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Speed biking on snow at 210 km/h
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-...
Headcase*
Think this is vid of said ride... well... it looks very similar:
*I want a go! 
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Is that a Norco??
Intense M6
Got luv the spandex on a DH bike
Imagine the G's he must experiense!
Not a Norco, but I think that guy riding down the volcano in Japan was riding one.
John.
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."