Drafting the train

Posted on March 23, 2009 by .
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Following the VTA Light Rail Train on my bicycle, downtown San Jose, California.

Drafting the train



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  2. Bicycle maintenance on the train
  3. Caltrain vs pickup truck in San Mateo, train wins
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  • End Pavement

    Awesome! How was it?

  • End Pavement

    Awesome! How was it?

  • Jerry

    Boy Fritz, you looking to break the sound barrier this weekend *and* drafting the light rail – living on the fast side aren't ya now. Must have been that snazzy plaid jacket you were wearing Sunday night – I have one just like it, very kewl.

  • Jerry

    Boy Fritz, you looking to break the sound barrier this weekend *and* drafting the light rail – living on the fast side aren't ya now. Must have been that snazzy plaid jacket you were wearing Sunday night – I have one just like it, very kewl.

  • getinlost

    Isn't that called "motor pacing"?

  • getinlost

    Isn't that called "motor pacing"?

  • KGS Bikes – Kevin Saunders

    I used to draft buses when I raced bikes full time in Dallas. This brought back great memories.

  • KGS Bikes – Kevin Saunders

    I used to draft buses when I raced bikes full time in Dallas. This brought back great memories.

  • Yokota Fritz

    Jerry, you know how slow VTA LRT is in downtown San Jose!

    My title is misleading — the speedometer shows only 12 mph. The trolley has stops at every block and stops at every intersection for the light to turn green. It's much faster riding with the other traffic, but I thought it would make for a fun photo.

    Wasn't an early human powered speed record set by a cyclist who was pulled behind a steam locomotive?

  • Yokota Fritz

    Jerry, you know how slow VTA LRT is in downtown San Jose!My title is misleading — the speedometer shows only 12 mph. The trolley has stops at every block and stops at every intersection for the light to turn green. It's much faster riding with the other traffic, but I thought it would make for a fun photo.Wasn't an early human powered speed record set by a cyclist who was pulled behind a steam locomotive?

  • bikesgonewild

    …mile-a-minute murphy…60mph on a special board track built between the rails & enhanced by a special fairing built off the end of the train car…
    …at the end of the run & still at speed they had to very unceremoniously haul him up & over the back of the car 'cuz he was running out a' track…

  • bikesgonewild

    …mile-a-minute murphy…60mph on a special board track built between the rails & enhanced by a special fairing built off the end of the train car……at the end of the run & still at speed they had to very unceremoniously haul him up & over the back of the car 'cuz he was running out a' track…

  • bonxie

    Funny… my 'cockpit' looks almost exactly the same… same MiNewt light and even the same cyclocomputer… did you borrow my bike?

  • bonxie

    Funny… my 'cockpit' looks almost exactly the same… same MiNewt light and even the same cyclocomputer… did you borrow my bike?

  • Yokota Fritz

    Thanks BGW — that's the one I was thinking of!

    @bonxie — Oh drat, you caught me! I hope you don't mind that I lifted it for a quick spin around the neighborhood.

  • Yokota Fritz

    Thanks BGW — that's the one I was thinking of!@bonxie — Oh drat, you caught me! I hope you don't mind that I lifted it for a quick spin around the neighborhood.