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SPEED

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Published in 2014 by Virgin Books, an imprint of Ebury

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Contents

Why its proper fun when speed and danger come together.

With the aid of a super-fast racing truck, one Olympic gold medallist

and the science of slipstreaming, I attempt to break the bicycle speed

record. With only pedal power to rely on, could I get to over 100 mph?

To take to the skies using muscle power alone I would need to learn

all about constructing wings and things and the impact of lift, thrust,

weight and drag. And what sort of flying machine would I need?

Learning from lizards that can run on water, understanding the
principles of cavitation and picking the perfect tyres. Will it help us
set the first hydroplaning motorbike world record?

Building the ultimate supersled, learning about the structure of
snow and ice and participating in some very tough training on the
Cresta Run. Have I done enough to be the fastest man on a gravity

powered sled?

Introduction

Speed. Danger. The two things go together like
bread and butter, or trucks and trailers,
or bits n bobs ... or do they?

EOPLE often assume that I race motorbikes because Im

addicted to speed, but thats not strictly true. Speed on its own

isnt always so exciting. On a racing motorbike I can do over 180

mph, which is fast, but not as fast as the airliners that we all climb aboard

to fly off on holiday. Modern passenger jets can cruise at between 500 and

600 mph, but sitting in an aeroplane like that for hours on end isnt very

exciting, is it? In fact, passengers read books, watch movies or have a kip to

pass the time travelling at over 500 mph can be really boring! Its

certainly not dangerous. You might be thundering through the sky six

miles high, but you can find all sorts of statistics to show that flying is the

safest form of long-distance travel. The fact is, sitting strapped into an

airline seat watching an in-flight movie, you dont even have much of a

clue that you are going fast. You cant actually feel the speed in an airliner,

but you certainly can on a motorbike. Its when you can feel the speed that

you get a sense of danger and when the two come together there is

nothing else in the world that compares.

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When I came off my bike during the Isle of Man TT in 2010, the feeling

when I knew that everything was going wrong and that I wasnt going to

be able to hold on to the bike at 170 mph was unbeatable. That was a

proper buzz. Those few moments between being in control of what I was

doing, then losing control, and the instant between crashing and almost

dying were intense. Thats the ultimate feeling of danger. Money cant buy

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