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Speed biking on snow at 210 km/h

Submitted by Rob on Fri, 21/09/2007 - 12:51.

Austria's Markus Stoeckl, 33, set a new world record at the weekend for series mountain bikes on a renovated high-speed La Parva run in the Chile's Alps when he hit a speed of 210.4 km/h (130.7 mph). He shattered an eight-year-old record by an incredible 23 km/h (14 mph).

From http://www.pinkbike.com/news/speed-biking-world-record-2007.html

Headcase*

Think this is vid of said ride... well... it looks very similar:


*I want a go! Laughing out loud


‹ For those who thought they'd tried everything... Magpies @#@#!$ahhhh ›

bike?

Submitted by Little-Ditty on Fri, 21/09/2007 - 15:26.

Is that a Norco?? Smiling

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Bike is an

Submitted by alchemist on Fri, 21/09/2007 - 16:22.

Intense M6

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Shizenhousen!

Submitted by ar_junkie on Fri, 21/09/2007 - 17:47.

Got luv the spandex on a DH bike Eye-wink

Imagine the G's he must experiense!

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Ditty

Submitted by Carlgroover on Sat, 22/09/2007 - 08:28.

Not a Norco, but I think that guy riding down the volcano in Japan was riding one. Smiling
John.

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pair of big ones

Submitted by starship303 on Tue, 25/09/2007 - 14:01.

Haha, yeah the volcano ride/attempt from a couple of years ago was pretty violent. Bike basically fell apart underneath him at terminal velocity. Big ups to Intense with their new M6 (this was a stock one too, not specifically manufacturered for the task)...is there a better way to promote your new DH sled than to smash the bicycle land speed record? I think not.

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...actually just watched the vid again - are they running carbon Easton bars on that thing?!

I also really like this from the pinkbike article:
"The planning for the trip to Chile was so hurried that I ended up having to use my street shoes for the world record run."

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