University teams and enterprising individuals bring their bike designs to the Nevada desert every year to attempt to be the fastest person on Earth without an engine. Ishtey Amminger broke a world record this year for the junior men's division.
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The bike Blue Nose competed this year at the World Human Powered Speed Challenge, which takes place on a very flat 5-mile stretch of public highway.
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Russell Bridge, riding the Milan SL, shows how custom-built aerodynamic shells reduce wind resistance.
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Calvin Moes, a doctoral student in materials engineering at Toronto University, rides Eta Prime. Riders get as low and recumbent as possible without losing too much stability.
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The team from Uni Annecy, France, gives rider Fabien Canal in the Altair 6 a running push, which is necessary because the bikes are unstable at a standing position.
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The Velox 8 from Amsterdam's Uni Delft team crosses the finish line, 5 miles from the start.
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Lieke De Cock from Uni Delft doesn't have a windshield on in the Velox 8. Video from an outside camera is how she navigates.
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Recumbent practice bikes are on hand for teams to train on before they get into the shells.
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Universidad La Salle Bajio Mexico built the IK3 with an experimental linear drive, a hand-and-foot mechanism with a straight-line pedal path. Due to technical issues, the IK3 never ran this year.
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This small, international gathering of ath-geeks is breaking world speed records in various categories nearly every year.
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Fifteen riders came from 11 teams this year, representing the United States, Canada, Mexico, Italy, England, France and the Netherlands.
