[SDCBC] FW: As Follow-up, Again...

[markw]

Wow, had I known he has a streamliner I wouldn't have issued that 
challenge. :)  Yeah, I've been smoked by Dean Peterson when he did a 
23:06 time a couple years ago.  He was riding around everyone like they 
were standing still.  I'd be scared to go downhill on a streamliner, 
you'd gain sooo much speed it'd be insane trying to stop it.  A couple 
guys I know want that FI record, Dean is one of them, and he came close, 
but was scrubbing too much speed on the turn around for the short 
course.   They even announced he broke the record, but then when they 
looked it up he was 1 second shy of tying it.  If Eric is familiar with 
what bents can do, a Bacchetta Aero high racer is significantly faster 
going downhill than a road bike.  I'm maybe 40-45 descending the 52 on 
my road bike, but on my Aero or Corsa I can let it rip and easily exceed 
50.  I'm not the only one in town on an Aero either, Nigel Glibbery puts 
the hurt on the cyclovets every now and then with his.  Darn fast bikes, 
weighing in at 18-25lbs with a good rider they climb well too.  But they 
are illegal on California roads at night, not to mention any event put 
on by the USCF. :)

Mark

JonIsaacs at aol.com wrote:
> In a message dated 2/26/08 9:16:40 PM Pacific Standard Time, 
> markw at wolfenet.org writes:
> 
>> Care to follow? :)  I'm on a Bacchetta Aero recumbent with disc rear, 
>> 404 front.  Smaller hole to punch in the air.  Road bike is 40-45.  Ask 
>> anyone who's tried hanging on descents, you can pass tandems on that 
>> thing on the downhill.
> 
> Maybe we will have to get Eric Hollenbeck out there on the SDSU HPV.  As I 
> remember it Eric holds the recumbent record (and overall record) for Fiesta 
> Island on that bike so I would guess he would be pretty tough competition.   :)   
> I pretty much know where my money would be going...
> 
> 
> http://www.fiestaisland.com/FiestaIsland/Results/FI_fast_series_times_2008.htm
> 
> Jon Isaacs
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