40 MPH down Cemetery Road from Jim Zimmerman on Vimeo.
Friday, May 13, 2011
40 MPH down Cemetery Road
This video segment begins after I had been riding at 23-24 mph for almost a mile. The road was slightly downhill, or I couldn't have done that. I was pretty tired by the time the slope turned seriously downhill, so it was a relief to stop pedaling and coast up to 40 MPH. Notice the grinding of the road dirt on my brake rotors when I jammed on them to stop at the red light at the bottom of the hill.
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Bopop: You should mount a whistle (the more discordant the better!) near your camera so the pitch and loudness will indicate relative speed -- or scariness!!
I enjoyed the video clip!
Your guardian angel is working overtime!!
That's exciting! I admire your downhill skill.
Wait until he gets his now-lusted-for Velomobile!!
Pray for him; he will need it.
Unless his wife intervenes and prevents him from buying the streamlined bike, that is!
Dang!!
That gets my heart racing just watching it.
You know I do that sorta thing nearly every day (not quite that fast and not quite that much traffic) but on camera like that...MAN that looks dicey.
Let me just state for the record that this isn't exactly what it looks like in person.
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