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Quick Overview of Leading Racers and Their Bikes (click images for larger photo, links for related sites)
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Varna Diablo 2001 / Sam Whittingham - Canada - World Top Speed Record Holder - 80.55 MPH - World Human Powered Speed Championship 2001 |
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Whitehawk / Lars Teutenberg - Germany - World Hour Record July 2002 - 51.22 MPH |
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Kyle Edge 2001 / Matt Weaver - USA Top Speed Record Holder - 78.02 MPH (photo courtesy Jason Erickson) |
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BlueYonder Challenge 2001 / Jason Queally - UK - European Top Speed Record Holder - 64.34 MPH |
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Gold Rush 1986 / Freddy Markham - World Top Speed and Hour Record Holder |
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Virtual Rush 2002 / Freddy Markham |
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Gold Rush Le Tour - Tanya Markham - Kilo / Mile World Record (no-backup) - 16 yrs Junior Rider |
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Cutting Edge / Matt Weaver - Michigan International Speedway - 1989 |
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Jan van Eijden - Germany - World Sprint Champion (Track Racing) coming to Battle Mountain 2002 |
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Kingcycle Mango 2002 / Rob English, UK Rockingham Speedway (ripe Mango - courtesy Dave Larrington) |
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Double Gold Rush / Tanya Markham, Macky Martin - Jr Riders - Battle Mountain 2002
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Virtual Rush / Fred Markham - California Speedway 2002 |
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Kyle Edge / Matt Weaver - Battle Mountain 2001 (photo expands to show race start zone, courtesy Joe Anderson) |
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Gold Rush Le Tour - France 1991 - Gardner Martin, Freddy Markham, Greg LeMond |
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Testing the Theory - Cutting Edge frame - Matt Weaver - Heavenly Valley, Lake Tahoe, Summer 1988 |
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Building the Theory - Cutting Edge streamlined body curing in sweltering hot greenhouse, Summer 1988 |
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Portland International Raceway - Where the Cutting Edge first raced in 1990 |
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Mom - modeling the Kyle Edge gears - 1992. Toolpath by Matt Weaver, Machined on Ron Power's same CNC mill that the first Rock Shox mountain bike suspension fork was created. |
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Gold Rush LeTour Wheels - Aluminum Mylar covers by Matt Weaver - 1991 |
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Virtual Edge / Virtual Rush Wheels - Spoked by master "bike wrench" Jim Langley in his garage - 1995 |
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Cutting Edge Body and Frame 1989 - It works. |
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Cutting Edge / Matt Weaver and Gold Rush / Freddy Markham 1990 Portland International Raceway |
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Celebrating more theories - Matt Weaver and mini front wheel drive "Speedbike" frame - Spring 1991 |
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Virtual triumph over the Edge - Dad and the Laminar Body Virtual Edge Mold Plug - 1995 |
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Gold Rush Le Tour - Freddy Markham - 1991 |
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Gold Rush Le Tour - Tanya Markham - 2001 Battle Mountain |
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Great cyclists - Tour de France 2002 |
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Cutting Edge / Matt Weaver - "Low Racing" Alone - 1990 Portland International Speedway |
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Notes...
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