One Year Time Trial

godtabh · 02-01-2015 1:44pm #1

Steven Abraham is attempting to cycle more than 75,065 miles in 2015

http://oneyeartimetrial.org.uk/

Some people need a challenge but this is madness

ford2600 · 02-01-2015 1:53pm

godtabh wrote: »

Steven Abraham is attempting to cycle more than 75,065 miles in 2015

http://oneyeartimetrial.org.uk/

Some people need a challenge but this is madness

He is one of two. An American starting soon also.

It's all relative; I heard of this the other day while doing a 260km cycle and taught it was mental. It's a never ending daily 320km cycle.

Most people who don't cycle or cycle a little think 260km in December is mental.

In the early days of bikes some lunatic went around the world in a penny farthing type bike. Prior to decent steels, wheels, etc. And of coarse decent roads. He carried it as much as anything.

Eamonnator · 02-01-2015 2:03pm

Tommy Godwin set this record years ago...... on a bike, that weighed about 15Kgs.

http://www.tommygodwin.com/

ford2600 · 02-01-2015 2:09pm

Eamonnator wrote: »

Tommy Godwin set this record years ago...... on a bike, that weighed about 15Kgs.

http://www.tommygodwin.com/

Not to dismiss new attempts but hard to compare with old record; given weight of bike, gearing, roads, support crew for food and bike and probably medical/massage etc.

Beasty · 02-01-2015 2:10pm

Eamonnator wrote: »

Tommy Godwin set this record years ago...... on a bike, that weighed about 15Kgs.

http://www.tommygodwin.com/

Christ - all that just to avoid conscription. Bet he didn't have the internet to distract him either ....:D

jinkypolly · 02-01-2015 2:19pm

ford2600 wrote: »

Not to dismiss new attempts but hard to compare with old record; given weight of bike, gearing, roads, support crew for food and bike and probably medical/massage etc.

Yes but nowadays it's a lot easier to verify claimed distances.

JK.BMC · 02-01-2015 2:35pm

ford2600 wrote: »

He is one of two. An American starting soon also.

It's all relative; I heard of this the other day while doing a 260km cycle and taught it was mental. It's a never ending daily 320km cycle.

Most people who don't cycle or cycle a little think 260km in December is mental.

In the early days of bikes some lunatic went around the world in a penny farthing type bike. Prior to decent steels, wheels, etc. And of coarse decent roads. He carried it as much as anything.

A woman (of Latvian extraction I believe) rode solo around the world in the 19th century. She brought a repair kit and a gun with her. Took her over 9 months. I think her name was Anne. Didnt stop for coffee either...

Beasty · 02-01-2015 2:39pm

JK.BMC wrote: »

Didnt stop for coffee either...

Source???

:pac:

07Lapierre · 02-01-2015 3:02pm

Watched episode 1 of this last night.. a mere 18,000 Miles!

http://youtu.be/8kBMGbHanLU

Hi Ho · 02-01-2015 6:21pm

godtabh wrote: »

Some people need a challenge but this is madness

Most 'ordinary' people think most of 'us' suffer from madness too because of our excesses

diomed · 02-01-2015 10:43pm

I made a contribution. He will need loads of help: physical, mental, bike maintenance, nutrition, and stuff we can't even imagine. What happens if he gets saddle sores? There could be wind, snow, ice, heatwave. He is brave to even start.

RobFowl · 02-01-2015 10:47pm

diomed wrote: »

What happens if when he gets saddle sores? There could will be wind, snow, ice, heatwave. He is brave a complete lunatic to even start.

FYP

godtabh · 02-01-2015 11:00pm

Hi Ho wrote: »

Most 'ordinary' people think most of 'us' suffer from madness too because of our excesses

I'm no stranger to excesss (both on and off the bike) but doing something so extreme over such s long time must have physical, physiological and mental consequences?

Beasty · 02-01-2015 11:11pm

godtabh wrote: »

I'm no stranger to excesss (both on and off the bike) but doing something so extreme over such s long time must have physical, physiological and mental consequences?

I'm sure he'll be OK - he'll have a long weekend to get over it this time next year, before heading off to work on Monday morning:pac:

C3PO · 02-01-2015 11:17pm

ford2600 wrote: »

Most people who don't cycle or cycle a little think 260km in December is mental.

Not just people who don't cycle or cycle a little .....

godtabh · 02-01-2015 11:18pm

Beasty wrote: »

I'm sure he'll be OK - he'll have a long weekend to get over it this time next year, before heading off to work on Monday morning:pac:

He might even go in this day next year

Wishbone Ash · 03-01-2015 12:02am

godtabh wrote: »

I'm no stranger to excesss (both on and off the bike) but doing something so extreme over such s long time must have physical, physiological and mental consequences?

Bear in mind that after securing the record for the greatest distance cycled in a year, Tommy Godwin kept going for another 135 days to take the 100,000 miles record.

diomed · 16-01-2015 7:59am

I check his progress every day.
Now at 07:00 he has been on the bike for 1 hour 5 minutes this morning. It is 3 degrees with a 30 km/hr breeze at Milton Keynes.

petethedrummer · 16-01-2015 11:22am

He should have a good aerobic base for A4 in 2016.

wanderer 22 · 17-01-2015 10:42am

4,700km this January and he's still only second in the Strava monthly leaderboard :pac:

Seweryn · 12-02-2015 11:04pm

Steven is going very strong. After six weeks he covered 13k km. Madness...

Anyway, his competitor doing well also with 11k km cycled so far:

https://www.strava.com/athletes/350859

Hi Ho · 16-02-2015 8:46am

godtabh wrote: »

I'm no stranger to excesss (both on and off the bike) but doing something so extreme over such s long time must have physical, physiological and mental consequences?

The Bike Show podcast from Resonance FM has a really good show on this record attempt. Steve Abraham sounds remarkably sane. Well worth a listen.

Seweryn · 06-03-2015 9:36am

Kurt Searvogel and his story...

two wheels good · 09-03-2015 2:13pm

A nice acticle on the man here. Well, more on the challenge actually; the man himself seems a bit of an enigma.

wanderer 22 · 09-03-2015 4:20pm

two wheels good wrote: »

A nice acticle on the man here. Well, more on the challenge actually; the man himself seems a bit of an enigma.

Some of the comments on the article are just depressing..."Frankly, if he can't beat a record set in 19 0 splosh, with all the support and technology at is disposal, he ought hang his head in shame."

Jesus.