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Guy Riding Down a Snow Slope Breaks World Mountain Bike Speed Record: 130mph

king_of_fools — Tue, 02 Oct 2007 13:44:09 EDT

Thats not riding! Thats falling (down a hill) with style! - Buzz Lightyear voice

Fun clip but how is this tech related?

king_of_fools

Guy Riding Down a Snow Slope Breaks World Mountain Bike Speed Record: 130mph

gundamsdontkillpeople — Tue, 02 Oct 2007 05:02:01 EDT

Nice boots

gundamsdontkillpeople

Guy Riding Down a Snow Slope Breaks World Mountain Bike Speed Record: 130mph

yougottabekidding — Mon, 01 Oct 2007 18:11:25 EDT

What's the point of this bike even having sprockets and a chain? He's not going to need them to go downhill.

yougottabekidding

Guy Riding Down a Snow Slope Breaks World Mountain Bike Speed Record: 130mph

IvyIsis — Mon, 01 Oct 2007 16:22:57 EDT

@DataScream:
I feel like any brake application whatsoever going that fast would cause him to instantaneously fly over the handlebars of the bike...at 130 mph.

As a sidebar, I want that helmet.

IvyIsis

Guy Riding Down a Snow Slope Breaks World Mountain Bike Speed Record: 130mph

mspaeth — Mon, 01 Oct 2007 15:38:18 EDT

Anyone who complains about these types of stories not being about gadgets should shut up and go read some binary.

mspaeth

Guy Riding Down a Snow Slope Breaks World Mountain Bike Speed Record: 130mph

DataScream — Mon, 01 Oct 2007 13:02:18 EDT

@b3n:

so he can stop when he reaches the bottom?

DataScream

Guy Riding Down a Snow Slope Breaks World Mountain Bike Speed Record: 130mph

b3n — Mon, 01 Oct 2007 11:51:39 EDT

why does he have his fingers on the brake lever?

b3n

Guy Riding Down a Snow Slope Breaks World Mountain Bike Speed Record: 130mph

Kaiser-Machead's Chips Ahoy! — Mon, 01 Oct 2007 11:41:21 EDT

I saw a guy doing this on TV yesterday (sans snow) and the bike snapped in half.

Kaiser-Machead's Chips Ahoy!

Guy Riding Down a Snow Slope Breaks World Mountain Bike Speed Record: 130mph

kevjohn — Mon, 01 Oct 2007 11:06:22 EDT

Let's see him do that going uphill.

kevjohn

Guy Riding Down a Snow Slope Breaks World Mountain Bike Speed Record: 130mph

Colonel35 — Mon, 01 Oct 2007 10:50:49 EDT

Question: Why bother having pedals on that thing?

Colonel35

Guy Riding Down a Snow Slope Breaks World Mountain Bike Speed Record: 130mph

wezelboy — Mon, 01 Oct 2007 10:29:35 EDT

I think they just wanted to front page the video instead of just a picture.

wezelboy

Guy Riding Down a Snow Slope Breaks World Mountain Bike Speed Record: 130mph

Jesus Diaz — Mon, 01 Oct 2007 10:01:56 EDT

@GregH: Was it hooked. Looks to me like he just used the drag car to take out all the air resistance and he was pedalling on his own, no?

Jesus Diaz

Guy Riding Down a Snow Slope Breaks World Mountain Bike Speed Record: 130mph

Jesus Diaz — Mon, 01 Oct 2007 09:58:43 EDT

This is the video. The gadget is the bike. And this guy has cojones the size of the iceberg that sunk Titanic.

Jesus Diaz

Guy Riding Down a Snow Slope Breaks World Mountain Bike Speed Record: 130mph

dabu — Mon, 01 Oct 2007 09:55:29 EDT

Holy crap. stop the whining. It's a video of a guy riding 130 MPH! Lots of ppl wanted video clips the last time around...and now it's here. Just cuz the thing doesn't have USB or doesn't play doom, doesn't mean readers and editors don't appreciate it here. Christ the giz needs a ban monday like kotaku.

dabu

Guy Riding Down a Snow Slope Breaks World Mountain Bike Speed Record: 130mph

Acemonster — Mon, 01 Oct 2007 09:39:12 EDT

Was this not just posted a few days ago? I don't get it...

Acemonster

Guy Riding Down a Snow Slope Breaks World Mountain Bike Speed Record: 130mph

MacBandit — Mon, 01 Oct 2007 09:19:04 EDT

The first time it was on Giz there wasn't a video.

Where's the gadget? It's in his aerodynamic suit and the bike he's riding.

MacBandit

Guy Riding Down a Snow Slope Breaks World Mountain Bike Speed Record: 130mph

citykids — Mon, 01 Oct 2007 09:06:38 EDT

Gizmodo does feel more like BoingBoing more and more every day.

citykids

Guy Riding Down a Snow Slope Breaks World Mountain Bike Speed Record: 130mph

atomriot — Mon, 01 Oct 2007 08:45:30 EDT

yeah yeah, fast bike whatever. let me guess, he had to hold his breathe for the entire 40 seconds run so his visor wouldnt fog.

this is cool, but was cooler the first time it was on giz

atomriot

Guy Riding Down a Snow Slope Breaks World Mountain Bike Speed Record: 130mph

GregH — Mon, 01 Oct 2007 08:17:58 EDT

This record is way better than John Howard's. Basically, his bike was hooked up to the back of the car (surrounded by a wind shield to create a vacuum for the bike). When the car got up to speed, the bike unhooked and he just slowed down. Dangerous still, but pretty boring:

[www.youtube.com]

GregH

Guy Riding Down a Snow Slope Breaks World Mountain Bike Speed Record: 130mph

pupaboy — Mon, 01 Oct 2007 08:12:17 EDT

Red Bull gives you WINGS!

pupaboy

Guy Riding Down a Snow Slope Breaks World Mountain Bike Speed Record: 130mph

xanderbeedle — Mon, 01 Oct 2007 08:08:21 EDT

You had this on the site a day or two ago! What the hell?

xanderbeedle

Guy Riding Down a Snow Slope Breaks World Mountain Bike Speed Record: 130mph

ScramDiggyBooBoo — Mon, 01 Oct 2007 08:04:22 EDT

Wow, so wheres the gadget, this used to be a gadget blog..but more and more crap makes its way on to the front page every day.

ScramDiggyBooBoo

Guy Riding Down a Snow Slope Breaks World Mountain Bike Speed Record: 130mph

strider_mt2k — Mon, 01 Oct 2007 07:52:32 EDT

Damn straight!
No, really, there were no turns whatsoever.

That IS extreme coolness.

Congrats, fast guy!

strider_mt2k