Author Topic: [HAMR] The Tommy Godwin record thread for things too unimportant .... (Read 47892 times)

mcshroom · « **on:** 02 January, 2015, 06:59:26 pm »

Just had a look at the Strava MTS leaderboard and Steve is currently 8th, 250km behind the current leader, and only 4th in the single-ride riders (the three longer rides were all in SE Asia)

I'm going to bet that changes rather a lot this evening

http://www.strava.com/challenges/368

Wobbly · « **Reply #1 on:** 02 January, 2015, 07:07:37 pm »

You don't suppose those other three single-ride riders are *also* going for Tommy Godwin's record do you?

PAC · « **Reply #2 on:** 02 January, 2015, 07:34:54 pm »

Quote from: mcshroom on 02 January, 2015, 06:59:26 pm

Just had a look at the Strava MTS leaderboard and Steve is currently 8th, 250km behind the current leader, and only 4th in the single-ride riders (the three longer rides were all in SE Asia)

I'm going to bet that changes rather a lot this evening

http://www.strava.com/challenges/368

Guess who's just leapfrogged well ahead of the 57,000 or so riders

Psychler · « **Reply #3 on:** 02 January, 2015, 07:56:28 pm »

Kurt Searvogel's "HAM'R" attempt apparently starts on 10th January

Wowbagger · « **Reply #4 on:** 02 January, 2015, 07:58:04 pm »

Ah, of course. Those are kilometres.

Bear in mind that those in the Far East have had a lot more daylight so far this year than we have - as well as a lot more hours! They are all well into 3rd Jan now.

Marmitegeoff · « **Reply #5 on:** 02 January, 2015, 08:11:39 pm »

Quote from: Wobbly on 02 January, 2015, 07:07:37 pm

You don't suppose those other three single-ride riders are *also* going for Tommy Godwin's record do you?

They could be the riders who did the Rapha 500 in one hit going from Singapore to Malaka and back.

LittleWheelsandBig · « **Reply #6 on:** 02 January, 2015, 08:16:15 pm »

They are.

delthebike · « **Reply #7 on:** 02 January, 2015, 08:17:09 pm »

Quote from: Wobbly on 02 January, 2015, 07:07:37 pm

You don't suppose those other three single-ride riders are *also* going for Tommy Godwin's record do you?

Cycle_dr 1 is/was going for it. Reported on GCN.

Clemo · « **Reply #8 on:** 02 January, 2015, 09:05:53 pm »

AS of typing Steve is leading

Karla · « **Reply #9 on:** 02 January, 2015, 09:19:33 pm »

He rode 227 Strava segments today but got ZERO KOMs. That's a shockong performamce Steve, pull your finger out!

Jabba · « **Reply #10 on:** 03 January, 2015, 09:07:08 am »

Mind you have you noticed how his Strava following has quadrupled in the last 24hrs

againsttheclock · « **Reply #11 on:** 03 January, 2015, 01:07:01 pm »

Is there a list of routes Steve will be taking each day? Would be good to know where he's heading each day with a view to riding with him when he's in my neck of the woods

Nice to see I'm not the only one refreshing the tracker first thing to see where he's off to! Gonna be great to follow his progress

Wowbagger · « **Reply #12 on:** 03 January, 2015, 02:05:06 pm »

I see that Cycle_dr 1 is still going great guns around the Adelaide area. He is back at the top of the Strava leader board again at the moment. I've seen a couple of comments from him, including one that he has had to dodge bush fires. I doubt that Steve will have to worry about that sort of thing today, or burning his fingers on his STI levers...

mattc · « **Reply #13 on:** 03 January, 2015, 03:54:42 pm »

Quote from: againsttheclock on 03 January, 2015, 01:07:01 pm

Is there a list of routes Steve will be taking each day? Would be good to know where he's heading each day with a view to riding with him when he's in my neck of the woods

No:
but there is a thread on this board about "Riding With Steve" which has some of the answers to this.

Chris S · « **Reply #14 on:** 03 January, 2015, 06:38:42 pm »

Is anyone looking after Steve when he gets back to his place each night?

Von Broad · « **Reply #15 on:** 03 January, 2015, 06:41:08 pm »

Quote from: Chris S on 03 January, 2015, 06:38:42 pm

Is anyone looking after Steve when he gets back to his place each night?

Yes, but not every night [at this stage], according to the calender.

http://oneyeartimetrial.org.uk/calendar#year=2015&month=1&day=3&view=month

Sergeant Pluck · « **Reply #16 on:** 03 January, 2015, 09:23:41 pm »

Quote from: Wowbagger on 03 January, 2015, 02:05:06 pm

I see that Cycle_dr 1 is still going great guns around the Adelaide area.

I think he is going for 7 day distance record (according to Facebook).

Wowbagger · « **Reply #17 on:** 03 January, 2015, 09:28:21 pm »

Quote from: Sergeant Pluck on 03 January, 2015, 09:23:41 pm

Quote from: Wowbagger on 03 January, 2015, 02:05:06 pm
I see that Cycle_dr 1 is still going great guns around the Adelaide area.

I think he is going for 7 day distance record (according to Facebook).

Has anyone told him he's 42.1k off the pace?

Think how pissed off you'd be if you had set out for such a record and then Steve Bloody Abraham came along and started his bid for the Tommy Godwin record in the same week.

Sergeant Pluck · « **Reply #18 on:** 04 January, 2015, 01:03:58 am »

A point re Steve’s tweet earlier:

https://twitter.com/steve_abraham74/status/551489138470699009/photo/1

Should this not be directed to Raleigh UK @RaleighBikes_UK, assuming they are the providers of the bikes, rather than @RaleighBicycles, which is the American concern?

LittleWheelsandBig · « **Reply #19 on:** 04 January, 2015, 09:18:48 am »

Almost certainly. I expect the team will give Steve a nudge.

Ham · « **Reply #20 on:** 04 January, 2015, 10:46:49 am »

Tommy Godwin. TeethGrinder.

Coincidence?

Karla · « **Reply #21 on:** 04 January, 2015, 12:16:19 pm »

Quote from: Wowbagger on 03 January, 2015, 09:28:21 pm

Quote from: Sergeant Pluck on 03 January, 2015, 09:23:41 pm
Quote from: Wowbagger on 03 January, 2015, 02:05:06 pm
I see that Cycle_dr 1 is still going great guns around the Adelaide area.

I think he is going for 7 day distance record (according to Facebook).

Has anyone told him he's 42.1k off the pace?

Think how pissed off you'd be if you had set out for such a record and then Steve Bloody Abraham came along and started his bid for the Tommy Godwin record in the same week.

According to Twitter, this is what he's doing:

Quote

Bruce @cycle_dr1 · Jan 1

So, can I ride 300K's plus, a day for a month? Let's find out #bigmiles

thing1 · « **Reply #22 on:** 04 January, 2015, 07:09:21 pm »

Steve's taken a year off work to ride this, I think the reality is starting to dawn on me that I'll need to take a year off too just to feed my addiction to reading updates about him. Or at least, accept this is going to be a very low-productivity year as long as I'm working on a computer with an internet connection.

thing1 · « **Reply #23 on:** 04 January, 2015, 10:01:23 pm »

Quote from: Wowbagger on 03 January, 2015, 09:28:21 pm

Quote from: Sergeant Pluck on 03 January, 2015, 09:23:41 pm
Quote from: Wowbagger on 03 January, 2015, 02:05:06 pm
I see that Cycle_dr 1 is still going great guns around the Adelaide area.

I think he is going for 7 day distance record (according to Facebook).

Has anyone told him he's 42.1k off the pace?

Think how pissed off you'd be if you had set out for such a record and then Steve Bloody Abraham came along and started his bid for the Tommy Godwin record in the same week.

Close of day 4, Cycle_dr 1 holds the lead by less than a mile!

http://app.strava.com/challenges/january-2015-mts-ride

Riveting!

Grandad · « **Reply #24 on:** 04 January, 2015, 10:12:29 pm »

If Strava can't tell England from Australia can we trust it's more detailed info?