Author Topic: Battle Mountain 2023 (Read 9322 times)

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.

Kim · « **Reply #1 on:** 14 March, 2023, 07:08:32 pm »

Hurrah!

Beardy · « **Reply #2 on:** 14 March, 2023, 07:43:37 pm »

The appearance of this thread gladdens my heart.

Mr Larrington · « **Reply #3 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?

Mr Larrington · « **Reply #4 on:** 06 April, 2023, 05:44:35 pm »

Flight booked, car booked, hotel for 1st night and Battle Mountain booked. Hurrah

Mr Larrington · « **Reply #5 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

Kim · « **Reply #6 on:** 09 June, 2023, 12:18:11 pm »

Reasonable GCN video about AIM93: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SKfTBa-9qaw

Mr Larrington · « **Reply #7 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.

Kim · « **Reply #8 on:** 09 June, 2023, 06:26:19 pm »

He certainly seems to have the legs for it...

Mr Larrington · « **Reply #9 on:** 11 June, 2023, 01:50:04 am »

New video from the Sprocket Rocket gang: https://youtu.be/RNXJqNo8h1Y – introducing the team, basically.

ScumOfTheRoad · « **Reply #10 on:** 11 June, 2023, 02:21:27 am »

That is a great team o lassies and a fantastic vehicle.

MattH · « **Reply #11 on:** 11 June, 2023, 09:08:41 am »

That is going to be awesome

Von Broad · « **Reply #12 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.

Mr Larrington · « **Reply #13 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

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.

Auntie Helen · « **Reply #14 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!

ScumOfTheRoad · « **Reply #15 on:** 13 June, 2023, 08:21:55 am »

113.6 km/h with your backside centimetres from the ground. Respect.

Mr Larrington · « **Reply #16 on:** 12 July, 2023, 11:47:46 am »

The Sprocket Rocket gang have a spiffy nü website: https://teamsprocketrocket.com/

D.A.L.E. · « **Reply #17 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/

Mr Larrington · « **Reply #18 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…

New! IMPROVED!! Lightweight racing 2D Thomas! by Mr Larrington, on Flickr. Coming soon to a WHPSC near* you!

* FSVO.

Mr Larrington · « **Reply #19 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:

Not wrestling with the replacement front door, but
Not at the mercy of rubbish motel internets either, on account of it being not terribly long afore I traverse the Stormy North Atlantic in search of Lewis, Clark and dry weather.

Team/Entrant	Vehicle	Nationality	Rider(s)	Class(es)	Comments
Land Speed Record LLC	Sprocket Rocket	USA	Denise 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 Policumbent	Phoenix	I	Enzo 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 Policumbent	Cerberus	I	Diego Colombari*	Men Single Rider Multitrack Arms-only
Monash Human Power	Bilby	AUS	TBA but there's gonna be four. Of them.	Men Single Rider	Not all riding at the same time, obv.
IUT Annecy	Altaïr n+1	F	François Pervis*	Men Single Rider
Team Teardrop	Teardrop	USA	Alyssa Miller* (I think)	Junior Women Single Rider 12-14 Multitrack
Team Wild Bill	Milan RS	USA/D	Wild Bill Thornton* Niklas Bostelmann	Men Single Rider Multitrack
Team 60@60	DF Velomobile	USA	Peter Borenstadt*	Men Single Rider Multitrack
Possibles
London South Bank University		GB
Andrew Sourk		USA	Andrew Sourk*
Notable Absentees
Adam Hari		AUS			Skint
Tim Corbett		AUS			Has been ill
University of Toronto		CDN			Eh?
Team Elan		NL			Not even attending bikeless this year

* = repeat offender

Current records	Speed (km/h)	Speed (mph)	Bike/Rider(s)	Year
Men Open	144.15	89.59	Eta - Todd Reichert (CDN)	2016
Women Open	126.48	78.61	Altaïr 6 - Ilona Peltier (F)	2019
Men Multitrack (single rider)	118.99	73.95	All Overzealous - Gareth Hanks (AUS)	2016
Men Arms-only	82.99	51.58	ARION 4 - Ken Talbot (GB)	2018
Women Multi-Rider	76.57	47.59	? - Sarah Jackson/Sheri Bowen/Diane Sandlin (USA)	1980
Women Multitrack (single rider)	90.78	56.42	ARION 5 - Yasmin Tredell (GB)	2019
Junior Women 12-14 Multitrack		No record yet

Linky Stuffs

Thee Automatic Diary: 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/. The best place to find results after each session.
WHPSC home page: http://ihpva.org/whpsc/. Hasn't been updated to show this year's event yet, mind.
Farcebok froup: https://www.facebook.com/groups/123929127660938/

I'll update this post if further intel becomes available.

Mr Larrington · « **Reply #20 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.

Mr Larrington · « **Reply #21 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

Beardy · « **Reply #22 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?

Mr Larrington · « **Reply #23 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

Mr Larrington · « **Reply #24 on:** 06 September, 2023, 05:24:28 pm »

Hurrah: Lake Battle Mountain is almost dried up

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.