July 2011
The Racing Campbells:
Sir Malcolm and Donald Campbell spent their lives and thrilled the world in the pursuit of Speed…
Bicycle Speed Records...
Take your pick: stationary on a dynamo-meters rollers, alone on a flat surface, unpaced by another vehicle using aerodynamic bodies, drafting behind trains or dragsters, or straight down the side of a mountain, there are numerous way to achieve a bicycle speed record.
There are also records for: One hour, six hours, 24 hours, and on and on…
This is the fastest umans can go under their own...
Motor-paced Bicycle Speed Records...
The idea was to use a wind break for the speed attempts. One of the earliest and most promoted was “Mile-A-Minute Murphy in 1899.
