Woman Rides Bicycle to 183.9 MPH, a New World Record

Re:Woman Rides Bicycle to 183.9 MPH, a New World Record by fian on Wednesday September 19, 2018 @06:50AM (#18023264)

Cyclists tend to break bones at slower speeds. Pro-cyclists racing down mountains will lose a lot of skin in a fall but unless they hit something hard (rock, pole, wall) they don't tend to break bones. At walking speeds, a sideways fall often results in broken collar bones and wrists.

It is all about the angular momentum of the cyclist wrt to the road.

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Re:Woman Rides Bicycle to 183.9 MPH, a New World Record by TheOtherHobbes on Wednesday September 19, 2018 @07:59AM (#18023531)

Interesting. I've moved to a warmer country and it's normal here for moped riders and motor cyclists to wear a helmet with shorts and a t-shirt.

I'm used to motor cyclists wearing leathers. Bare skin in an accident looks terrifyingly abrasive.

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Re:Woman Rides Bicycle to 183.9 MPH, a New World Record by pmontra on Wednesday September 19, 2018 @01:25PM (#18025888)

A friend told me "there are two types of motorcyclists, the ones with a t-shirt and the ones that already crashed." This is a warm country.

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Re:Woman Rides Bicycle to 183.9 MPH, a New World Record by komali2 on Wednesday September 19, 2018 @12:18PM (#18025302)

Whenever I go on a group ride with someone that doesn't even have gloves on, I say I'll give them five bucks for every second they're able to lightly press their knuckles to the concrete, then rub them back and forth vigorously.

Nobody's ever managed to make it more that a second.

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Re:Woman Rides Bicycle to 183.9 MPH, a New World Record by hackeraccount on Wednesday September 19, 2018 @12:02PM (#18025170)

dress for the slide not the ride.

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Re:Woman Rides Bicycle to 183.9 MPH, a New World Record by close04 on Wednesday September 19, 2018 @10:36AM (#18024459)

Less deadly than cracking your skull open though.

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Re:Woman Rides Bicycle to 183.9 MPH, a New World Record by ubermonkey on Wednesday September 19, 2018 @09:04AM (#18023853)

Well, sure, but I did this

http://i.imgur.com/gRqg50J.png

at about 22mph. ;)

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Re:Woman Rides Bicycle to 183.9 MPH, a New World Record by jjuel on Wednesday September 19, 2018 @09:34AM (#18024043)

I was 9 when I fell off my bike and broke my femur. Being in traction for 4 weeks followed by a full body cast for 12 was not a very fun way to spend the 4th grade.

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Re:Woman Rides Bicycle to 183.9 MPH, a New World Record by nickjj on Wednesday September 19, 2018 @08:31AM (#18023687)

> At walking speeds, a sideways fall often results in broken collar bones

That's pretty much what happened to me. I was going walking speed on a bike, popped a wheelie, handle bars came off, I tumbled forward and landed collar bone first onto a curb. Hairline fracture at about age 14.

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Re:Woman Rides Bicycle to 183.9 MPH, a New World Record by johnvanommen on Wednesday September 19, 2018 @03:19PM (#18026932)

> handle bars came off

I pulled the brake lever on my road bike once, and it FELL OFF. Went right into the front spokes and launched me over the handlebars like a cannonball. It was like putting a metal rod right into the front spokes.

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Re:Woman Rides Bicycle to 183.9 MPH, a New World Record by gnulinux on Wednesday September 19, 2018 @01:02PM (#18025687)

> handle bars came off

That sounds very concerning. I didn't know that could even happen...

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Re:Woman Rides Bicycle to 183.9 MPH, a New World Record by nickjj on Wednesday September 19, 2018 @01:19PM (#18025835)

> That sounds very concerning. I didn't know that could even happen...

I don't know too much about bikes, but the one I had used some type of bolt to connect the handlebars to the main frame.

I was adjusting the height of the handlebars and I guess I didn't tighten it enough in the end. User error in all its glory.

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