Bicycle smashes motorway speed limit

How fast do you ride your bike?

A commuter cyclist might average 15-18mph and a professional 25-28mph, but even a Tour de France champion descending a mountain stage would fall far behind the 83.13mph achieved this week by a team of Dutch students in their VeloX3 fully-faired recumbent bicycle.

The speed sets a new world record for the fastest un-paced cyclist in a human-powered vehicle.

The record–breaking run was made at the World Human Powered Speed Challenge in Nevada.

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Need extra help to ride fast?

Pretty it isn’t, but the electric ‘superbicycle’ built by Zero motorcycles is blisteringly quick off the lights. The battery engineer at Zero built the custom bicycle from the parts bin at the electric motorcycle factory, with impressive results. The electric motorcycle with pedals is capable of 0-60mph in 3.6 seconds, which is faster than a 2011 Porsche 911 GT3 RS.

The Zero bicycle uses a large motorcycle disc brake on its front wheel to bring it to a stop, but falls foul of laws in this country regulating the power of electric bicycles and even a fully-comprehensive cycle insurance policy would exclude the bicycle on these grounds.

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