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Rollie Free breaking speed records on a motorcycle, positioned and clothed to minimize wind resistance, Utah, USA, 1948
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if you think "at least he wears a helmet" you are wrong:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rollie_Free#Biography
The fuck kind of Temu ass leather tears from wind at that speed.
I think he may have fallen down and torn them that way. Which only highlights how insane this is.
I dunno, that’s a super shiny rounded shower cap with a little bevel around it.
That’s totally a helmet. It’s probably mostly just there to hold his brains in during an accident, but it’s not a fucking swim cap.
Falls in the shower are no joke. People die from that. Always wear a shower cap.