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Fastest Cycle in the World Can do 139 km/h

Aerovelo's aerodynamic speed bike, Eta, broke the previous world record of 133.78kph set in 2013 by a team of Dutch students, not once or twice, but three times. The bike is capable of doing 139 km/h.
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By Ameya Naik

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Published on September 23, 2015

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    We already have the fastest car, bike and what not when it comes to the automotive world but Canada's Team Aerovelo put on quite a show during the World Human Powered Speed Challenge in Battle Mountain, Nevada, when their aerodynamic speed bike Eta, piloted by Aerovelo Co-Founder Todd Reichert, broke the previous world record of 133.78kph set in 2013 by a team of Dutch students, not once or twice, but three times.

    On September 17, Eta powered to a fastest speed of 137.93km/h and the very next day hit the 139.21km/h. But that wasn't enough and on the third day, Aerovelo broke the record once more when Eta hit a speed of 139.45kpm! The record attempt makes it the fastest bike in the world.

    The multi-record-breaking performance capped off a year of testing and refining Eta on state of the art tracks and in their University of Toronto lab, after placing third in 2014. "This has been a dream of ours for years. This year, we spent more time preparing and testing, and it feels incredible to have all that pay off", said Cameron Robertson, Co-Founder, Eta.

    The World Human Powered Speed Challenge draws record-seeking cyclists from around the world to test their high tech speed bikes on highway 305. Eta is funded by Google and the project also received funding and support by donors, including significant contributions from The University of Toronto, GMC, Indeo Ideas Inc., Visual Unity and many others



     

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