culture firegeezer on 29 Sep 2007 11:32 am
He Went How Fast? On The Snow?
LET’S HEAR IT FOR MARKUS STOECKL. The 33-yr.-old Austrian recently set the World Speed Record for series mountain bikes. Stoeckl, nicknamed “Hercules” because of his 6′4″, 220 lbs. frame, broke the 8 year old record by 14 mph on a 2000 meter, 45 degree run in the Chilean Alps. Because of the extreme cold, Hercules had to hold his breath for the 40 second duration so his helmet didn’t fog up.
And the new record is? 130.7 mph…..on the snow.
Who’s next?
The video shows the record-setting run.
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