Another Hour Record Attempt upcoming

petethedrummer · 03-06-2015 10:58AM

They should suck out all the air and have him cycle around in a vacuum. Problem solved.

check_six · 03-06-2015 11:05AM

I'm just wondering if he'll be able to keep touch when he hits the tricky downhill section.

Leroy42 · 03-06-2015 11:15AM

So the current record is 52.937 by Alex Dowsett? (So Wiki says anyway!).

Caught the last few minutes of a 5live show on the Wiggins attempt and the general consensus was that he would do something like 54/54.5.

That seems like quite a big increase but they (I don't know who 'they' are) also said that it would be good but not unbeatable and others would probably attempt to break it fairly soon.

Am I right in thinking that the bets are that he will set a new record quite comfortably?

death1234567 · 03-06-2015 11:45AM

Leroy42 wrote: »

Am I right in thinking that the bets are that he will set a new record quite comfortably?

He's 1/6 to beat the record. Bet 6 get 7 back if he does it.

joey100 · 03-06-2015 12:38PM

Wiggins recently set out to beat Dowsetts 10m TT record, was around 30 seconds off. Outdoors I know but any value in this? He seemed fairly confident he would be able to beat that record.....

petethedrummer · 03-06-2015 12:44PM

Wind was the problem there.
http://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/sport/other-sports/cycling/amateurs-no-match-for-wiggins-but-biting-wind-ends-record-bid-1-7265253

Beasty · 03-06-2015 01:08PM

petethedrummer wrote: »

Wind was the problem there.
http://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/sport/other-sports/cycling/amateurs-no-match-for-wiggins-but-biting-wind-ends-record-bid-1-7265253

Like this bit:

Over 40 applications had been rejected by virtue of the fact that their times were too fast, but the organisers, City Road Club, could not reject that of Wiggins as he has not set a time over this distance in the last three years

Bit of Yorkshire logic there ....;)

Junior · 07-06-2015 09:00AM

It's all go for this evening - looks like he's certainly going to break the record

https://twitter.com/inrng/status/607435398676148224

funnights74 · 07-06-2015 09:10AM

For anyone who doesnt have sky here's the official uci channel.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0XgL3ByqBVo

niceonetom · 07-06-2015 09:11AM

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0XgL3ByqBVo

pelevin · 07-06-2015 10:49AM

petethedrummer wrote: »

They should suck out all the air and have him cycle around in a vacuum. Problem solved.

Yes but according to my sources that would negatively affect his VO2 Max which could hinder his efforts.

dastardly00 · 07-06-2015 06:16PM

Less than 20 minutes to go before Wiggo starts.

It's live on Sky 2 and Sky Sports 2, and the UCI YouTube channel as the lads linked above.

I asked Sean Kelly this morning (during a charity cycle) how did he think Wiggins will do. Like everyone else, he said that 'it'll be a case of by how much'.