Not sure if you guys are aware but there's a lady at Bonneville this weekend going for the outright speed record for a pursuit cyclist - as in cycling behind a moving vehicle. Denise Mueller will attempt to beat the current record of 167mph and she'll be cycling behind an SVR specially modified with a fairing extension to do the job.

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i guess she should have opted for a car with a higher top speed

No need, there's pace in hand with that particular car

She will be deaf following that on full chat! 5.0 Ltr Superchrged RRS2, Chile Red, Sideways out of junctions!
TDV8 HST Stornaway on a 08.. remapped.. now gone and replaced, was a mighty fine car..
4.2 SC First Edition when they first came out, quick car!

That's why we fitted side exit pipes to shield from the noise, heat and gases obviously.

Looking forward to see the video.

There's a heap of stuff on Facebook, website here; http://theprojectspeed.com

Obviously you don't need to donate, the link is for info only.

Women's World Record set on day one at 148.45mph.
Three more days to beat the original goal of 152 set by her Mentor in 1985 and then hopefully push on the the outright record

Update:
We lost Sunday as there were a couple of sensor issues and the custom exhaust (not ours) developed a crack which needed fixing.

Mondays runs were compromised a bit by the team feeling the pressure of losing a day but ended up with a run at 147 despite a headwind.

Hopefully the final day today will see her go faster but there's a weather front closing in and the salt is starting to degrade after the fourth mile. We suspect she needs the fifth mile for the outright record so that might be beyond reach now.

Fingers crossed for later

oh, keep us updated 2012 Evoque
2014 Sport Autobiography
2015 SVR for the fun stuff
2016 Evoque SI4 Dynamic Lux for the daily drive
2016 Defender 90
2018 SVR

Unfortunately the weather front came and went during the night but rain turned the salt to a mini lake, rendering it unsafe, so that's the end of World of Speed this year.

The speed quoted earlier wasn't correct, she actually has the World Record at 147.7 for a paced bicycle.

I'm hoping they go looking for another venue as we know there's more to come but that's probably it for the salt at present

http://www.roadbikereview.com/reviews/woma...at-147-mph

Great effort, well done all . That bike looks like somethings me and my mates use to cobble together along with go karts to race the holiday makers arriving by coach down a long sweeping hill into the village I grew up in . Let me know if you need a new pilot I'll dust off my old skateboard pads and helmet, might need to borrow some gloves if the wife won't lend me her gardeners .

Must be awesome to be involved in a project like that

You were right on shielding the exhaust gasses - I melted the back wheel and tyre of my bike whilst strapped to the back of the car and driving back from a sportive 'enthusiastically'!

I'm very lucky to be involved with this sort of thing and I never forget that aspect.

I was also part of the JLR team that built an XF to run at Bonneville in 2007 at 225mph