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Video: Downhill mountain biker speeds to record 138 mph

Frenchman Eric Barone, 54, broke his own mountain bike speed record on a nearly vertical snow track in Vars, France: 138 mph on March 28, 2015.

CYCLING — Thirteen years after a brutal crash caused by his bike breaking in half at speeds over 100 mph ( see video of crash ), Frenchman Eric Barone, 54, broke his own mountain bike downhill speed record on a nearly vertical snow track in Vars, France — 138 mph —according to a report on bike.com .

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