Scouse Eddie Posted June 7, 2015 Share Posted June 7, 2015 Just beat the 1 hour world record covering a distance of 54.526 kilometers AWESOME Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hannibal smith Posted June 7, 2015 Share Posted June 7, 2015 What was the previous record. That's an amazing distance to cycle in an hour Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scouse Eddie Posted June 7, 2015 Author Share Posted June 7, 2015 Think he beat it by about 1.5 k he covered the previous record with about 90 seconds to go.In our terms he rode for 1 hour with a average speed of just on 34 miles an hour. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deecie Posted June 7, 2015 Share Posted June 7, 2015 Think he beat it by about 1.5 k he covered the previous record with about 90 seconds to go.In our terms he rode for 1 hour with a average speed of just on 34 miles an hour. I'd say he averaged 54.526km/hr Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fringo Posted June 7, 2015 Share Posted June 7, 2015 Just watched it. Quite amazing endurance. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scouse Eddie Posted June 7, 2015 Author Share Posted June 7, 2015 I'd say he averaged 54.526km/hr tried to convert kilometers into miles to make it easier for those who don't work to kilometers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sherps Posted June 7, 2015 Share Posted June 7, 2015 Chris Boardman still holds the hour record, no matter what the UCI say. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phart Posted June 8, 2015 Share Posted June 8, 2015 Chris Boardman still holds the hour record, no matter what the UCI say. Obree "designed" the technique though Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sherps Posted June 8, 2015 Share Posted June 8, 2015 Obree "designed" the technique though There's no doubt Obree is a very, very clever man. Gary Fisher called him one of the greatest frame designers and builders there's ever been. Obree's also one of the most underappreciated sportsmen this country has ever produced. Boardman went further, though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phart Posted June 8, 2015 Share Posted June 8, 2015 There's no doubt Obree is a very, very clever man. Gary Fisher called him one of the greatest frame designers and builders there's ever been. Obree's also one of the most underappreciated sportsmen this country has ever produced. Boardman went further, though. Boardman did indeed, i was just highlighting Obree as an innovator in cycling. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fairbairn Posted June 9, 2015 Share Posted June 9, 2015 The most impressive thing about this is that they managed to turn it in to a spectator sport! I'm not sure how many the velodrome holds but X thousand people sitting watching someone cycle round in a circle for 60 minutes is quite peculiar! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maq Posted June 9, 2015 Share Posted June 9, 2015 Chris Boardman still holds the hour record, no matter what the UCI say. How so? Did he get stripped of the record for something? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Donaldo87 Posted June 9, 2015 Share Posted June 9, 2015 On a related note 'The Flying Scotsman' is a film I quite enjoyed Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sherps Posted June 9, 2015 Share Posted June 9, 2015 How so? Did he get stripped of the record for something? In the '90's there was huge interest in the hour record, with riders and manufacturers coming up with ever more technical ways of going faster. All the greats had a go at it - Indurain, Rominger, Moser, and of course Boardman and Obree. Graeme Obree invented two different tuck positions which meant he beat the record, I'm sure that Rominger or Moser (can't remember which) went so far as to have a blood transfusion the night before his attempt, and Boardman got Lotus involved in the design of his bike. All of this led to Boardman setting the actual record of 56.375km in '96. The UCI then decided, in their wisdom, that the positions that Obree invented, and Boardman used, were banned, and then went on standardise what kind of bike was allowed to be used. This meant that every attempt made on equipment, or in a position, that didn't conform to new rules was no longer to be included in the hour record. Interest in the hour record was then lost again. Interest picked up last year when the UCI again farted about with the rules regarding bike set up, and also confirmed the current record at 49.7km. Jens Voigt had a go at it, as it was his last ever season, and everyone else followed. Wiggins set the record at 54.5km on Sunday, but he's still short of marks set by Tony Rominger and Chris Boardman. If Cancellara or Tony Martin have a go at it, they could beat Wiggins. The real record is Boardman's, though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phart Posted June 9, 2015 Share Posted June 9, 2015 (edited) Some other British guy was fairly close and he fecked up his pacings did he not? I was reading obree and he reckoned if Wiggins didn't get it beyond 55km/h it's there for the taking. Praying Mantis and Superman positions were the names of Obree's innovations. Incidentally there wasn't a test for EPO in 1996. Something one has always be mindful of. Boardman also dropped his wife off at the hospital when she was in labour with his kid, and went back home to sleep cause he had a race the next day., so i guess he was committed. :-)) Edited June 9, 2015 by phart Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fringo Posted June 9, 2015 Share Posted June 9, 2015 The most impressive thing about this is that they managed to turn it in to a spectator sport! I'm not sure how many the velodrome holds but X thousand people sitting watching someone cycle round in a circle for 60 minutes is quite peculiar! 4.5k to 5k Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fringo Posted June 9, 2015 Share Posted June 9, 2015 In the '90's there was huge interest in the hour record, with riders and manufacturers coming up with ever more technical ways of going faster. All the greats had a go at it - Indurain, Rominger, Moser, and of course Boardman and Obree. Graeme Obree invented two different tuck positions which meant he beat the record, I'm sure that Rominger or Moser (can't remember which) went so far as to have a blood transfusion the night before his attempt, and Boardman got Lotus involved in the design of his bike. All of this led to Boardman setting the actual record of 56.375km in '96. The UCI then decided, in their wisdom, that the positions that Obree invented, and Boardman used, were banned, and then went on standardise what kind of bike was allowed to be used. This meant that every attempt made on equipment, or in a position, that didn't conform to new rules was no longer to be included in the hour record. Interest in the hour record was then lost again. Interest picked up last year when the UCI again farted about with the rules regarding bike set up, and also confirmed the current record at 49.7km. Jens Voigt had a go at it, as it was his last ever season, and everyone else followed. Wiggins set the record at 54.5km on Sunday, but he's still short of marks set by Tony Rominger and Chris Boardman. If Cancellara or Tony Martin have a go at it, they could beat Wiggins. The real record is Boardman's, though. Was Wiggins position/posture on the bike that different from Obree and Boardman ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Auchinyell Sox Change Posted June 9, 2015 Share Posted June 9, 2015 Just reading the chapter last night in eddy mercks book " half man half bike " where it describes the pain of his effort in Mexico city It talks about Moser admitting to blood doping in his later record breaking hour Colnago built Eddys bike ; use of titanium unusual at time ; and drilled lots of holes in frame to lessen weight Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sherps Posted June 10, 2015 Share Posted June 10, 2015 Was Wiggins position/posture on the bike that different from Obree and Boardman ? Yes, quite dramatically. Excluding rider performance, which is more mental than physical anyway, going fast on a bike is all about eliminating drag and rolling resistance. Obree's body is a lot more streamlined in the photo below than Wiggins, meaning less drag. The UCI said it was unnatral and banned it, though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fringo Posted June 10, 2015 Share Posted June 10, 2015 Doesn't seem that different to me ? I thought the main issue at the time was about the mega crouch and handlebars but (to me) Wiggins looks very similar ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Auchinyell Sox Change Posted June 11, 2015 Share Posted June 11, 2015 Doesn't seem that different to me ? I thought the main issue at the time was about the mega crouch and handlebars but (to me) Wiggins looks very similar ? Obree in the superman pose ; almost flat outBig bend in Wiggins elbows though Think quite a difference in aerodynamics Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phart Posted June 11, 2015 Share Posted June 11, 2015 Doesn't seem that different to me ? I thought the main issue at the time was about the mega crouch and handlebars but (to me) Wiggins looks very similar ? Obree had all the way out: superman pose as shown above, check the difference in angle at the inside elbow. and all the way in "praying mantis" hands right underneath his chest leaning forward, almost no angle. Wiggins is slightly above 90 degrees, wiggins either as close to 180 as can get, or as close to 0. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Donaldo87 Posted June 11, 2015 Share Posted June 11, 2015 To be fair they are not very good photos for comparing Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fringo Posted June 11, 2015 Share Posted June 11, 2015 Cheers guys. Still doesn't look that different for one to be banned and the other ok. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sherps Posted June 12, 2015 Share Posted June 12, 2015 Still doesn't look that different for one to be banned and the other ok. Although we disagree on whether the riding positions are different or not, you've kind of hit on my original point. Obree's position is not that far out that it needs to be banned and that all distances set by him and Boardman using it shouldn't count towards the record. It's the same with Boardman's Lotus bike, the thing still had two wheels, a frame, pedals, gears and handlebars, and it looked like a bike. It wasn't as if he'd made an attempt on a recumbant. As such, no matter how much the UCI mess around with the rules, Chris Boardman still holds the record for travelling farthest on a bike in an hour. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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