I'm sure this must have been flagged up already, but it's a pretty incredible feat:
[url= http://www.bikeradar.com/news/article/bikeradar-editor-smashes-12-hour-time-trial-record-31324 ]World & UK 12 Hour TT Record Broken[/url]
I passed him twice. He didn't seem to be going all that fast.
(I may have been in my car! 😉 )
Some achievement. An hour at that pace is bloody difficult, 2 hours i could never imagine doing....But 12!
I just dont have the mental toughness for that even if i had the fitness!
He must have an iron butt!
aye on the rivit for 12 hours ... tasty ! dont fancy it my self !
well done that man though !
Imagine when that was over, doing it again!
Andy Wilkinson was the previous 12hour record holder but just set a new 24h record.
Bet he'd have no problem keeping up with davidtaylforth and his mates
Bet he'd have no problem keeping up with davidtaylforth and his mates
To be honest, on the routes we ride I imagine we'd be a touch quicker. He's using a TT bike on a flat circuit.
We ride up and down proper sized hills.
Those TT courses aren't "flat", they've not got big hills on them but they're defo not flat. If he's good enough to ride at that speed then he's probably good enough to ride away from most cyclists when on the same bike.
Gethin Butler rode LEJOG in 44 hours at at average speed of 19+ mph
To be honest, on the routes we ride I imagine we'd be a touch quicker
this is a joke yeah? please say you're joking
Of course Im not joking.
I'm an amateur cyclist with a chip the size of an oak lintel on my shoulder. I can beat anyone!
I can promise you that the ESCA / National 24 hour course in June was anything but flat.
Most of the folk involved in putting on the event didn't think topping 480 miles was going to be doable so the fact that John Warnock and Andy Wilkinson blasted past 500 was in itself impressive, let alone Wilko's phenomenal final distance.
Wilko did the first 100 miles in under 4 hours which was a silly speed on a [u]very[/u] lumpy course. The rest of the event featured loads of other hills and numerous laps of the aforementioned lumps.
Oh and Wilko rides a MTB 😉 - here's one of my shots from Saturday afternoon showing his custom 650c Dolan with V brakes.
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Saw Andy this morning, I'll let him know!
Are they 650 wheels Mike?
what's the big deal ? - I imagine pedalling faster than that all the time
Makes my 225.41 miles in 12 hours 2 years ago look pathetic although I didn't have to be lifted off the bike at the end like Wilko did.