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redcass and rollie free
Posted: Mon Sep 22, 2008 10:43 pm
by broke
I was catching up on old posts and found this image in one of redcass' gallery posts:
I don't know if this is what he was trying for, but it reminded me of Rollie Free:
For the curious, Rollie is doing 150mph in that photo. Here is the link to his wikipedia page:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rollie_free
Posted: Tue Sep 23, 2008 12:36 am
by Racenut
Wow... talk about road rash..... now rub some salt in it!
Posted: Tue Sep 23, 2008 4:00 am
by newslinky
Considering he was probabley doing the speed trial in that photo, IIRC they did them on the salt flats so yeah road rash salty style.
Posted: Wed Sep 24, 2008 7:54 am
by italiaguy
At least he has a helmet on.
Posted: Thu Sep 25, 2008 10:30 pm
by broke
italiaguy wrote:At least he has a helmet on.
Actually, Rollie is wearing a shower cap. They just made them sturdier back in 1948.
Posted: Fri Sep 26, 2008 8:05 am
by newslinky
Imagine how much faster he would have gone had he been wearing one of those drag reducing skin suits.
Posted: Fri Sep 26, 2008 4:52 pm
by broke
newslinky wrote:Imagine how much faster he would have gone had he been wearing one of those drag reducing skin suits.
Or even just removed the loafers! I'm sure the heel of those things were dropping his top end by a few mph...
(But I also imagine the Utah desert is a pretty darn hot place to stand when he ends his ride to not have shoes on!)
Re: redcass and rollie free
Posted: Tue Sep 30, 2008 5:16 pm
by redcass
Dang! Great photo of Rollie. Crazy guy...