Wang Ye and Bright pushed the modified track bicycle onto the track, securing the rear wheel with a fixed starter.
By the ti they finished fiddling with it, it was already midnight, and the venue was empty, with even the janitors having gone ho.
Only the two of them were tinkering with the bicycle, creating crisp sounds of clattering.
During the idle chat while assembling the bike, Wang Ye learned that Bright's uncle managed the venue, so Bright could co anyti with the keys to train. Bright also worked as the coach here, leading students in training each day.
It's said that Bright would also participate in this year's Chicago Marathon. However, he isn't a professional marathon runner, with his best ti being only 2 hours and 49 minutes.
Moreover, his colleagues and even his uncle disapproved of him participating in the marathon. For an athlete in track cycling, training for a long run over forty kiloters severely affects track cycling performance. In most athletes' eyes, frequent long runs increase muscle endurance, directly weakening explosive power.
But Bright didn't feel much about it; he believed he'd reached a plateau in track cycling, so occasionally doing what he liked wouldn't hurt.
Moreover, he found after so long run training, his track cycling performance even improved slightly. Although unclear about the reasoning, this discovery made Bright more resolved in his decision.
Bright also eagerly awaited Wang Ye's performance in this marathon.
Since Wang Ye first broke the world record, Bright had been following Wang Ye's progress online. However, skepticism remained because they had a stereotype thinking that Asians were weaker in track and field.
Especially since Wang Ye raised the record so much,
but seeing Wang Ye's cycling performance this ti, he completely let go of his doubts. Bright anticipated Wang Ye's performance even more, thinking given Wang Ye's pattern of improving each race, Wang Ye would definitely break another world record this ti.
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Once the rear wheel was fixed, Wang Ye got on the modified track bicycle, tightened the lock shoes and straps. He put on the streamlined wind-reduction helt, placed his arms on the handlebars, and his body flattened on the bike fra, almost parallel to the ground.
This posture minimizes wind resistance, theoretically increasing speed by five to ten yards.
Wang Ye took a deep breath, inhaling a large amount of oxygen, beginning to break down energy within his body.
In an instant, his quadriceps muscle fibers suddenly contracted, releasing over ten thousand pounds of explosive force, akin to an electric-powered robotic arm, the massive force nearly crushing the alloy steel pedals. Under such pressure, the bike with a high gear ratio of 15 finally started moving.
The huge drive wheel rotated with difficulty, causing the rear flywheel to spin rapidly.
Whoosh!!
The bike's front end sliced through the air, producing a booming sound.
Wang Ye transford into a blur, streaking past Bright like a high-speed train.
The digits on the speedoter continued climbing.
The zero to hundred acceleration took just about 3 seconds.
anwhile, Wang Ye's legs showed no sign of stopping, continuously increasing pedal frequency.
Gradually, he increased the pedal frequency to over a hundred tis per minute.
Suddenly, the speed soared to nearly two hundred yards.
More than twice the previous speed!
Before Bright could exclaim, Wang Ye had already completed a lap.
It's essential to know that at two hundred kiloters per hour, many motor vehicles struggle to reach such speeds; only professional level race cars can achieve it effortlessly.
Yet Wang Ye managed to hit this speed on a bicycle. He estimated that his current power output was roughly equivalent to 20000W, matching the limit power tested months ago on a gym cycling stand.
However, he felt his muscles were only using about forty percent of their strength.
The pressure on his heart and lungs wasn't unbearably heavy either.
"Seems like speed could still be increased."
Having undergone months of evolution and training, his physique surely improved significantly.
The outco didn't exceed his expectations.
After regulating his breath, Wang Ye continued to increase pedal frequency,
but as the speed increased, further raising pedal frequency beca exceptionally difficult.
Because he needed to continually increase his power output under already high pressure.
Wang Ye sprinted for three laps, finally raising pedal frequency to around 200 tis per minute.
This frequency roughly marked the low gear ratio limit for professional athletes.
At this frequency, the speed of leg pedaling could hardly be further increased.
Since further increasing pedal frequency ant the muscles wouldn't just oppose gears but air resistance instead.
Every movent speed of an object has a limit; once an airplane breaks through the sound barrier, raising speed isn't solely dependent on brute force, but rather how to reduce air resistance and achieve lightweight design.
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