Human Powered “75 mph” Bicycles

Jul 26th, 2007 by Stefan

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At 120 km/h (75 mph), the world’s fastest Human Powered Bicycles are doing what they do best: going unbelievably fast on normal, flat courses with little or no tail wind assistance.

But in October 2002, not a single sole on Earth drove faster than Sam Whittingham, a Canadian athlete who set the world record at 81 mph. That’s over 130 kilometers per hour !

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World record holder Sam Whittingham in action…

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