Yet Another Cycling Forum
General Category => Freewheeling => Racing => Topic started by: blackburnrod on 16 July, 2009, 01:31:44 pm
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Rebecca and James are scheduled to attack this RRA record provisionally starting on 3/8/09 at0700
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I've been wondering what Rebecca is up to. Great news.
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RRA ?
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Road Records Association (http://www.rra.org.uk/)
national body for place to place records.
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google: rra cycling (http://www.lmgtfy.com/?q=rra+cycling)
I notice the Women Tandem 24 hour record has not been updated.
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google: rra cycling (http://www.lmgtfy.com/?q=rra+cycling)
I notice the Women Tandem 24 hour record has not been updated.
That's because the reord you are talking about would be a CTT record not an RRA record. RRA records attempts have to be notified to the RRA and monitored by RRA timekeepers and observers.
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google: rra cycling (http://www.lmgtfy.com/?q=rra+cycling)
I notice the Women Tandem 24 hour record has not been updated.
Women Tandem Standard to be beaten 3days 12hours
No. No, no, no, no, no!
Git!
If she even finds out I've checked... :o
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I'm about to tell her !
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google: rra cycling (http://www.lmgtfy.com/?q=rra+cycling)
I notice the Women Tandem 24 hour record has not been updated.
Women Tandem Standard to be beaten 3days 12hours
No. No, no, no, no, no!
Git!
If she even finds out I've checked... :o
Gwan...
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Get yourselves a tandem trike and you'll have a whole 4 days to do it in :thumbsup:
Go on, go on, go on, go on...
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4 days? Luxury!
::-)
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I do know where there's one to be found... :P
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AFAIK no female pair have completed a RRA 24hr. Are you thinking of the CTT record? Last year's Mersey 24 ride by two ladies of this forum has not yet been claimed as a record, or at least as chief timekeeper for the event I have not been asked for verification.
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So you're saying the Chief Timekeeper might welcome being asked: Is that what you're saying? ;)
If so, perhaps someone should ask the Chief Timekeeper for a verification...
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Rebecca and James are scheduled to attack this RRA record provisionally starting on 3/8/09 at0700
Would love to offer to be an observer but work wont permit.
Do you know if progress will be reported on the web anywhere?
good luck to them.
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Clarion A CTT record has to be claimed by the riders,then CTT contact the event organiser for course measurement verification and the Chief Timekeeper(me) who has to provide timer certification as do the penultimate and final timekeepers on the finishing circuit. So far I have had no request from CTT. A few months ago I did email one of the riders informing of the need to claim.
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Aha. Just hinting to the riders theysen ;)
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Gethin's mark for this trip is still bloody fantastic. No scrub that. Astonishing.
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James Cracknell was with us at l'Etape on Monday. I heard he completed it in 6 hours, which is a fantastic time, not even an hour slower than the French champ who won in just over 5 hours :thumbsup:
He must be a very special athlete indeed. Maybe he should try switching to the track as well, like Romero... Who knows what he might do?
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He must be a very special athlete indeed. Maybe he should try switching to the track as well, like Romero... Who knows what he might do?
He's probably making far too much money from doing things like Hanging Out With Ben Fogle and Being Generally Famous ;D
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He must be a very special athlete indeed. Maybe he should try switching to the track as well, like Romero... Who knows what he might do?
He's probably making far too much money from doing things like Hanging Out With Ben Fogle and Being Generally Famous ;D
Yep - I'd imagine that hanging out with Ben Fogle would have to be very well paid.
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Guess the weather a big determinant - what beat rt occasionally of this place second time he +1 tried for the tandem lejog record.
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Yep. I had a pop at it in 2006. Could only afford (financially and time commitment wise) one go at it.
Waited for a big low pressure coming in from atlantic, fantastic tail winds wipping up the country. Off we went and the wind died after afew hours leaving is in beautiful summer weather, very hot, sunny and no wind.............in October! Packed in after 24 hours somewhere near Lancaster.
I was talking to Frank Minto during the 24 hour Time trial at the weekend (I know, I should have been racing at the time) he is down as a timekeeper from Carlisle onwards for Cracknell and Romero.
As I understand it riders usually wait for helpful weather before starting an attempt, Cracknell and Romero only have a small space of time for this and are making their attempt next weekend whatever the weather does. Confident or foolish?
Good luck to em I say, its a tough one to try.
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Interesting article by James in the Telegraph. James Cracknell Land’s End to John O’Groats cycle record aim with Rebecca Romero - Telegraph (http://www.telegraph.co.uk/active/5940583/James-Cracknell-Lands-End-to-John-OGroats-cycle-record-aim-with-Rebecca-Romero.html)
Sounds like tears and tantrums before bedtime.
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And they're off!
James Cracknell begins Land's End to John O' Groats cycling challenge - Telegraph (http://www.telegraph.co.uk/active/5963756/James-Cracknell-begins-Lands-End-to-John-O-Groats-cycling-challenge.html)
Good luck to 'em! :thumbsup:
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I thought they might have had an opportunity to practice a bit more...
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In case anybody hasn't found it http://twitter.com/cyclingplus is following the ride.
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More of an update from here:
Romero - Cracknell off to flying start on RRA End to End tandem record | News | Cycling Weekly (http://www.cyclingweekly.co.uk/news/latest/385574/romero-cracknell-off-to-flying-start-on-rra-end-to-end-tandem-record.html)
I enjoyed his 'Thin Ice' show with the Fogle, but I did think he was a bit of a prick with the doctor chap that was accompanying them... ::-)
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In case anybody hasn't found it http://twitter.com/cyclingplus is following the ride.
Just now:
5 min stop to tend to blisters and grab an energy bar and jc and rr are back on a38 into bristol
Blisters on the first day? Blimey - that's some poorly fitted footwear. Probably brand new, I suppose.
OTOH, if they're on the A38 into Bristol, they're doing well. That was the morning of Day 2 for TRAT.
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Maybe not foot blisters ?
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Weatherwise, it looks like they will be hit with a belt of rain tonight. The wind is predicted to be a nice solid 15mph tailwind for the duration!
So it just depends if their support crew have got a supply of 5 dozen pairs of gloves and socks. Usually people from a "sport" background don't geddit with stuff like that, but Cracknell has done a few long rides so hopefully commonsense will prevail
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I found I got blisters on my hands on long tours. That may be the problem.
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On the first day?
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On the first day?
When the first day is 200 miles, I don't see why not.
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On the first day?
When the first day is 200 miles, I don't see why not.
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It would imply a lack of preparation. It's quite possible to ride 200 miles in a day without a blister.
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I'd be worried about the next 650 or so miles if the first 200 create blisters. But then, I'm not an iron-willed, if underprepared, sportsperson.
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On the first day?
When the first day is 200 miles, I don't see why not.
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It would imply a lack of preparation. It's quite possible to ride 200 miles in a day without a blister.
Why would it imply a lack of preparation? Not having a go M-V, just curious! :)
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On the first day?
When the first day is 200 miles, I don't see why not.
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It would imply a lack of preparation. It's quite possible to ride 200 miles in a day without a blister.
Certainly is. I did it last week !! They should have come on here and asked for training tips for long distance riding, bloody amateurs, it's only a bike ride, not the Olympics.
A prepared rider would know what shoes, gloves, pants to use through trying things first. Their bike would fit properly.
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Why would it imply a lack of preparation? Not having a go M-V, just curious! :)
What MSeries says, really.
200 miles a day, for several days, is a scenario that's familiar to many of us, and we've all made damn sure that we're not going to have bike/clothing comfort issues before the off.
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To be fair though they are going at about twice the pace you needed to for LEL. It's about the same distance (800 to 900 miles) but the existing record is 2 days, 3 hours and 19 minutes.
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To be fair though they are going at about twice the pace you needed to for LEL. It's about the same distance (800 to 900 miles) but the existing record is 2 days, 3 hours and 19 minutes.
all the more reason to make sure all aspects are tried and tested. Seems a curiously half-assed attitude, bet tehy wouldn't have gone into hte Olympics with so little preparation and practice - but then as noted above it's only a bike ride
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To be fair though they are going at about twice the pace you needed to for LEL. It's about the same distance (800 to 900 miles) but the existing record is 2 days, 3 hours and 19 minutes.
Does anyone know when the superhuman German actually finished LEL? He was back at Thorne 10am Tuesday so I doubt their target's more than about 12 hours faster than his ride.
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65.25 hours, including getting seriously lost on the final run-in.
He was stopping decent intervals at controls too. Was he supported ? Not sure.
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Talking to one of the RRA observers this evening. It seems they have two tandems set up so they can swap front to back. They swapped at Bodmin, and again just north of Exeter. One comment was that they'll end up doing more than 900 miles because they're weaving all over the road, especially when Romero's on the front. There's some scepticism about whether they'll do it, but we shall see.
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On the first day?
When the first day is 200 miles, I don't see why not.
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It would imply a lack of preparation. It's quite possible to ride 200 miles in a day without a blister.
Certainly is. I did it last week !! They should have come on here and asked for training tips for long distance riding, bloody amateurs, it's only a bike ride, not the Olympics.
A prepared rider would know what shoes, gloves, pants to use through trying things first. Their bike would fit properly.
Aye.
I rode 200 miles on Thursday, and another 200 miles on Saturday. No problems at all as the kit is well used and practised.
Mind you, I don't know that I'd be so silly as to try something as strenuous as these two are.
Blisters on day one - implies to me a lack of preparation. Blisters on day three onwards, at their pace, is excusable.
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Just over Shap now, it seems.
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Not bad for 24 hours.
Haven't got their trye route but even google map shows 439 m LE to Shap.
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Do we know how they are doing compared to their schedule? ::-)
Just over Shap now, it seems.
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Do we know how they are doing compared to their schedule? ::-)
Just over Shap now, it seems.
copy of their schedule here:
http://www.rra.org.uk/Files/CracknellRomero3.pdf (http://www.rra.org.uk/Files/CracknellRomero3.pdf)
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Sounds like that was about on schedule, then. Should be at Gretna now.
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They are just north of Lockerbie :)
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I must take issue with the earlier comment that Cracknell is a better bike handler than Romero. I was the start timekeeper and observer in the first following vehicle till Preston.Romero started on the front and they changed tandems about every 3 hours.It was very apparent that she was a very good bike handler taking a better line through corners,a straighter line generally and a better choice of gear.As the ride progressed Cracknell seemed to improve in his ability to ride in a straight line.
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I noticed they were alternating turns on the front. Are they using two tandems?
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Talking to one of the RRA observers this evening. It seems they have two tandems set up so they can swap front to back. They swapped at Bodmin, and again just north of Exeter. ...
Seems so.
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I noticed they were alternating turns on the front. Are they using two tandems?
'The pair will be using two custom built Dolan tandems for the attempt – one for Romero to stoke (pedal at the back) and one on which Cracknell can take care of stoking duties.' ..... according to a piece on Bikeradar
Snake
Cycling Items (http://www.yudu.com/groups/details/58/The-Open-Group-For-Cycling-Related-Items)
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65.25 hours, including getting seriously lost on the final run-in.
He was stopping decent intervals at controls too. Was he supported ? Not sure.
He wandered into Gamblingay on his own and stayed 15~20 minutes. Didn't seem to be in a hurry...
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I must take issue with the earlier comment that Cracknell is a better bike handler than Romero. I was the start timekeeper and observer in the first following vehicle till Preston.Romero started on the front and they changed tandems about every 3 hours.It was very apparent that she was a very good bike handler taking a better line through corners,a straighter line generally and a better choice of gear.As the ride progressed Cracknell seemed to improve in his ability to ride in a straight line.
Dunno whether that was me or my informant misremembering.
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Reports around that they have abandoned for medical reasons
Albert_Herring #cracknell #romero have abandoned the attempt for medical reasons at Johnsonbridge nr Moffatt 0955, says ttforum #lejog
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It's all over twitter, but is it verified?
Blackburnrod, you're probably our most reliable source for this sort of information - any news?
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Cycling Plus have verified that its all over - Rebecca has a bad knee. :'(
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It's all over twitter, but is it verified?
Blackburnrod, you're probably our most reliable source for this sort of information - any news?
It's confirmed on the Telegraph (sponsors) site that they've abandoned - James Cracknell begins Land's End to John O' Groats cycling challenge - Telegraph (http://www.telegraph.co.uk/active/5963756/James-Cracknell-begins-Lands-End-to-John-O-Groats-cycling-challenge.html)
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Is this a symptom of their poor preparation?
Telegraph report on end to attempt (http://www.telegraph.co.uk/active/5971098/James-Cracknell-and-Rebecca-Romero-abandon-tandem-record-bid.html)
Sounds like they're prepared to have another crack at it. I hope they do. They reached Johnstonebridge before having to abandon because of Rebecca's knee. :(
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Oh, rotten luck.
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That's a shame. Just shows how tough a record this will be to break, but well done to both for getting that far.
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Is this a symptom of their poor preparation?
You might say they should have done some tests at similar distances and found this out already. I don't know if other records attempters do though. Maybe they were using too big a gear for too long, maybe she just has a dodgy knee which isn't up to this about of exercise with no break. Shes an Olympian but still human. Hard to say if it could have been prevented.
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Oh poo. I honestly thought that Crackers and Romero were going to pull it off.
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They were definitely on for it earlier. I'd been sceptical, but was getting to believe...