Eric Barone, who broke the world speed record for mountain biking in Nov 4, 2001, tried to break it again by riding down Cerro Negro volcano in Nicaragua.<br /><br /><br />Seconds into his descent, Barone's bicycle snapped in two, hurtling the cyclist down the volcano.<br /><br /><br />"It looked as if there was a rock or something in the path that made the bicycle break in two," said one of Barone's assistants.<br /><br /><br />His first run was on a standard Mountain Bike and he smashed the previous world record (set by himself a couple of years earlier) by recording a speed of 101mph. His second run, on a specially modified bike ended in this spectacular crash. He broke several ribs and his sternum but was lucky to be alive.<br /><br /><br /><img src="http://ll.broadbandsports.com/images/17759_thumb.jpg" alt="Mountain Bike speed World record" title="Mountain Bike speed World record" width="150" height="90" alt="Mountain Bike speed World record"/>
