[HAMR] Another go .. TG??

[wilkyboy]

I pap'ed Steve this evening in Dry Drayton just north of Cambridge — Go Steve!



No flash used, for obvious reasons, so it's a bit murky.

[clarion]

Murky?

Atmospheric..

[andrew531]

Whatever happened to the daily, "It's x a.m. and the tracker shows he's off." threads? ; )

[Ivan]

I've knocked something up on the tracking front using Steve's spot feed: http://frrt.org/tg/. I'm splitting his track each midnight and treating each day as a separate 'rider', so the list linked at the top of that page acts as a kind of archive. By default that map only shows the current day to make it readable, and there is another view here which you might prefer: http://frrt.org/tg/r/1-steve/map.

Note that I'm a bit scuppered with map choices at the moment, so this is limited to OSM currently, as most providers (google, mapbox) explicitly exclude live tracking of 'assets' on their free plans. Working towards producing my own, as tired of trying navigate all the T&Cs of the current offerings, but this is still a little way off.

The spot feed only went back to Sunday when I started logging, if anyone is wondering where Saturday is - I was out on my new bike!

[Ivan]

Hmmm: http://bikehike.co.uk/mapview.php?lnk=http://frrt.org/tg/data/riders/1-steve/route.gpx

[TheRedEyeJedi]

Nice work Ivan - appreciated

[Citizenfish]

The spot feed only went back to Sunday when I started logging, if anyone is wondering where Saturday is - I was out on my new bike!

I've got this as a single JSON file if it helps.

[Ivan]

I've got this as a single JSON file if it helps.

Yes, if you want to PM me a link or something, I'll add it at some point for the sake of completeness.

[Arry-R]

Nice work Ivan - appreciated

PLUS ONE . good work Ivan
What was his mileage Monday?

[SoreTween]

Brilliant    Thank you Ivan.

[zigzag]

with time so precious in this challenge i wonder what can be optimised to save more of it. one minute saved per riding hour compounds to almost a week* in a year. if the weather is nice like today, i'm thinking why carry the big bag on the rack? maybe one of the bikes could have mudguards and rack removed, wheels built with aero spokes (if not already), now that Steve's ligher - tighter fitting clothes. these seem such an easy wins, and still within the spirit of Tommy.

* assuming 15hrs of riding: 15min/day = 91hr/yr = 6d

[Karla]

one minute saved per riding hour compounds to almost a week* in a year.

I hadn't thought about it like that before but you're right: 60 minutes in an hour, 52 week in a year.

[mattc]

The thing to remember is that he has almost no spare time OFF the bike. So every time-saving-genius-idea needs to be cost-effective on those terms. (I'm not saying that NO idea is a good idea! Just that there is rarely such thing as a free lunch.)

Unless you have unlimited, technically competent man-power to hand, then every trick that complicates logistics has a time cost. (From trivial things like arranging all the bikes in the shed/spare-bedroom, upwards ... )

[HK]

I think you'll find that the bag would need to contain quiet a bit of food as the amount Steve is stopping would be insufficient to buy and consume food at point of purchase. Given Steve's speed compared to Amanda's he has little time in his schedule to stop.

In ride food isn't an issue for Amanda as she sensibly is being give hand ups of food and drink to eat whilst riding plus her help can have food ready to eat for a quick lunch stop of say 30 mins.

If Steve is able to go faster using a circuit with food hand ups plus prepared lunch would be the way forward. He could then use a super light bike.

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[wallis1973]

Hello Everyone,

Just to let you all know in case you were not already aware Steven welcomes people to ride with him during this record attempt. He is keen to entice as many people as possible out on their bikes to pedal the miles towards either the `sweat pledge` campaign set up by Kajsa after her recent world record achievement or points towards Audax.

Steven has a number of routes he will be using throughout the attempt (detailed on his website www.oneyeartimetrial.com) and all these have been validated by him with points available to you for distances ridden from 100km+

Do please spread the word to as many people as you can and try your best to accompany him out on the open road offering encouragement as the miles tick by.

If you have any general questions feel free to send an email to pujut6@gmail.com and yours truly will do his best to answer it or I will forward to another member of Stevens support team.

The key message here is spread the word far and wide about Stevens attempt and join him on the road as often as you can.

Many Thanks

   

[Phil W]

* assuming 15hrs of riding: 15min/day = 91hr/yr = 6d

91 hours equals a little under 4 days but I get the principle.

[Wowbagger]

* assuming 15hrs of riding: 15min/day = 91hr/yr = 6d

91 hours equals a little under 4 days but I get the principle.

If it's a 15 hour day, it's 6 extra days' riding.

[Bianchi Boy]

I think you'll find that the bag would need to contain quiet a bit of food as the amount Steve is stopping would be insufficient to buy and consume food at point of purchase. Given Steve's speed compared to Amanda's he has little time in his schedule to stop.

In ride food isn't an issue for Amanda as she sensibly is being give hand ups of food and drink to eat whilst riding plus her help can have food ready to eat for a quick lunch stop of say 30 mins.

If Steve is able to go faster using a circuit with food hand ups plus prepared lunch would be the way forward. He could then use a super light bike.

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http://www.gpxeditor.co.uk/routes2/users/SteveFerry/TeethgrinderLoopv1 loop could be used in the way HK suggests. Small and helpers could ride to help into the wind and pass Steve food as required. If this was organised on say a Sunday then there could be time for people to get organised and come and help. Once the idea has been proved I an sure people would flock to the Steve days. 

Steve

[ElyDave]

Steve rode across my headlights about 7:30 this evening in Ely, looking steady.

[PAC]

Steve rode across my headlights about 7:30 this evening in Ely, looking steady.

Not literally I hope

[ElyDave]

Steve rode across my headlights about 7:30 this evening in Ely, looking steady.

Not literally I hope

I was at a T-Junction pulling out of a car park, saw the bike light coming towards me.

As he passed I thought "tri-bars, this late at night, and an aero helmet? Ah, Steve"

[Basil]

I'm not sure I'm enjoying this.  It's 11 o'clock at night and he's still 15-20 miles from home.   

*Gets all paternal*. Go STEVE!   

[yanto]

Hello Everyone,

Just to let you all know in case you were not already aware Steven welcomes people to ride with him during this record attempt. He is keen to entice as many people as possible out on their bikes to pedal the miles towards either the `sweat pledge` campaign set up by Kajsa after her recent world record achievement or points towards Audax.

Steven has a number of routes he will be using throughout the attempt (detailed on his website www.oneyeartimetrial.com) and all these have been validated by him with points available to you for distances ridden from 100km+

Do please spread the word to as many people as you can and try your best to accompany him out on the open road offering encouragement as the miles tick by.

If you have any general questions feel free to send an email to pujut6@gmail.com and yours truly will do his best to answer it or I will forward to another member of Stevens support team.

The key message here is spread the word far and wide about Stevens attempt and join him on the road as often as you can.

Many Thanks

 

I see the website as http://oneyeartimetrial.org.uk/

[andrew531]

Yes the One year time trial website has been significantly updated. 

[TheRedEyeJedi]

251 yesterday with a further 17 added after midnight.   Maybe sets up a later start and shorter Wednesday to avoid the wetness? (although wet and mild is not too bad for this time of year I guess)