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If you folks have TBS (247 on directtv) put it on now...dude's trying to

go

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90 mph on his MTB.

Chris

Okay, it's over. Eric Barrone made it to 107 mph - then his head tube sheared off. He was on some
kind of carbon wind-tunnel tri bike with DeeMaxs and some Euro brand suspension parts...but judging
from the frame failure, you'd think it was a Fisher (Zing!).

So, 5 broken ribs, dislocated shoulder, and "torn hand muscles." But he has the world record.

He can keep it.

Chris

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Okay, it's over. Eric Barrone made it to 107 mph -

Gearing must have been 4x larger than a roodie bike to achieve that speed.

"Chris" <[email hidden]> wrote

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Okay, it's over. Eric Barrone made it to 107 mph - then his head tube sheared off. He was on some
kind of carbon wind-tunnel tri bike with DeeMaxs and some Euro brand suspension parts...but
judging from the frame failure, you'd think it was a Fisher (Zing!).

So, 5 broken ribs, dislocated shoulder, and "torn hand muscles." But he

has

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the world record.

He can keep it.

Record?

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Pete

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Okay, it's over. Eric Barrone made it to 107 mph -

Gearing must have been 4x larger than a roodie bike to achieve that speed.

Guess I should have mentioned he wasn't pedaling. As far as I could tell, it was a FS singlespeed,
but he only turned the cranks about three times at the very start...he was coasting down a volcano,
something like 2,700 feet.

Chris

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Okay, it's over. Eric Barrone made it to 107 mph - then his head tube sheared off. He was on some
kind of carbon wind-tunnel tri bike with DeeMaxs and some Euro brand suspension parts...but
judging from the frame failure, you'd think it was a Fisher (Zing!).

So, 5 broken ribs, dislocated shoulder, and "torn hand muscles." But he

has

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the world record.

He can keep it.

Chris

~Travis could beat that ANY DAY!

Matt

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Okay, it's over. Eric Barrone made it to 107 mph -

Gearing must have been 4x larger than a roodie bike to achieve that speed.

If you're trying to pedal at that speed, you're going to go slower. The extra wind resistance from
your legs flailing around will MUCH more than overcome any additional power you may be putting into
the pedals. When you run the numbers to see how many "watt-equivalents" it takes to go 107mph (170+
km/h), it's pretty clear that you're not going to make much difference adding a few hundred more.

I think if I were going to try something like that it would be on a VERY sturdy bike.

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I think if I were going to try something like that it would be on a VERY sturdy bike.

As a newbie MTB'er who saw this clip, this is something that confused me. If all you were planning
on doing was to go very fast, downhill, in a straight line, why would you use a stiff, lightweight
bike that could fail catostrophically (as his did). Why not just use a very strong cro-mo bike?
Seems like the extra weight might actually help you go faster. Hopefully it would bend instead of
break, like his did.

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If you folks have TBS (247 on directtv) put it on now...dude's trying to go 90 mph on his MTB.

Chris

Okay, it's over. Eric Barrone made it to 107 mph - then his head tube sheared off.

Bummer.

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Mark Hickey <[email hidden]> wrote in

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I think if I were going to try something like that it would be on a VERY sturdy bike.

As a newbie MTB'er who saw this clip, this is something that confused me. If all you were planning
on doing was to go very fast, downhill, in a straight line, why would you use a stiff, lightweight
bike that could fail catostrophically (as his did). Why not just use a very strong cro-mo

bike?

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Seems like the extra weight might actually help you go faster. Hopefully it would bend instead of
break, like his did.

Wind resistance I presume.