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Title: Battle Mountain 2023
Post by: Mr Larrington on 14 March, 2023, 06:56:24 pm
It’s still six months away but hey!  The Sprocket Rocket will be back, this time with a team of five women.  Including Denise Mueller, world motor-paced record holder, competitor in a solo machine in 2019 and general good egg.
Title: Re: Battle Mountain 2023
Post by: Kim on 14 March, 2023, 07:08:32 pm
Hurrah!
Title: Re: Battle Mountain 2023
Post by: Beardy on 14 March, 2023, 07:43:37 pm
The appearance of this thread gladdens my heart.  :thumbsup:
Title: Re: Battle Mountain 2023
Post by: Mr Larrington on 14 March, 2023, 07:59:12 pm
I ent booked anything yet but will likely do so while cat-sitting in sunny Hastings while Miss von Brandenburg is gadding about Europe with her rock'n'roll chums.  Now, where did I put the guidebook to the Lewis & Clark Trail three years ago?
Title: Re: Battle Mountain 2023
Post by: Mr Larrington on 06 April, 2023, 05:44:35 pm
Flight booked, car booked, hotel for 1st night and Battle Mountain booked.  Hurrah :thumbsup:
Title: Re: Battle Mountain 2023
Post by: Mr Larrington on 30 April, 2023, 07:59:59 am
The Sprocket Rocket lasses went out to the old Route 66 in Amboy CA the other day and ran the beast up to 52.3 mph on their first attempt :thumbsup:
Title: Re: Battle Mountain 2023
Post by: Kim on 09 June, 2023, 12:18:11 pm
Reasonable GCN video about AIM93:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SKfTBa-9qaw
Title: Re: Battle Mountain 2023
Post by: Mr Larrington on 09 June, 2023, 06:19:47 pm
Hopefully they’ll have a new vehicle this year – Barney Townsend said they were doing one at Hillingdon at Easter.  And their new rider seems a bit keener on riding inna-lying-down-stylee, plus he’s a first year Penniless Student Oaf so should be around for a while yet.
Title: Re: Battle Mountain 2023
Post by: Kim on 09 June, 2023, 06:26:19 pm
He certainly seems to have the legs for it...   :thumbsup:
Title: Re: Battle Mountain 2023
Post by: Mr Larrington on 11 June, 2023, 01:50:04 am
New video from the Sprocket Rocket gang: https://youtu.be/RNXJqNo8h1Y – introducing the team, basically.
Title: Re: Battle Mountain 2023
Post by: ScumOfTheRoad on 11 June, 2023, 02:21:27 am
That is a great team o lassies and a fantastic vehicle.
Title: Re: Battle Mountain 2023
Post by: MattH on 11 June, 2023, 09:08:41 am
That is going to be awesome  :thumbsup:
Title: Re: Battle Mountain 2023
Post by: Von Broad on 11 June, 2023, 09:35:59 pm
Just make sure the US military doesn't confuse the SS for a new kind of Russian nuclear war head...and things should be fine.
Amazing.
I'd love to see it.
Title: Re: Battle Mountain 2023
Post by: Mr Larrington on 11 June, 2023, 10:23:38 pm
It remained unmolested by the Feds for the duration of the 2019 event and the current occupant of the Awful Office isn’t a moonhowling loonspud so I reckon they'll get away with it.  One year we had a camera crew from Al Jazeera turn up and no-one got arrested, though I think that was when Nice Mr Obambi was in charge :demon:

Even with five muscly male ex-pros inside it seemed to hit the wall at about 90 km/h, but the women’s multi-rider record is 76.6 km/h so they're certainly in with a shout.  Denise Mueller did 113.6 km/h in Larry Lem's Wahoo back in 2019 which is why she's captain.
Title: Re: Battle Mountain 2023
Post by: Auntie Helen on 12 June, 2023, 06:23:43 am
I noticed on the video they misspelled Lori Hoechlin’s name on the bike, they had Hoechin!
Title: Re: Battle Mountain 2023
Post by: ScumOfTheRoad on 13 June, 2023, 08:21:55 am
113.6 km/h with your backside centimetres from the ground. Respect.
Title: Re: Battle Mountain 2023
Post by: Mr Larrington on 12 July, 2023, 11:47:46 am
The Sprocket Rocket gang have a spiffy nü website: https://teamsprocketrocket.com/
Title: Re: Battle Mountain 2023
Post by: D.A.L.E. on 12 July, 2023, 11:55:17 am
Quote from: Mr Larrington on 12 July, 2023, 11:47:46 am
The Sprocket Rocket gang have a spiffy nü website: https://teamsprocketrocket.com/

 :thumbsup:
Title: Re: Battle Mountain 2023
Post by: Mr Larrington on 14 August, 2023, 06:08:10 pm
After the original 2D Thomas was abducted from the Battle Mountain Civic Center and the replica version contracted leprosy after jumping out of my road atlas and into a puddle in Sonora CA…

(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/53116539400_4e02b86819_c.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/2oVJ9Bs)
New! IMPROVED!! Lightweight racing 2D Thomas! (https://flic.kr/p/2oVJ9Bs) by Mr Larrington (https://www.flickr.com/photos/mr_larrington/), on Flickr.  Coming soon to a WHPSC near* you!

* FSVO.
Title: Re: Battle Mountain 2023
Post by: Mr Larrington on 15 August, 2023, 12:19:56 am
Although the first runs in Battle Mountain ent until Sunday 10th September (just after lunch for BRITONS) it seemed like a good idea to get all this gubbins posted now while I'm:

Team/EntrantVehicleNationalityRider(s)Class(es)  Comments
Land Speed Record LLCSprocket RocketUSADenise Mueller*
Lenita Anthony
Lori Hoechlin
Barbara Sullivan
Charlene Yarnall		Women
Multi-Rider
Multitrack		Denise is the current World Motor-Paced Record holder with 296 km/h
Team PolicumbentPhoenixIEnzo Yokota
Matilde Vitillo*		Men Single Rider
Women Single Rider		Long-time stalwart rider Andrea Gallo is doing his own thing.  Also, he just got married.  Aaaaah!
Team PolicumbentCerberusIDiego Colombari*Men Single Rider
Multitrack
Arms-only
Monash Human PowerBilbyAUSTBA but there's gonna
be four.  Of them.		Men Single RiderNot all riding at the same time, obv.
IUT AnnecyAltaïr n+1FFrançois Pervis*Men Single Rider
Team TeardropTeardropUSAAlyssa Miller* (I think)Junior Women Single Rider 12-14
Multitrack
Team Wild BillMilan RSUSA/DWild Bill Thornton*
Niklas Bostelmann		Men Single Rider
Multitrack
Team 60@60DF VelomobileUSAPeter Borenstadt*Men Single Rider
Multitrack
Possibles
London South Bank UniversityGB
Andrew SourkUSAAndrew Sourk*
Notable Absentees
Adam HariAUSSkint
Tim CorbettAUSHas been ill
University of TorontoCDNEh?
Team ElanNLNot even attending bikeless this year :o

* = repeat offender

Current recordsSpeed (km/h)Speed (mph)Bike/Rider(s)  Year
Men Open144.1589.59Eta - Todd Reichert (CDN)2016
Women Open126.4878.61Altaïr 6 - Ilona Peltier (F)2019
Men Multitrack (single rider)118.9973.95All Overzealous - Gareth Hanks (AUS)2016
Men Arms-only82.9951.58ARION 4 - Ken Talbot (GB)2018
Women Multi-Rider76.5747.59? - Sarah Jackson/Sheri Bowen/Diane Sandlin (USA)1980
Women Multitrack (single rider)90.7856.42ARION 5 - Yasmin Tredell (GB)2019
Junior Women 12-14 MultitrackNo record yet

Linky Stuffs

Thee Automatic Diary: http://automatic-diary.blogspot.com/ (http://automatic-diary.blogspot.com/).  Starts on or about August 24th, or 25th for BRITONS.
Jun Nogami's blog: https://jnyyz.wordpress.com/category/hpv/ (https://jnyyz.wordpress.com/category/hpv/).  The best place to find results after each session.
WHPSC home page: http://ihpva.org/whpsc/ (http://ihpva.org/whpsc/).  Hasn't been updated to show this year's event yet, mind.
Farcebok froup: https://www.facebook.com/groups/123929127660938/ (https://www.facebook.com/groups/123929127660938/)

I'll update this post if further intel becomes available.
Title: Re: Battle Mountain 2023
Post by: Mr Larrington on 23 August, 2023, 07:55:18 pm
News!  One Brian Egan from Erie PA says he's coming to play.  No details of what he's riding have emerged yet.
Title: Re: Battle Mountain 2023
Post by: Mr Larrington on 24 August, 2023, 09:56:52 am
Officially On My Way, viz. cooling my heels at LHR until the Shiny Metal Plastic* Birb decides to whisk me across the Stormy North Atlantic to that Chicago, that they have now.  Automatic Diary open for business from tomorrow ack-emma UK time.

* Boeing 787
Title: Re: Battle Mountain 2023
Post by: Beardy on 28 August, 2023, 01:05:39 pm
Well I say. I note that the automatic diary still remains stubbornly in M$ scrolling mode and refused to allow me to complain there because it demanded a Mr Google signin.  >:(

Is this a) a deliberate ploy to discourage catch-up ease and thus encourage daily reviews to appease teh sponsors, or b) a Mr Larrington just letting it be, because he has more important fishies to cook in boiling oil?
Title: Re: Battle Mountain 2023
Post by: Mr Larrington on 29 August, 2023, 02:44:01 am
I think that was a default setting.  I've changed it to ”Anyone can comment” but if I get spammed to fuck its going back and the finger of blame pointed squarely at you, Mr Beardy :demon:
Title: Re: Battle Mountain 2023
Post by: Mr Larrington on 06 September, 2023, 05:24:28 pm
Hurrah: Lake Battle Mountain is almost dried up :thumbsup:

Bah: Drone pilot and general nutter Nik Vatin reports temperature is 11 C :(

But Organisators Al'n'Alice are on their way there now, so shit just got real.
Title: Re: Battle Mountain 2023
Post by: Mr Larrington on 09 September, 2023, 05:35:56 am
Well, most everyone is here.  I'm not sure whether the Aussies have arrived yet but they’re definitely in USAnia, which is a good start.  Weather forecast doesn’t look bad for the week either.  Crosses thumbs, presses fingers, twiddles swonickles.  Setting up of Stuffs tomorrow; hopefully there’s going to be a sufficiency of Penniless Student Oaves and/or dangerously fit high school hand-egg players to do the heavy lifting.

Qualification runs start at stupid o'clock on Sunday morning.  Eight hour time difference for BRITONS plus we need to do things like have a late breakfast or early lunch so results may not be available until you lot are settling down in front of Antiques Roadshow or similar nonse.  More news as and, moreover, when.
Title: Re: Battle Mountain 2023
Post by: ElyDave on 09 September, 2023, 06:18:53 am
I think you shall find us ensconced in front of that minor matter of the rugby World cup
Title: Re: Battle Mountain 2023
Post by: Mr Larrington on 09 September, 2023, 04:08:04 pm
There is that.  Cracking result for France yesterday  :thumbsup:
Title: Re: Battle Mountain 2023
Post by: ElyDave on 09 September, 2023, 08:01:07 pm
Quote from: Mr Larrington on 09 September, 2023, 04:08:04 pm
There is that.  Cracking result for France yesterday  :thumbsup:

Yes, and a somewhat scrappy Ireland and Australia.

Trufax Mrs ED did not know Georgia was a country

Now for a bit of Argie bargie
Title: Re: Battle Mountain 2023
Post by: Mr Larrington on 10 September, 2023, 06:53:14 am
Lazy day today.  Qualifying runs start in about eight hours.  Time for beddy-byes.
Title: Re: Battle Mountain 2023
Post by: Mr Larrington on 10 September, 2023, 07:14:53 pm
No wrecks and nobody drowned.  Speeds to follow but François probably over 70 on the short course!
Title: Re: Battle Mountain 2023
Post by: Mr Larrington on 10 September, 2023, 10:43:32 pm
To summarise: wind mostly too windy but as this morning was only qualifying it didn't matter too much.  François Pervis did 72.53 mph which might well be a record for the 2.5 mile course.  Not much luck for Team Policumbent as Cerberus (the handcycle) ate its chain tensioner 200 metres into Diego Colombari's run, putting him out for the day.  Enzo Yokota in their other machine Phoenix had divers issues and also failed to complete a run, though in spite of arriving in town a mere eight hours before the start Matilde Vittilo did get down the road OK.  Bilby, the machine from Monash Uni in Melbourne has one or two launch fails on one run - they have four riders, or five if you include Percy the Penguin.  Wild Bill Thornton in the Milan RS velomobile forgot to fasten his seat belt which ended up in the chain, restricting speeds somewhat.

Monash and Wild Bill Racing are sitting out tonight's runs, leaving only Matilde, François and Peter Borenstadt in his DF velomobile actually opting to run.  Fingers pressed and thumbs crossed for the weather to stay nice - we had a wee thunderstorm overnight but everything was OK by morning.
Title: Re: Battle Mountain 2023
Post by: Jaded on 11 September, 2023, 12:37:47 am
72mph  :o
Title: Re: Battle Mountain 2023
Post by: Auntie Helen on 11 September, 2023, 06:08:37 am
No one there with a Bülk velomobile?
Title: Re: Battle Mountain 2023
Post by: Mr Larrington on 11 September, 2023, 06:35:35 am
Quote from: Auntie Helen on 11 September, 2023, 06:08:37 am
No one there with a Bülk velomobile?

One Milan RS and one DF only.  RS is a lower, narrower version of the Milan and had just completed the TransAm race ridden by Niklas Bostelmann, who then rode halfway back across USAnia before his 90 days ran out and he had to pop back to Germany, just in time to catch COVID-19 on his return to the US!

Anyway.  Tonight's results: François 83.55 mph but non-legal start AND non-legal wind chiz.  Matilde DNF - crash about two miles down the road.  Rider OK, bike a bit scratched.  Peter (69) fully legal 55.85 in the DF.  Excitement and adventure when Mrs Angry and her pickup truck ran the road closure at one of the ranch roads, proceeded on a collision course with François (who was able to change lanes to avoid a head-on), shouted much abuse at the various officials at start, blew past Matilde and Peter and their respective teams waiting to launch and off down the road.  911, video evidence from the Annecy team, statements to Highway Patrol officer, book hopefully to be thrown at driver.  We could do without this sort of excitement.

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Dickhead.  Nevada.  Sunday. (https://flic.kr/p/2p2d7Xw) by Mr Larrington (https://www.flickr.com/photos/mr_larrington/), on Flickr.  Sadly not even Hollywood-OS can read the number plate.
Title: Re: Battle Mountain 2023
Post by: Kim on 11 September, 2023, 06:42:33 am
Jeez...
Title: Re: Battle Mountain 2023
Post by: Mr Larrington on 11 September, 2023, 10:39:32 pm
Another roadblock-running dick this morning, this one from the Bureau of Land Management's Fire Department.  Urgently needed at a fire.  In Tonopah.  Which is two hundred miles away.  We managed to stop him from getting any further than catch and fortunately it was Niklas in the Milan SL coming the other way, so a bit easier to stop and steer than some of the other vehicles.

Good morning for wind, with only Niklas in the last run of the morning not getting legal wind.  Enzo Yokota and Diego Colombari in Phoenix and Cerberus respectively, both qualified on the short course at 34.81 and 37.70 mph.  Enzo was slowed by, we think, an improperly seated tyre - Matilde's crash yesterday having been caused by a flat.  Next up was Alyssa Miller (12) starting from 600 metres out.  Her 22.72 mph constitutes a World Record for Women's Multitrack age 12-13 (?), as she was in a different age group last year.

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Alyssa (12) picks up her traffic ticket from last year (https://flic.kr/p/2p2t5G2) by Mr Larrington (https://www.flickr.com/photos/mr_larrington/), on Flickr

Sparsely attended runs on the 5 mile course followed, with the French, the Aussies, Peter and Wild Bill all sitting it out.  Daniel did 54.74 in the Milan RS, followed by the Sprockettes whose 59.69 added 14 mph to the previous Women's Multitrack Multi-rider record.  And was faster than the men made the Rocket go in 2019, though the machine has been improved a bit since then.

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P9110005 (https://flic.kr/p/2p2t1YA) by Mr Larrington (https://www.flickr.com/photos/mr_larrington/), on Flickr.  If this video works it'll show the stately departure of the Sprocket Rocket from the start.

Only Matilde in the second heat: 60.33 for the fastest run of the morning.  And only Niklas in the third: 51.65.  Let's hope those clouds bubbling up over there <<< go off and water somewhere else.

Edit: We have put Eri[c|k] of the Sprocket Rocket team on duty assisting the flagger at the offending ranch road tonight.  He is built like a USAnian football team and has only to lie down in the road to stop a three-ton pickup dead in its tracks :thumbsup:
Title: Re: Battle Mountain 2023
Post by: Mr Larrington on 12 September, 2023, 12:36:12 am
Not looking very promising for Monday night.  Wik lightning in the vicinity of the course plus rain in the distance.  Awaiting report from recce party.

Edit: Monday night cancelled because this:

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Looking out of the window at 17:05 (https://flic.kr/p/2p2uydH) by Mr Larrington (https://www.flickr.com/photos/mr_larrington/), on Flickr.  Wind, rain, thunder, lightning, ect &, moreover, ect.
Title: Re: Battle Mountain 2023
Post by: Clare on 12 September, 2023, 05:06:08 am
The grey car on the left of your photo appears to have its windows open. That'll be a pleasant surprise for the driver.
Title: Re: Battle Mountain 2023
Post by: Mr Larrington on 12 September, 2023, 01:39:55 pm
It's still got its windows open at hours 05:40!
Title: Re: Battle Mountain 2023
Post by: Pingu on 12 September, 2023, 06:39:56 pm
Just catching up with the Automatic Diary  :thumbsup: If I'd realised you were going to Missoula MT I'd've pointed you towards Iris the osprey (https://www.allaboutbirds.org/cams/hellgate-ospreys/) (though you would've probably seen just an empty nest).
Title: Re: Battle Mountain 2023
Post by: Kim on 12 September, 2023, 08:07:09 pm
Quote from: Mr Larrington on 12 September, 2023, 01:39:55 pm
It's still got its windows open at hours 05:40!

Probably at the point where they won't close due to soggy anbarics.
Title: Re: Battle Mountain 2023
Post by: Mr Larrington on 12 September, 2023, 10:03:39 pm
Much better weather this morning and some nice runs.  Notably by Alyssa (12) and the Sprockettes, who beat their respective records from yesterday.  Alyssa did 24.24 in spite of having to wear trainers, having contrived to leave her bike shoes behind at the motel.  The Sprocket Rocket hit 61.24 on their first run, did a fairly quick turnaround and then upped the record to 61.94 mph second time around.  Fastest run of the morning was Al Haslam in Bilby, with a 68.74 mph wind legal run.  Bad luck continues to follow Phoenix; Matilde dropped the chain and coasted through at 36.31, having been overtaken by Kit Kirby in Bilby on the course.  Enzo had more problems starting then crashed with 500 metres to go.  They're not sure why.  François didn't run coz he wasn't feeling well but should be out tonight.
Title: Re: Battle Mountain 2023
Post by: Mr Larrington on 12 September, 2023, 10:39:51 pm
Damp Toyota has moved to a different spot in the parking lot but still has all its windows open.  Presumably to dry it out while it's still sunny.
Title: Re: Battle Mountain 2023
Post by: Mr Larrington on 12 September, 2023, 10:44:33 pm
Denise Mueller, earlier:

(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/53182838612_a425104b56_c.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/2p2zX4j)
...and the answer is "None".  None more pink! (https://flic.kr/p/2p2zX4j) by Mr Larrington (https://www.flickr.com/photos/mr_larrington/), on Flickr
Title: Re: Battle Mountain 2023
Post by: Mr Larrington on 13 September, 2023, 04:21:18 am
No new records on Tuesday evening chiz >:(

But François became the second rider to earn an 85 mph hat :thumbsup:

85.87 mph, legal wind.

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P9120126 (https://flic.kr/p/2p2HXUN) by Mr Larrington (https://www.flickr.com/photos/mr_larrington/), on Flickr.  Clicky to get Flickr then clicky vid for a brief clip of Altaïr 7 at full gas.
Title: Re: Battle Mountain 2023
Post by: Mr Larrington on 13 September, 2023, 11:52:31 pm
Wednesday morning a bit meh plus the wind picked up later  Kit Kirby in Bilby fastest with a non-legal 68.24 mph.  Sprockettes tried a different acceleration profile and only managed 57.68.  Alyssa (12) sat this one out.  And Lynn Briggs' Saturn Sky dumped most of its coolant in the start parking area shortly after reaching 150 mph on the course sweep chiz.  A couple of hours of Type 2 Fun required to get it back to town.
Title: Re: Battle Mountain 2023
Post by: Mr Larrington on 14 September, 2023, 05:01:43 am
No legal runs Wednesday pm and only five rider/machine combos even starting, because Wind.  Daniel Löw in the Milan fastest with but 55.37 mph.  After some afternoon coaching from Professor Larry Lem of the University of Streamliners Enzo got away first time :thumbsup:
Title: Re: Battle Mountain 2023
Post by: Mr Larrington on 14 September, 2023, 09:24:14 pm
Not the most exciting Thursday morning either because of teams:
Which meant that Alyssa (12) was the sole non-Italian to run this morning.  Wind mostly unkind though Matilde's 65.84 was legal, having been the first run of the day.  She said she'd had a few breathing difficulties on this run - it was a good deal colder this morning than earlier in the week.  Enzo's starting confidence continues to grow to the extent that he made his first run sans crash panels, clocking 57.66 mph into an illegal headwind.  This was his second run of the day.  Not to be outdone, Diego made THREE runs over the five-mile course with the third being the fastest at 42.75 mph, also with illegal wind.  Alyssa (12) did 23.37, also into the wind.  The Aussies, the French and the Sprockettes should be coming out to play tonight...
Title: Re: Battle Mountain 2023
Post by: Mr Larrington on 15 September, 2023, 04:30:00 am
Much tactical not running in the early heats of Thursday evening, meaning only one machine in each of the first two heats.  Heat one was Enzo in Phoenix, with 66.94 mph; heat two Kit in Bilby with 70.77.  Alas neither had legal wind though Kit said he'd be stoked with > 70, legal or not, before we left the course

For heat three the weather behaved as expected and all four runners had legal wind.  In ascending order of speed: the Sprockettes did 60.87, Matilde 69.98, Al in Bilby 71.39 and François 86.39 mph.  François told me his legs were good but his brain was not working.  "I 'ave not ze focus!".  Hopefully he'll get it working tomorrow.

MOAR please!
Title: Re: Battle Mountain 2023
Post by: Beardy on 15 September, 2023, 08:36:23 am
Has anyone enquired to the thoughts of Bethany (13) on the exploits of Alyssa (12)? Enquiring minds and all that
Title: Re: Battle Mountain 2023
Post by: Mr Larrington on 15 September, 2023, 01:38:48 pm
I am starting to get the impression that Bethany (13) and Alyssa (12) may be kindred spirits.
Title: Re: Battle Mountain 2023
Post by: Mr Larrington on 15 September, 2023, 10:02:46 pm
Better turnout this morning as everyone but IUT Annecy took the opportunity to run.  Wind mostly favourable until heat four, though it's got something against Australians.  Chris and Oscar both got Bilby up into the high 60s but were thwarted by Wind.  Some clod forgot to plug in the power supply to Cerberus complicated gear-change system, hence Diego only managed 2.16 runs this morning, topping out at 48.66 mph.  Fastest of the morning was Matilde with 71.57 - a new personal best.

And Alyssa (12) broke her own World Record.  Twice.  Leaving it at 24.72 mph :thumbsup:
Title: Re: Battle Mountain 2023
Post by: Mr Larrington on 16 September, 2023, 04:44:52 am
Not quite as good as we'd hoped for tonight but still far from shabby.  Enzo binned Phoenix at ~ 100 km/h but he's OK and the bike was healthy enough to perform a rapid turnaround and run in the next heat with Matilde at the helm.  Daniel ran the Milan to a legal 56.70; Diego's 48.50 was not so wind-free.

72.32 for Kit in Bilby is a new Australian 2-wheel record, eclipsing Adam Hari's best from last year, but still a little off Gareth Hanks' outright mark set in a trike (!)  Matilde's 69.16 was smoak by the wind but Diego's fourth complete run of the day was a legal 48.66 mph.  Exactly the same as he ran this morning.

François improved his PB and the European & French records, but only to 86.40 mph chiz.  Al was only slightly slower than his compatriot with 72.11.  Niklas refitted the lights to the Milan, ran 50.49 and then carried on back to town.  Unfortunately Mason Mauldin, on traffic control duty at the finish end of the course, didn't know about this plan and nearly twatted the errant velomobile with his STOP sign :P  Peter was last off; 55.61.  All winds legal for the third heat.

Last day tomorrow.  Will François get up early and try a morning run?  Can one of the Aussies set a new national record?  How many MOAR times can Alyssa (12) break her own record?  And whither the Sprockettes?  Stay tuned, hurtling fans!
Title: Re: Battle Mountain 2023
Post by: Mr Larrington on 17 September, 2023, 12:02:22 am
Bollocks!  Doned a post but something et it >:(

A bit blowy this morning and some of the happenings are still subject to reporting restrictions.  Highlights: legal 73.97 mph and a PB for Matilde; 51.45 mph for Diego.  Second handcyclist over 50 mph behind Ken Talbot's 51.58 in Liverpool's ARION 4 in 2018.  Group photo shoot interrupted by Officer Aten slapping the cuffs on serial offender Denise Mueller:

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Denise does the perp walk (https://flic.kr/p/2p3qd2C) by Mr Larrington (https://www.flickr.com/photos/mr_larrington/), on Flickr.  Alyssa (12) on the left is relieved not be get nicked herself.
Title: Re: Battle Mountain 2023
Post by: Mr Larrington on 17 September, 2023, 06:00:34 am
Saturday pm Matilde 75.44 legal wind.  She's got to catch a flight back to her day job.  Rest of results to follow.

Edit: D-notice now lifted.  Oscar in Bilby had a big crash this morning when Bilby's front tyre let go.  Bike too badly damaged to run again but Oscar mostly OK.  Like François last year he's got a neck brace on.

Saturday results:

Heat one: no runners because Wind

Heat two:
Diego, 51.42 mph

Heat 3:
François, 86.92 mph
Matilde: 75.44 mph
Sprockettes: 61.04 mph
Peter: 56.91 mph
Diego: DNF - setting sun meant he couldn't see the road chiz.

All runs tonight had legal wind.

Edit 2: Wild Bill just dropped his (glass) trophy for 3rd place Men's Multitrack and b0rked it :'(
Title: Re: Battle Mountain 2023
Post by: Cudzoziemiec on 23 September, 2023, 10:24:18 pm
I love the '50s "Full speed to the future" look of the Sprocket Rocket.
Title: Re: Battle Mountain 2023
Post by: Séamas M. on 28 September, 2023, 12:00:10 pm
A link to a clip of a video featuring François popped up on my Linkedin feed today. A little searching yielded this Youtube link .. https://youtu.be/PlA13v1BVGE?si=cFEH9daNgZobONNM
Title: Re: Battle Mountain 2023
Post by: Mr Larrington on 28 September, 2023, 04:06:40 pm
Some of that footage is MINE, the robdogs :P
Title: Re: Battle Mountain 2023
Post by: Pingu on 29 September, 2023, 10:56:35 pm
Get the shoes off! FFS get the shoes off!!!1!
Title: Re: Battle Mountain 2023
Post by: Cudzoziemiec on 01 October, 2023, 09:11:10 pm
F1 style breathing systems! It's all a bit... sub-aqua?
Title: Re: Battle Mountain 2023
Post by: Von Broad on 01 October, 2023, 09:22:28 pm
Quote from: Séamas M. on 28 September, 2023, 12:00:10 pm
A link to a clip of a video featuring François popped up on my Linkedin feed today. A little searching yielded this Youtube link .. https://youtu.be/PlA13v1BVGE?si=cFEH9daNgZobONNM

Oh boy, when he first emerges.....the pain......the pain...............the pain.

Mighty fine run, good fellow!!
Title: Re: Battle Mountain 2023
Post by: Mr Larrington on 24 January, 2024, 06:53:52 pm
My grate frend Al rites

WHPSC 2024, September 8-14, Battle Mountain, Nevada

Sept 6-7 Course set-up
Sept 7 Tech inspection and mandatory first evening meeting
Sunday Sept 8 First heats
Friday  Sept 13 Drag races
Saturday Sept 14 Last heats and  awards ceremonies,
Sept 15-16 Course and Civic Center clean up and load storage
Title: Re: Battle Mountain 2023
Post by: Bromptonlad on 25 January, 2024, 05:31:48 pm
wasn’t aware of this event, it looks fabulous… any chance to watch it live now that GCN+ is bust?
Title: Re: Battle Mountain 2023
Post by: Kim on 25 January, 2024, 06:05:41 pm
I can't imagine GCN covering it.  Not without lashings and lashings of over-dramatisation and technical errors (https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=gcn+recumbent) anyway.

Laidback Bike Report did a decent job of covering it in 2022 (https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLw5zeaLy6vunbMg1x4QJVzN2bMJi4cNj1), but it wasn't live.
Title: Re: Battle Mountain 2023
Post by: Mr Larrington on 25 January, 2024, 06:09:02 pm
There's a bunch of video from 2022 on Laidback Bike Report's YouTube channel: https://youtu.be/mxIFjhISIsk  Otherwise you’ll probably have to go mining in the Facebook group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/123929127660938/ – not sure whether this needs an FB logon or not.

Edit: ninja'd by Kim.
Title: Re: Battle Mountain 2023
Post by: Kim on 25 January, 2024, 06:12:34 pm
Quote from: Mr Larrington on 25 January, 2024, 06:09:02 pm
https://www.facebook.com/groups/123929127660938/ – not sure whether this needs an FB logon or not.

It does the usual Facebook thing of letting you read for a bit then slamming an obnoxious login popup in your face and refusing to let you scroll any further.
Title: Re: Battle Mountain 2023
Post by: Bromptonlad on 25 January, 2024, 06:49:30 pm
I wonder about organising something similar in the UK… disused airfield or something, maybe in conjunction with something else, able to generate the kind of revenue required to rent such a venue…
Title: Re: Battle Mountain 2023
Post by: Mr Larrington on 25 January, 2024, 07:26:44 pm
For a pure straight line event it’s unlikely you’d get many takers since no-one appears to be interested in the sea-level record.  No attempt on it seems to have been made in 25 years and it's currently 100.60 km/h compared with the outright record of 144.17 km/h.  It stands to Sam Whittingham and the Varna Mephisto; the same combination were 25 km/h faster at Battle Mountain.

The BHPC is running the HPV World Championships this summer but although there’ll be a sprint event during the weekend the main focus is on circuit racing.

Vehicle oval test tracks are generally a better prospect than runways but the decent ones in the UK - Millbrook and MIRA – are somewhat reluctant to let mere cyclists onto their hallowed concrete.
Title: Re: Battle Mountain 2023
Post by: Bromptonlad on 25 January, 2024, 07:33:34 pm
awesome, might well take a trip to Kent

https://wc2024.bhpc.org.uk/
Title: Re: Battle Mountain 2023
Post by: Kim on 25 January, 2024, 09:36:49 pm
Quote from: Bromptonlad on 25 January, 2024, 07:33:34 pm
awesome, might well take a trip to Kent

https://wc2024.bhpc.org.uk/

Thinking about it, that warrants its own thread... (https://yacf.co.uk/forum/index.php?topic=127813.0)
Title: Re: Battle Mountain 2023
Post by: ElyDave on 28 January, 2024, 08:44:05 am
Quote from: Kim on 25 January, 2024, 06:12:34 pm
Quote from: Mr Larrington on 25 January, 2024, 06:09:02 pm
https://www.facebook.com/groups/123929127660938/ – not sure whether this needs an FB logon or not.

It does the usual Facebook thing of letting you read for a bit then slamming an obnoxious login popup in your face and refusing to let you scroll any further.

Does farcebok still exist? I don't think I've used it in the last 5 years  :P
Title: Re: Battle Mountain 2023
Post by: Mr Larrington on 28 January, 2024, 10:24:14 am
If this event (and to a lesser extent the BHPC) hadn’t moved mob-handed to Farcebok I probably wouldn’t have bothered with it at all but for some reason that’s what the Organisators did.  Yes, they’re USAnians but they’re also hippies…
Title: Re: Battle Mountain 2023
Post by: Bromptonlad on 29 January, 2024, 07:27:09 am
might interest some
https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/the-fastest-bicycle-in-the-world-documentary--2?fbclid=IwAR08C0komuOktgTiAfUAS23XpP0OerRXG6ztf_WQgKI96W1lcdDGJ-I8GPg#/
Title: Re: Battle Mountain 2023
Post by: Mr Larrington on 29 January, 2024, 09:37:01 am
I didn’t know that about Barney Townsend  :D
Title: Re: Battle Mountain 2023
Post by: Kim on 29 January, 2024, 01:30:56 pm
Cor, me neither.  Dubious claims to fame right there.