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NewcastleFalcon wrote: ↑14 May 2018, 08:53
I am quite confident that you, with the assistance of those "diesel legs" could easily exceed that 24 mph speed limit!
Regards Neil
Don't know how up to date those records are but 51.28mph on a Moulton AM7 in 1986 still standing unsurpassed today? Wonder what Jim Glover had for breakfast that dayCycling speed records
The highest speed officially recorded for any human-powered vehicle (HPV) on level ground and with calm winds and without external aids (such as motor pacing and wind-blocks, but including a defined amount of gravity assist) is 144.18 km/h (89.59 mph) set in 2016 by Todd Reichert in the Eta Speedbike, a streamlined recumbent bicycle.[11] In the 1989 Race Across America, a group of HPVs crossed the United States in just 5 days.[12][13][14][15] The highest speed officially recorded for a bicycle ridden in a conventional upright position under fully faired conditions was 82.52 km/h (51.28 mph) over 200 m.[16] That record was set in 1986 by Jim Glover on a Moulton AM7 at the Human Powered Speed Championships during Expo86 World Fair in Vancouver.
MikeT wrote: ↑15 May 2018, 09:22 For those interested in diesel locomotives - a collection of photos in our local paper today from a recent 3-day "diesel gala and beer festival".
http://www.bournemouthecho.co.uk/news/1 ... -day_gala/
Regards NeilThe translation!
The clock was made by M.Climeshaw in 1863. The Great Pendulum is 30ft. 7 ins. long. It is thought to be the longest in Great Britain. To accommodate its unusual length a pit 6 ft deep had to be made in the ground under the tower. The time of the pendulum swing is 3.04 seconds and this is practically constant. The clock keeps excellent time and is hardly affected by the variations of weather temperatures. It has been calculated that the clock has made 1800,000,000 (one thousand eight hundred million) ticks since it was installed in 1783 and is still young yet.
NewcastleFalcon wrote: ↑16 May 2018, 08:15 ..and a bit more on the Church Clock
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Regards NeilThe translation!
The clock was made by M.Cumeshaw in 1863. The Great Pendulum is 30ft. 7 ins. long. It is thought to be the longest in Great Britain. To accommodate its unusual length a pit 6 ft deep had to be made in the ground under the tower. The time of the pendulum swing is 3.04 seconds and this is practically constant. The clock keeps excellent time and is hardly affected by the variations of weather temperatures. It has been calculated that the clock has made 1800,000,000 (one thousand eight hundred million) ticks since it was installed in 1783 and is still young yet.
