March 31st, 2009

BikeRadar Live at Donington Park, UK, on May 30-31 2009

SteveintheUK in Cyclist, Graeme Obree, Sporting Events

Whether you have mountain biking mud in your veins or roll on skinny road rubber, there’s loads to do and see at BikeRadar Live 2009, Britain’s biggest bike bash.

Events include the Cycling Plus Sportive (100km and 100 mile), Whyte Night night-time enduros (12hr and 4hr), MBUK Eliminator dual-slalom, Triathlon Plus duathlon and the Devil Takes the Hindmost circuit race. Click here to sign up.

Plus cycling legend Graeme Obree, The ‘Flying Scotsman’, will set a Procycling Hot Lap on the Donington Park motor racing circuit to set a time that visitors can try to beat.

The ‘Flying Scotsman’, who broke the world hour record using a self-designed bike and the ‘Superman’ riding position in the early 1990s, will ride a Procycling Hot Lap and set a time

Obree, who in the early 90s set a new world hour record on his self-designed bike that using the ‘Superman’ riding position which was shortly after banned, will be taking part in a question and answer session in the BikeRadar Live big-top, so go along ask him about his incredible life, career and the film that was made based on his autobiography, The ‘Flying Scotsman’.

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February 3rd, 2009

Across the Ocean in a Pedal-Powered Submarine

SteveintheUK in Ocean Rowing, Sporting Events

Some extracts from the story about Ted Ciamillo attempt to cross the Atlantic Ocean in a Pedal-Powered Submarine that he designed and built himself.

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Some men mark their 40th birthday by buying a flashy new car, changing jobs or finally getting started on that novel. Ted Ciamillo decided he would pedal across the Atlantic in a one-man submarine he has designed and built himself.

It may sound like a crazy stunt dreamed up by an adrenalin junkie, but the plan, dubbed the “Subhuman project”, has attracted serious attention from marine biologists. That’s because the sub, when it takes to the seas later this year, could for the first time allow them to explore the upper layers of the ocean silently and unobtrusively, revealing marine life as it has never been seen before.

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September 23rd, 2008

Rob English 50.1 mph British Hour Bicycle Record, April 2007

SteveintheUK in Cyclist, High Speed Cycling, Hour Record, Rob English, Sporting Events, Video

Rob English pedals streamlined bicycle, the Varna II at 50.105 mph average speed for one hour at Nissan Test Track in Arizona April 8, 2007. Harsh 20-25 mph winds buffet him high onto track banking. Video from officials in chase car during last 1min 30sec of his run.

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August 10th, 2008

Bike Geek, Graeme Obree and the World Hour Record by John Stesney

SteveintheUK in Books, Cyclist, Graeme Obree, High Speed Cycling, Hour Record

Most Americans’ knowledge of cycling begins and ends with Lance Armstrong and the Tour de France. But in Europe—where fan interest is high and press coverage extensive—cyclists are household names. And while the Tour de France is the sport’s most famous and lucrative race, the World Hour Record (WHR) might be its most coveted record. The prestige of the WHR comes as a surprise to many. After all, it’s a simple race-against-the-clock event: Get on a bike; Ride it around a velodrome (a circular, banked bicycle track) for sixty minutes; Then count the laps and the fractions thereof.

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August 10th, 2008

Chronic of the hour record by wolfgang-menn.de

Chronic of the hour record

Distcance (km)	Rider	Date	Gearing	Bike Weight (Kg)	Crank Arm	Cadence (rpm)
35.325	Henri Desgrange	18930511
38.220	Jules Dubois	18941031
39.240	Marcel Van den Eynde	18970730
40.781	Willie Hamilton	18980709
41.110	Lucien Petit-Breton	19050824
41.520	Marcel Berthet	19070620
42.122	Oscar Egg	19120826	34×7= 7,22m⁽²⁾	8.5		97,2
42.306 ⁰	Richard Weise	19130727
42.741	Marcel Berthet	19130807
43.525	Oscar Egg	19130821
43.775	Marcel Berthet	19130921
44.247	Oscar Egg	19140618	24×7= 7,22m			102,1
44.588	Jan Van Hout	19330825
44.777	Maurice Richard	19330829	24×7= 7,32m	8.5		101,9
45.090	Giuseppe Olmo	19351031	24×7= 7,32m	8		102,7
45.398	Maurice Richard	19361014	24×7= 7,32m	8	172	103,4
45.558	Frans Slaats	19370929	24×7= 7,32m	8		103,7
45.840	Maurice Archambaud	19371104	24×7= 7,32m		171	104,4
45.871	Fausto Coppi	19421107	52×15= 7,40m	9.5	171	103,3
46.159	Jacques Anquetil	19560629	52×15= 7,40m	7.3		104,0
46.393	Ercole Baldini	19560919		6.45
46.924	Roger Riviere	19570918	52×15= 7,40m	6.45	171	105,7
47.346	Roger Riviere	19580923	53×15= 7,54m	6.85	175	104,7
47.493 ¹	Jaques Anquetil	19670927	52×13= 8,54m	6.69	175	92,7
48.093	Ferdinand Bracke	19671030	53×15= 7,54m	5.96	175	106,3
48.653	Ole Ritter	19681010	54×15= 7,69m	7	175	105,4
49.431	Eddy Merckx	19721025	52×14= 7,93m	5.75	175	103,9
50.808	Francesco Moser	19840119	56×15= 8,12m	7.85	175	104,3
51.151	Francesco Moser	19840123	57×15= 8,27m	7.5	175	103,1
51.596	Graeme Obree	19930717	52×12= 9,25m		175	93,0
52.270	Chris Boardman	19930723	53×13= 8,56m	7.1	175	101,8
52.713	Graeme Obree	19940427			175
53.040	Miguel Indurain	19940902	59×14= 8,76m	6.5	190	100,9
53.832	Tony Rominger	19941022	59×14= 8,85m	8.3	172,5	101,4
55.291	Tony Rominger	19941105	60×14= 9.02m	8.3	172,5	102,2
56.375	Chris Boardman	19960906	56×13= 8,95m		170 ?	105,0

⁰ Unofficial after remeasurement of the track ¹ Unofficial record, because Anquetil did not show up at the drug test
² Must be a typo on the original page

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August 10th, 2008

Blatchford Vs Barczewski – 2007 Elite Nationals, Men’s Sprint Final

SteveintheUK in 200meter Sprint, Ben Barczewski, Cyclist, Michael Blatchford, Sporting Events, Video

Michael Blatchford (Cypress, Calif./Cody Racing) Vs Ben Barczewski (Breinigsville, Pa./T-Town Express) in a a winning time of 18.470 seconds at the 2007 USA Cycling Elite Track National Championships

From: zenboyfilms

YouTube Direct Link: 2007 Elite Nationals – Men’s Sprint Gold Final

For more info on this race have a look at this article at USACycling.org

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August 10th, 2008