Cycling at 300 km/h? Thanks to the car you can. With a surprise to discover.

  • 12 July 2024
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Cycling at 300 km/h? Thanks to the car you can. With a surprise to discover. image

Photo credit: Allan Abbott M.D, Mercedes-Benz, Porsche

Records you know, many times seem crazy, but why not try to become the fastest cyclist in the world? The challenge is to exploit the wake of a car, a car that has been specially modified to ‘encase’ the cyclist in its shape and take the impact out of the car. A simple thing to say but one that requires, both in terms of technique and driver skill, the utmost precision: the rider is on two slender tubes and only minimally protected. In this way, unthinkable speeds are reached.

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