Crankarm
Guru
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Nope he's definitely mad, madder than mad Jack McMad.
Eccentric was for "a nutter but in a nice way" as suggested by @PpPete
205 miles in a day (Tommy Godwin Challenge) - the Discussion thread
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Nope he's definitely mad, madder than mad Jack McMad.
Eccentric was for "a nutter but in a nice way" as suggested by @PpPete
I phoned a colleague to tell him about this. He does a bit of cycling, club time trails, the odd sportive, that sort of stuff. I had him guess how many miles a day Steve was aiming to do.
Him: "Hmm. You say the record was set in 1939?. Well they were all barmy back then. Seventy five miles a day?"
Me: "No. Two hundred and five"
Him: "fark off"
Him: "Hmm. You say the record was set in 1939?. Well they were all barmy back then. Seventy five miles a day?"
Me: "No. Two hundred and five"
Him: "fark off"
mmmmartin
Random geezer
Not really, at home he has to do all the work of bike fettling, cooking, feeding, washing clothes, etc. when hosted he has that done for him, hence the chat about his "demanding" tone when asking for hosts.
Look, this is impossible. Cycling 75,000 miles in a year is madness. He has given up his job to have a go at a world record. It is going to be tough, and often he will think the world is against this entire thing. Just one small event can end all his hopes and leave him jobless and penniless. Of course this is madness. But Brits seem to have a trait of being very good at simply not giving up. What he is attempting cannot be done. Which is precisely why he's doing it.
Because if it was possible, someone would have done it long ago.
Brandane
Legendary Member
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- Costa Clyde
If it was 16 hours per day, every day for a year, holed up in the warmth with Mariah Carey; then I could see the point.......
nickyboy
Norven Mankey
- Location
- You want hills? We got hills
I suspect I'd even get bored of that eventually. Not as quickly as riding 205 miles a day though
jarlrmai
Veteran
I honestly have trouble believing the 1st record even happened....
you miss a day through illness and you add (205 / however many days are left in the year) miles to your required daily average.
The support team you would need is insane, 2 guys in the club did the everest challenge this year and the whole family and the most of the club members were there to support them over the 18 odd hours.
you miss a day through illness and you add (205 / however many days are left in the year) miles to your required daily average.
The support team you would need is insane, 2 guys in the club did the everest challenge this year and the whole family and the most of the club members were there to support them over the 18 odd hours.
Rob3rt
Man or Moose!
- Location
- Manchester
I imagine your club members and the 2 riders families were out to offer encouragement etc because they wanted to rather than because those riding actually needed so much support
Riding up and down a hill all day should require pretty much zero support, stash some bottles/food at the top and/or bottom and job is done!
nickyboy
Norven Mankey
- Location
- You want hills? We got hills
I imagine your club members and the 2 riders families were out to offer encouragement etc because they wanted to rather than because those riding actually needed so much support
Riding up and down a hill all day should require pretty much zero support, stash some bottles/food at the top and/or bottom and job is done!
Indeed. A guy did it at Mam Nick in Edale on his own I think. Stashed a load of food and drink at the bottom and then rode up it all day
jarlrmai
Veteran
Only if you miss the 1st day of the year, as the year draws on the risk of missing a day grows unless you have miles in the bank.
Rob3rt
Man or Moose!
- Location
- Manchester
The rules are here (it was posted in the thread at some point):
http://ultracycling.com/sections/records/max-mileage.php
http://ultracycling.com/sections/records/max-mileage.php
