Kajsa Tylen: The Billie Dovey 81 miles a day progress thread

[Mugshot]

No idea, which is why I put apparently, but it's the impression I got from following his progress last year. Pretty sure he said as much in one of his vlogs (weren't a patch on Kajsa'sbtw) along the lines of following Alicia in the motor home. It wasn't against HAMR rules so I guess anything goes.

I'd be interested in seeing that vlog if you could spare the time to find it, if Kurt says he did then so be it. Until then it's just regurgitating the bollocks spouted by trolls on strava.

 

[Aravis]

That's saying finish where you started the day, which is also restrictive. If I was doing a similar lunatic amount of miles in a year then I'd probably want to tour the country a bit, which would mean from time to time riding in predominantly one direction.

No, your loops don't need to be finished in one day, they can take much longer. Under the rule I'm suggesting, if you want to tour Scotland as part of your attempt (very sensible in my view) you can either ride there or be transferred, but you'd have to come back the same way. Eventually all your loops will be complete, but they don't have to be joined. If you manage to find following winds more often than not, good luck to you, but you'll never be able to build a strategy that guarantees avoiding headwinds.

I honestly don't see the point in banning drafting behind another rider(s), as that is part of cycling, both competitive and recreational.

True, but it's never been part of time-trialling, so why allow it in a one year time-trial?

 

[mcshroom]

I'd be interested in seeing that vlog if you could spare the time to find it, if Kurt says he did then so be it. Until then it's just regurgitating the bollocks spouted by trolls on strava.

Motor-pacing was against the UMCA HAM'R rules. I'm not aware of any credible claims that Kurt ever did so.

 

[Mugshot]

Motor-pacing was against the UMCA HAM'R rules. I'm not aware of any credible claims that Kurt ever did so.

I don't believe there are any, it's not beyond the realms of possibility that he did of course, but right now it's just noise from the trolls.

 

[T4tomo]

I may have got the wrong end of the stick from the Trollls then, if it is against HAMR rules then I sure Kurt would have stuck to that, especially after the crazy beer fiasco.

Take your point on time trailing, although this is more like a one year audax, it all about distance not time / speed.

 

[tallliman]

I'm beginning to think that I might be missing out on the special attractions garden centres appear to have.

The one near Gainsborough does a nice sandwich and cream tea!

 

[Mugshot]

Day 62, Kajsa shares her experience of what is certainly one of my, and I would suspect most cyclists, favourite noises;


View: https://youtu.be/LxYIaBh9p6A

 

[Dogtrousers]

Ten tons on the trot!

 

[tallliman]

Nearly 120 miles today, makes me wish I'd been out riding not in bed with flu!

 

[Rickshaw Phil]

Now I feel bad at having only done a metric century today.

 

[Dogtrousers]

Another strong week of 650 miles for Kajsa. She completed a run of ten centuries, following them with her shortest and longest rides so far. She's been strafed by fighters, seen the Red Arrows, and developed a boil on or near her human-saddle interface.

She's now five days or 423 miles ahead of "virtual Billie" and 157 miles or 1.85 days ahead of the 50,000km rate.

 

[Mugshot]

A Year in the Saddle - Kajsa Tylen's 2016 Cycling WR Attempt
11 hrs ·
Anyone in the York area able to offer me a bed and some food on Tuesday night? The wind is currently forecast to be favourable in that direction, which could obviously change.

 

[mcshroom]

She has, and @User10119 would be an excellent host

 

[Pale Rider]

@User10119 is an experienced host of cyclists attempting world record distances.

There can't be many of those.

 

[tallliman]

What's more, it appears favourable to York tomorrow and back to Nottingham in Wednesday. Quite a win.