Author Topic: [HAMR] Tarzan (Kurt Searvogel)  (Read 450531 times)

Ray 6701

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Re: Tarzan.
« Reply #625 on: 28 January, 2015, 12:58:09 pm »
Cheers Rich  :thumbsup:
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Re: Tarzan.
« Reply #626 on: 28 January, 2015, 01:36:27 pm »

Re: Tarzan.
« Reply #627 on: 28 January, 2015, 05:32:58 pm »

Re: Tarzan.
« Reply #628 on: 28 January, 2015, 06:34:49 pm »
Places for Steve to avoid in Great Britain.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Air_Force_in_the_United_Kingdom

I don't get it?

With Tarzan joking on facebook about sabotage by the Brits then Steve just needs to avoid the centres of US population in the UK

Re: Tarzan.
« Reply #629 on: 28 January, 2015, 07:03:34 pm »
Blimey, Tarzan's fired up the turbo charger again today.
Garry Broad

LMT

Re: Tarzan.
« Reply #630 on: 28 January, 2015, 07:41:43 pm »
Currently only 5 miles behind Steve for todays mileage.

I reckon 240 miles for the day.

MarkA

Re: Tarzan.
« Reply #631 on: 28 January, 2015, 08:05:27 pm »
I think these two long days (today and yesterday) correspond to TGs long days when he rode to Yorkshire (given Kurt is 10 days behind Steve) and clearly suggest he is mirroring what Steve does but a little bit more.

Charlie Boy

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Re: Tarzan.
« Reply #632 on: 28 January, 2015, 08:18:26 pm »
He also hasn't had one of his 'rest' days of 100 miles yet which he thought important to let his body recover. Time will tell whether or not that is a good idea.
Mojo is being awakened.

Re: Tarzan.
« Reply #633 on: 28 January, 2015, 08:50:57 pm »
I would imagine Tarzan's feeling good, the weather's good, he's going well, so batter out the miles. I don't think there's anything more to it than that....
Those wonderful norks are never far from my thoughts, oh yeah!

Lars

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Re: Tarzan.
« Reply #634 on: 28 January, 2015, 09:11:12 pm »
I don't quite get those "Kurt did this and that in response to what Steve did 10 days earlier comments" whenever
Kurt logs a big distance. Without any balanced commentary about when it was the other way around. Day 17 looks
like Kurt did 40 miles less than Steve did on his day 17 (Steve 227, Kurt 182). No kudos comments to Kurt for being
a gentleman there.

So I'll give him that - well done Kurt for being a nice guy on day 17.  :)

LMT

Re: Tarzan.
« Reply #635 on: 28 January, 2015, 09:16:30 pm »
I don't quite get those "Kurt did this and that in response to what Steve did 10 days earlier comments" whenever
Kurt logs a big distance. Without any balanced commentary about when it was the other way around. Day 17 looks
like Kurt did 40 miles less than Steve did on his day 17 (Steve 227, Kurt 182). No kudos comments to Kurt for being
a gentleman there.

So I'll give him that - well done Kurt for being a nice guy on day 17.  :)

Were these one of the days when he had a few mechanicals and/or got knocked off his bike?

Re: Tarzan.
« Reply #636 on: 28 January, 2015, 09:33:05 pm »
Reverse the locations.

Ask yourself how Steve would be faring in pancake-flat, warm Florida. And how Kurt would be faring in an English winter (which has been pretty mild so far) riding through yer actual hills.

Just saying.
You're only as successful as your last 1200...

LMT

Re: Tarzan.
« Reply #637 on: 28 January, 2015, 09:35:26 pm »
Reverse the locations.

Ask yourself how Steve would be faring in pancake-flat, warm Florida. And how Kurt would be faring in an English winter (which has been pretty mild so far) riding through yer actual hills.

Just saying.

Steve chooses to venture out from what is a fairly pan flat area, his choice. And I've said it before and I'll say it again, it's about miles covered not places visited.

Re: Tarzan.
« Reply #638 on: 28 January, 2015, 09:43:56 pm »
[restrains self]
You're only as successful as your last 1200...

LMT

Re: Tarzan.
« Reply #639 on: 28 January, 2015, 09:47:50 pm »
If only Kurt had his bent legs as well. With the good conditions he has and pan flat roads he'd crank out 250 mile days easy.

Re: Tarzan.
« Reply #640 on: 28 January, 2015, 09:56:23 pm »
Must. Not. Feed. The. Troll....
You're only as successful as your last 1200...

Re: Tarzan.
« Reply #641 on: 28 January, 2015, 09:57:52 pm »
Possibly, but I'm firmly supporting Steve & he's the one I hope gets the new record.
DJR (Dave Russell) now retired. Carbon Beone parts bin special retired to turbo trainer, Brompton broken, as was I, Whyte Suffolk dismantled and sold. Now have Mason Definition and Orbea M20i.

LMT

Re: Tarzan.
« Reply #642 on: 28 January, 2015, 10:10:47 pm »
Must. Not. Feed. The. Troll....

Really? You made a statement (rhetorical or not) and I gave my opinion. Try having an unbiased view of this record and you'll see I'm talking sense - hardly trolling. And remember this thread is about Kurt...so perhaps you should show better judgement before having a pop about the strategy of how he's going about getting the miles in. Which is by far the most pragmatic - flat lands riding.

clarion

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Re: Tarzan.
« Reply #643 on: 28 January, 2015, 10:12:01 pm »
I'm a little surprised by a couple of things:

1.  Vid today of Kurt swapping a tube.  Why?  Doesn't he have a spare wheel in the support vehicle he can throw in, and leave the fiddly bits till later?

2.  Why isn't recumbent the weapon of choice for this sort of riding?
Getting there...

Re: Tarzan.
« Reply #644 on: 28 January, 2015, 10:26:12 pm »
Strewth! 217 miles in 10:38 and he's still going.

Following wind strength today appears to be about the same as Steve's.

Tomorrow's forecast for the sunny Thames Valley just updated to mid morning snow a few minutes ago  :'(

Bryn

Kim

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Re: Tarzan.
« Reply #645 on: 28 January, 2015, 10:38:24 pm »
2.  Why isn't recumbent the weapon of choice for this sort of riding?

Because they're invisible  :P

TBH, I think it's a case of experienced riders sticking to what they know.  Having one on standby as an alternative to not being able to ride is a sound strategy, but getting optimal performance from them (and avoiding their own flavours of long-term ergonomic issues) takes time.  Much as I agree that a recumbent is the right tool for the job, the right rider is far more important than the bike, and riders work best with what they're familiar with and trained for.

Re: Tarzan.
« Reply #646 on: 28 January, 2015, 10:46:02 pm »
If only Kurt had his bent legs as well. With the good conditions he has and pan flat roads he'd crank out 250 mile days easy.

Given that Kurt's Bacchetta has a lower drag profile than his upright, given the conditions and the terrain, then I'd have thought that to be highly possible. Not many of us get to ride bents for any length of time in those kind of conditions - roads normally starts going up at some point :-). Where Kurt is at the moment, it's recumbent paradise out there. Where Steve is ?....nah, not such an obvious choice.

It just goes to show what kind of athlete Kurt is though, because looking at how he was riding that recumbent first of all, he didn't look that great, but he seems to be doing perfectly ok now!

I'd love to see how his heart rates compare between the two bikes.
Garry Broad

Re: Tarzan.
« Reply #647 on: 28 January, 2015, 11:07:51 pm »
I had a look this morning at Kurt's ride on Strava, from Polk City, and I've had Polk Salad Annie going round my head most of the day :thumbsup:

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=fRF24LY5pvw

Re: Tarzan.
« Reply #648 on: 28 January, 2015, 11:08:41 pm »
It's a big one from Kurt today. I was just thinking he's running out of land, but it's another 127 miles to Key West, if he wants to keep going!

Re: Tarzan.
« Reply #649 on: 28 January, 2015, 11:21:10 pm »
He's after 250 miles today, according to a video just posted on FaceBook. He looks in pretty good nick too.