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There's also a "non motor-paced" category of records which does involve pedaling from a standstill to the maximum speed. Presumably involving many shifts. They are not surprisingly slower, because just as in driving a car, accelerating requires the most power, and maintaining speed much less. A multispeed bike would have more frictional losses in the gearing too. If she tried to get to 183.9mph from 0, on a bike with an appropriately large number of gears, she would probably be tired out long before she got to that speed.


Another massive advantage is being in the slip stream of a vehicle.




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