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PugJesus@piefed.socialM to HistoryPhotos@piefed.socialEnglish · 9 days ago

Rollie Free breaking speed records on a motorcycle, positioned and clothed to minimize wind resistance, Utah, USA, 1948

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Rollie Free breaking speed records on a motorcycle, positioned and clothed to minimize wind resistance, Utah, USA, 1948

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PugJesus@piefed.socialM to HistoryPhotos@piefed.socialEnglish · 9 days ago
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    if you think “at least he wears a helmet” you are wrong:

    [W]hen his leathers tore from early runs at 147 mph (237 km/h), he discarded them and made a final attempt without a jacket, pants, gloves, boots, or helmet. Free lay flat on the motorcycle wearing only a bathing suit, a shower cap, and a pair of borrowed sneakers.

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rollie_Free#Biography

    • 𝔄 𝔰𝔢𝔫𝔱𝔦𝔢𝔫𝔱 𝔭𝔦𝔢𝔠𝔢 𝔬𝔣 𝔠𝔥𝔢𝔢𝔰𝔢@lemmy.world
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      The fuck kind of Temu ass leather tears from wind at that speed.

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        I think he may have fallen down and torn them that way. Which only highlights how insane this is.

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