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Denise Mueller-Korenek Sets New Paced Cycling Speed Record

posted by takyon on Wednesday September 19 2018, @03:59PM   Printer-friendly
from the push-pedal dept.

An Anonymous Coward writes:

VeloNews reports: Mueller-Korenek rides 183.9mph, smashing world record

On the Bonneville Salt Flats, tucked in behind a 1,000-horsepower drag race car, Denise Mueller-Korenek hit 183.932 miles per hour, smashing a 23-year-old world record.

"It was a crazy wild ride to 183.9 mph, but so worth the sacrifice and years of focus on becoming the fastest human on a bicycle in the world," said Mueller-Korenek after breaking the record on September 16.

She hit the record speed on her second attempt, breaking Fred Rompelberg's 1995 Paced Bicycle Speed Record, 167mph.

Mueller-Korenek, 45, is familiar to top speeds on Utah's salt flats. She previously set a women's world record of 147.75mph in 2016. This Sunday, the mother of two took the world record outright, paced by an overhauled version of the dragster that paced Rompelberg to his record speed.

Also at NPR.

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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday September 20 2018, @08:51PM (2 children)

    by Anonymous Coward on Thursday September 20 2018, @08:51PM (#737728)

    Calm down Gaaark. This is why it is called the "paced cycling speed record" -- which dates back over 100 years with Mile-a-Minute Murphy drafting behind a train (he arranged for boards to ride on, set between the rails for several miles). I believe that Murphy used a wire from the train to help him get started, again due to the big gear ratio (and a bike that probably had much higher rolling resistance than a modern bike).

    There are other cycling speed records that meet your esthetic requirements...

  • (Score: 2) by Gaaark on Thursday September 20 2018, @10:09PM (1 child)

    by Gaaark (41) on Thursday September 20 2018, @10:09PM (#737776) Journal

    I was calm.... i was just wondering why this is BIG FRONT PAGE NEWS.

    To me it's not a big deal, more like a well rehearsed and scienced out thing that makes me go: "Meh...no biggy".

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    --- Please remind me if I haven't been civil to you: I'm channeling MDC. ---Gaaark 2.0 ---

    • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday September 22 2018, @12:01AM

      by Anonymous Coward on Saturday September 22 2018, @12:01AM (#738411)

      I counted five "!" exclamation points in your post, seemed pretty excited to me....

      Most successful record attempts these days are well rehearsed and scienced out, that's how they manage to beat the previous record. Well, maybe not records like "hot dog eating" [grin].