May 23, 2008 – Quadra Islands’ Sam Whittingham, known as the Fastest Man on the Planet and owner of Naked Bicycles, was recently featured in ESPN Magazine, outlining his pursuit of the 2008 Human Powered Vehicle record.

“And that’s part of the charm: Whittingham doesn’t pretend he’s doing something of great importance. He doesn’t bemoan the obscurity of his pursuit or elevate its meaning. He understands his quest is as far out of the mainstream as Battle Mountain itself. He pedals a tube made of Kevlar and carbon fiber, built by hand by a Bulgarian sculptor whose gut feeling has taken on science and won. He sits compressed into a position that prohibits him from turning his head or scratching his nose, and sometimes he does it at more than 80 mph. And next time, maybe even faster.”

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