{"id":1377,"date":"2016-06-02T09:22:49","date_gmt":"2016-06-02T13:22:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/velologic.com\/publishing\/?p=1377"},"modified":"2016-06-06T00:42:52","modified_gmt":"2016-06-06T04:42:52","slug":"drafting-on-a-bicycle-77-mph","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/velologic.com\/publishing\/2016\/06\/drafting-on-a-bicycle-77-mph\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Do 77 mph on Your Bike"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Let&#8217;s face it, drafting is fun. You can up your speed dramatically by catching a tow from a motorcycle, a car, a truck or bus. And the bigger it is the better. You get sucked along in the pocket of air that is dragged behind the vehicle.<\/p>\n<p>Brazilian cyclist, Evan Portela, showed the pulling power of the draft when he videoed his ride behind a truck at 77 mph. Displaying dazzling confidence in his ability to keep up, and in perhaps his most daring move, he attached his GoPro to the truck.<\/p>\n<p>Now obviously the usual disclaimers apply. This is extremely dangerous. Portela is riding feet, if not inches, behind a truck and he&#8217;s blind. Should the truck driver brake suddenly, or swerve to avoid a stationary vehicle or some debris in the road, this ride would end very badly. You could lose a lot more than your GoPro.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Bike Draft - 124 km\/h\" width=\"474\" height=\"267\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/iO7_Fq56g2c?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>H\/T <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/road.cc\/content\/news\/116235-video-brazilian-cyclist-drafts-lorry-124-kilometres-hour\">Road.cc<\/a><\/p>\n<h2>You might also like&#8230;<\/h2>\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\">\r\namzn_assoc_placement = \"adunit0\";\r\namzn_assoc_enable_interest_ads = \"true\";\r\namzn_assoc_tracking_id = \"velo04-20\";\r\namzn_assoc_ad_mode = \"auto\";\r\namzn_assoc_ad_type = \"smart\";\r\namzn_assoc_marketplace = \"amazon\";\r\namzn_assoc_region = \"US\";\r\namzn_assoc_linkid = \"dbbb50911a5260c2063e9f505ce4d9be\";\r\namzn_assoc_emphasize_categories = \"3375251,3760901\";\r\namzn_assoc_fallback_mode = {\"type\":\"search\",\"value\":\"cycling\"};\r\namzn_assoc_default_category = \"All\";\r\n<\/script>\r\n<script src=\"\/\/z-na.amazon-adsystem.com\/widgets\/onejs?MarketPlace=US\"><\/script>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Let&#8217;s face it, drafting is fun. You can up your speed dramatically by catching a tow from a motorcycle, a car, a truck or bus. And the bigger it is the better. You get sucked along in the pocket of air that is dragged behind the vehicle. Brazilian cyclist, Evan Portela, showed the pulling power &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/velologic.com\/publishing\/2016\/06\/drafting-on-a-bicycle-77-mph\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">How to Do 77 mph on Your Bike<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":510,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[494],"tags":[75,536,32,534,533,535],"class_list":["post-1377","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-cycling-rides","tag-bicycles","tag-brazil","tag-cycling","tag-drafting","tag-gopro","tag-trucking"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>How to Do 77 mph on Your Bike - Velo Logic<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/velologic.com\/publishing\/2016\/06\/drafting-on-a-bicycle-77-mph\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"How to Do 77 mph on Your Bike - Velo Logic\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Let&#8217;s face it, drafting is fun. 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