World's fastest bicycles: Sam 73.16 mph (117.74 kph)

[djnanneex]

it's just impossible...

[KingConservative]

I want that bike!!!

[geemoe2007]

@KingConservative Me too!!! ;-)

[BIGGUUS1]

the fastest race cyclist of the world,

1995 the record of Fred Rompelberg

was noted in the Guinness Book of Records,

record speed: 166.944 mph.

[mariarts]

I WANTED ONE YESTERDAY

[ctrlaltdlt01]

the fastest giant grain of rice of all time.

[mooseling1]

imagine him on the motorways, he could be overtaking cars going 70 mph...

[u7alll]

OMG THAT ISNT A BICYCLE

i thought u meant like a bike

[RetroGamerr1991]

@u7alll it is

[macdonaldjohnd]

was this guy a really fit and strong road cyclist with an racing backround? How accomplished are these cyclists? They must still be pretty strong on flat land huh? whats the max gear inches? with 700c rear wheel? Im real impressed, but feel so limited from this , road bike racing is expensive enough.

[Bly86]

jesus shit I want one!

[edwardreid]

I was involved in this kind of thing for 15 years. I knew most of the top people in this event for much of that time. Sam Whittingham is the driver of the varna vehicles. Dr. George Georegiev is the creator of this amazing vehicle, and I am Bicycle Bill, who helped him by introducing front wheel drive for his vehicles back in 1988. I still ride My homemade vehicles today. With Mc Cready and Gardner dead, I think Mr Georgiev may be the only Master builder left who makes these vehicles.

[thug0gr3]

wow that's amazing! a lot of speed! I bet it feels really awesome to ride so fast!

[waldekpawlak15]

is cool ...

[EXTREEM888]

mad

[EXTREEM888]

thats mad, how big is the chain

[UprightMike]

His bike uses two chains, the first one from the pedals goes to a set of small gears on a cassette just above his knees. A large cog on the edge of this cassette has a second chain on it passing down to a small BMX sized single gear on his front wheel. All are standard bike parts, just reused. The overall effect means his gearing is about 2.5 x times as big as a regular bikes gears because this arrangement amplifies his pedal strokes that much allowing him to pedal at a regular pace but go 81

[EXTREEM888]

it was a moter bike you doshe!!

[UprightMike]

Nope. That is a guy PEDALLING that bike. The aerodynamic shell allows him to go that fast. The bike weighs about 70 lbs and has really big gears.

[RoyalFilm]

@EXTREEM888 What's a doshe?

[155www]

my god!!! who was pedaling this?