How To Do 55mph on a Bicycle

Man bicycles on freeway, drafting on semi truck, in slipstream doing 55mph. Is this for real?

Written by Stephen Regenold

1 MINUTE WALK

April 29, 2012 4:47 p.m. EDT

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Man bicycles on freeway, drafting on semi truck, in slipstream doing 55mph. Is this for real?

Stephen Regenold

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