Drafted biggest ever vehicle

Trucks draft me :(

hehe awwww come on man don't be so harsh.. it ain't true...

You're too slow for that.

;)

Ah the Bagger 288, amazing. This pics better:
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/6a/Bagger-garzweiler.jpg

It has a maximum speed of 0.6 km/h though, you should ride faster.

I drafted one of them once. It would 'ave Optimus Prime any day.

I use one of those ^^ to spread Vegemite on my toast in the morning. I've got the 288S though with chrome exhaust.

I remember when they did this:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/london/content/articles/2008/03/27/bridge_shoreditchhs_feature.shtml

And the crane went past my office, it was enormous. I was at work though so couldn't draft it.

Nice - I've got the 288S in yellow, it's NOS.

I use one of those ^^ to spread Vegemite on my toast in the morning. I've got the 288S though with chrome exhaust.

I didn't like what they did with the pin-striping below the B pillar on the yellow one. Does yours have the squeaky cup holder too?? Damn that 288S and its cup holder squeak!

Drafting vehicles is a lot of fun. As long as you are covering the brake and you're watching the brake lights/listening to the engine for gear changes, it's not too dangerous. National Express coaches are fucking hard to get a draft off b/c they have excellent acceleration and excellent brakes - the best vehicles are crappy old coaches.

Sometimes it's worth waiting a minute or 2 at the bottom of Archway Road and wait for a bus to stop at the bus stop, then draft it all the way up!

that's easy... someone just needs to post something like:

mikec - i cannot believe that you would be so reckless and draft a truck. just plain stupid that is. you're giving a bad reputation to cyclists. fool. :)

No post something like: 'Ha, he was probably skitching the lorry. Mike, how can you be so reckless and skitch a lorry up the Holloway Road? You should be ashamed of yourself.'

:^}

Would have drafted this but its kept slowing for corners.

Do you live in Pool?

no but I live in Poole, not dodgy Blackpool or any other Pool, Poole,
why? do you too, gotta go and draft something now, im hurting, need a fix

drafted a de-armoured optimus prime (on a red single speed) this morning from Albert Bridge to Blackfriars.....25mph in a head wind, he was mustard....respect

I used to draft lorries for sprint training and would get up to 60mph behind them, great work out for the legs reved out on 53x12.

I used to draft F-16 jet fighters for sprint training but they could only hit Mach 1.6 so I moved onto using the SR71A before it was decommissioned and I stopped racing.

I used to draft F-16 jet fighters for sprint training but they could only hit Mach 1.6 so I moved onto using the SR71A before it was decommissioned and I stopped racing.

Modesty post (by hippy's standards).

was watching this earlier

YouTube - MythBusters:Big Rig Myth: Bike drafting

Why are have they
1) got him in what looks like DH armour.

2) on a mountain bike.

that’s sounding like my idea of heaven on a draft too.....
have seen mobile homes on occasion, we get these posh sunseeker boats around poole here, massive ones going to france from factory, cant wait to draft one of them fuckers, would be like a fish riding in a whales wake....

You won't get very fast they usually have police escort.

thanks for pissing on my bonfire then mate..........best keep to chain ferry back to town behind cars then ;-)

thanks for pissing on my bonfire then mate..........

Anytime ;-)

I drafted a rubbish truck the other week.

Well, I say "drafted", it was more "got stuck behind it when it suddenly decided to compress its load, and got showered with broken glass".