What is going on with the East Alton Rotary Club? We will cover it here, along with all sorts of other interesting and off-kilter stuff that will inform, enlighten and amuse you.
The record for the fastest speed by a bicyclist on a flat surface is 167 miles per hour, set by Dutch cyclist Fred Rompelberg,
in 1995. How'd he go so fast? He drafted behind a custom-built drag
racing car, taking advantage of the car's slipstream. For comparison's
sake, the 167 miles per hour speed is more than twice that of the
fastest cycling speed without drafting -- 83 miles per hour, held by
Canadian cyclist Sam Whittingham and set in 2009.
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