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Speed: How To Make Things Go Really Fast by Guy Martin is a book available to read on EtoBox.

What is Speed: How To Make Things Go Really Fast about?

Guy Martin, lorry mechanic, motorcycle racing legend, and favorite of the Isle of Man TT, lives for the buzz he feels racing his bike around terrifying bends at 200 mph. Nothing, he claims, can match it. Or can it? Guy is about to find out. . .Guy faces four dangerous and thrilling speed record challenges, pushing the boundaries of speed, and his body, to determine just how fast one man can go. Together with the best of British engineering and design, scientific research, ground breaking technology, and a Gold-medal-winning athlete or two, Guy attempts to pedal a bicycle over 100 mph by using the slipstream of an articulated lorry; build the worlds fastest human-powered aircraft; hydroplane a modified motocross bike across a 2-kilometre lake; and become the fastest man on a toboggan. Tying in with the Channel 4 television series, Speed offers the inside trackthe feats of engineering, the science behind the speed, the history of the challenges, and Guys adrenaline-fueled, jaw-dropping attempts to break the records. How do you create an airplane frame thats super light but safe enough to crash? What should you fill your bicycle tires with if common air will explode under the heat of

Author

Guy Martin

Publisher

Virgin Books

Published

2013

Language

EN

ISBN

9780753556610

Rating

4.23 / 5 (25 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14