Someone Broke A Record By Cycling 149mph Behind A Porsche Cayenne

Neil Campbell has broken the European cycling speed record by slipstreaming a Cayenne

18 Sep 2018

Someone Broke A Record By Cycling 149mph Behind A Porsche Cayenne

Forty years ago, a chap called Jean-Claude Rude tried to become the fastest cyclist in the world with the aid of an adapted Porsche 935 Turbo. It did not go well. At over 100mph, his rear tyre blew, jamming the wheel. Rude was just about able to keep control of the sliding bicycle, coming to a stop - thankfully - with no injuries.

Now there’s been another cycling record attempt involving a Porsche, which has been rather more successful. Neil Campbell was able to break his own record of 135mph by hitting 149mph while slipstreaming a Porsche Cayenne Turbo with a giant panel attached to the back.

Campbell was towed behind the Cayenne while riding a creation Moss Bikes - a carbonfibre bicycle with an elongated frame - up to 110mph before being released. He then pedalled up to 149, bagging a European record in the process.

Drag racing champion Andy Frost was behind the wheel of the Cayenne Turbo

He’s not content with that, though, and intends to challenge the outright record. The speed to beat is 183mph, set by Denise Mueller-Korenek at the Bonneville Salt Flats last Sunday.

Growing up on a diet of World Rally Championship highlights and lengthy Gran Turismo 2 sessions, a life in cars was as good as inevitable for Matt.

Comments

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While cool, not 935 cool

Or 204kph behind a 300sl on the autobahn cool

How exactly did the tire blowing cause the entire wheel to jam

Bits of tire probably got wrapped up around something or jammed in somewhere there wasn’t supposed to be bits of tire.

Got jammed in the frame… bike tires have very little space between the frame and they expand when going that fast too.

Guy Marin’s not going to be happy lol

That moment when a man in a Lycra suit on some bits of scaffolding has the same top speed as your 2 litre turbo

that moment when a man in a lycra suit is 145 miles faster than you

This is like Bugatti claiming their next car can do 1000mph….so long as you fly a Saturn V in front of it dragging an airbrake

Wheres the best comments this week?

i dont know why is he paddling because the bicycle is not geared to those speed

If you look at the bicycle around 12 seconds into the video, you will see that it has two chains. That’s what provides the necessary gearing up to reach those speeds.