Rools is rools, innit.
There's clearly such a huge difference between their approaches that, if this were the sort of event in which more people were likely to take part, there would probably be separate categories for "unsupported", "supported", "downhill supported", "wind-assisted supported", "multi-bike supported" and so on. As it is, assuming that one of these guys pushes the record up to near the 90,000 mile mark, challengers will be so few and far between that it will probably stand for ever.
Having said that,
Come on Steve!