth chainrings and double-speedup gearing (the article mistakenly calls this double reduction). The article claims the bike had a 488 inch gear (equivalent wheel diameter for a direct-drive wheel) which translates to a cadence of 102 RPM at 147 miles per hour.

While she hoped to go even faster, the article mentions that they were only able to use a four mile long course. They had hoped for 6 miles but it seems that conditions on the salt this year don't make that possible.

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  • (Score: 2) by julian on Wednesday September 14 2016, @07:08AM

    by julian (6003) Subscriber Badge on Wednesday September 14 2016, @07:08AM (#401684)

    I won't be impressed until a person achieves such fitness that they can fly under their own power, unaided.

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  • (Score: 2) by KilroySmith on Wednesday September 14 2016, @07:38AM

    by KilroySmith (2113) on Wednesday September 14 2016, @07:38AM (#401690)

    I've flown 150 miles without any kind of engine, and I didn't cheat like a sailplane pilot and get pulled up by one. Does that qualify?

  • (Score: 2) by NotSanguine on Wednesday September 14 2016, @09:39AM

    by NotSanguine (285) <{NotSanguine} {at} {SoylentNews.Org}> on Wednesday September 14 2016, @09:39AM (#401713) Homepage Journal

    I won't be impressed until a person achieves such fitness that they can fly under their own power, unaided.

    Holly Jones would be happy to demonstrate [baen.com].

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