• Five international racing teams, including the current two most powerful sprint cyclists in the world, vie for the highest pure-muscle speeds ever achieved by a human being.

• Six days of racing, October 1-6, 2001 at Battle Mountain, Nevada, USA, on a closed and flat 5.5 mile section of highway.

• Racers will use new advanced rocket-like high energy-efficiency “bicycles” likely to exceed 80-MPH and possibly reach 100-MPH.

• Significant committed and growing international television and press coverage, including a 1-hour BBC documentary.

• A high-caliber international contest dramatically combining the athleticism and will of the Tour de France and the technology of Formula 1.

• Subsequent racing includes the unlimited human hour record, related to the conventional cycling event which Lance Armstrong recently asserted he will pursue after the Tour de France.

• Some links: FastestMan, Blueyonder2, QueallyInterview, WeaverInterview, UnlimitedHourRecord, Queally, Queally2, Queally3, speed101

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• Matt Weaver is seeking sponsorship for the construction of the “Edge” – the latest and most advanced in a series of successful high-energy efficiency racing vehicles he designed.

• Due to extensive experience and refinement, the “Edge” is likely to do very well racing head-to-head against the world-record holder and the well-funded “Blueyonder Challenge” with one of the most powerful sprint cyclists on earth.

• Your name/logo on this sleek vehicle that may receive substantial media coverage.

• Be a part of a team with a rich history as well as part of an exciting international showdown of athletic prowess and technology.

• Be a part of a challenge that embodies many key principles of interest - including control, power, efficiency, vision, sustainability, and performance. A vehicle that enables a human being to do more than otherwise thought possible.

• Be a part of a leading team in a little-known but rapidly accelerating sport.  A sport on the verge of emerging as a racing class in part due to the innovations and refinements put forth in the "Edge" series of designs.

• Funds will enable the advanced fabrication necessary to complete the “Edge” – estimated at a minimum of US $25,000 for CNC machining of mold tooling and parts, not including labor.  A compelling opportunity.  Potential advertising value possibly in excess of US $500,000 (based on Telewest / Virgin sponsor activity). Partial sponsorships are also welcome.

• Drake Scholar in Engineering at the University of California, Berkeley, accomplished track and cycling athlete.
• Engineer with a passion for and insight into pushing the envelope in matters related to energy and efficiency.
• Builder of several advanced bicycles for the purpose of exploring the limits of land-vehicle efficiency and human speed.
• Builder of the 1989 “Cutting Edge” that he piloted to upset the world record holder and introduced the “low racer” geometry now utilized by leading teams – including the Varna, Blueyonder, and Whitehawk.
• Builder of the 1992 “Kyle Edge” that he piloted for the first time in 2000 to break the former world sprint record and currently hold the official U.S. sprint record at 69.47-MPH. The first bicycle driven solely by a video visual system. Exceeded 85-MPH under record-legal conditions (unofficial timing), the highest speed ever achieved by a human on pure muscle.
• Builder of the 1995 “Virtual Edge” – the first extensively “laminar flow” body land vehicle, utilizing tools and validation made available by accomplished MIT Aero-Astro professors.
• Designed the 2000 “Edge” – a significant refinement of the “Virtual Edge” with improved high-speed handling.  A precursor to future advanced class racers on the drawing board.

Cutting Edge 1989

Cutting Edge Passing World Record Holder (see Video)

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