"Are you insane?"

[herr_oberst]

[Bob Kontak]

It's gotta be something more powerful than testosterone that establishes that Isle of Man mentality.

No thanks. I'm chicken.

[Vipergrün]

Meh, would have been more interesting on a Big Wheel or something. LOL

[red-beard]

I have hit slightly under 60 mph on a downhill run on MA 23, just outside Great Barrington. I was ~24 at the time. After noting the speed on my Cateye, I then low level freaked out on how to slow down without popping the tubes. I got out of the drops and made myself big and caught some drag.

More recently, there was a hill on Day 2 of the Houston-Austin MS150 on FM 153 east of Buescher State Park. 45+ was no problem. That is far more reasonable....

[javadog]

Nuts. That reminds me of the time I was dumb enough to attempt something similar in a go cart, towed behind a friend’s mom’s Ford LTD…

[ckissick]

Originally Posted by red-beard

I have hit slightly under 60 mph on a downhill run on MA 23, just outside Great Barrington. I was ~24 at the time. After noting the speed on my Cateye, I then low level freaked out on how to slow down without popping the tubes. I got out of the drops and made myself big and caught some drag.

More recently, there was a hill on Day 2 of the Houston-Austin MS150 on FM 153 east of Buescher State Park. 45+ was no problem. That is far more reasonable....

I hit exactly 100 kph (62 mph) while passing a truck on Col de Galibier in France. It still scares me to think about it. Won't do that again. But I didn't know how fast I was going until the German guy I was riding with told me afterwards. He was stoked.

[LWJ]

I have a buddy that attached a jet engine to a bicycle...

There is a youtube video somewhere. Not nearly as exciting as it sounds.

[hbueno]

Wow, my fastest on a bike was around 50mph downhill and that was plenty exhilarating. 160 mph is insane.

[pwd72s]

Tire technology alone had to be something. Yes, young and dumb...and very skilled.

[Tobra]

I almost got a speeding ticket on my bicycle once.

[aigel]

Seems like a stupid record to me. "I am the fastest guy to be towed behind a motorcycle on a bicycle". I love the low tech rope wrapped around the handlebar. No words on bike prep, i.e. tires and the freewheel (must have been removed ...)

G

[944 S2]

Love it! Powered by Honda!

[stevej37]

Funny that the towing Honda had to take off like 'a bat out of hell'!
(I wonder if that was agreed to beforehand)

[sc_rufctr]

That would have to be one of the riskiest things I've ever seen.

Crazy indeed!