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Akzo Coating To Aid Speed Record Attempt
by Michael McCoy
September 2, 2013
| A version of this story appeared in
Volume 91, Issue 35
Students from two Dutch schools will attempt to break the world speed record for a human-powered vehicle with the help of a coating from AkzoNobel. The students, from Delft University of Technology and Free University of Amsterdam, will bring their VeloX3 recumbent bicycle to the Nevada desert later this year in a quest to go faster than 133 km per hour. The bicycle’s surface is covered with a coating that, according to Akzo, reduces air resistance by 14%.
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