Long Distance Competition/Ultracycling, Randonneuring and Endurance Cycling - A Guinness world record
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Did you hear about this guy?
http://www.daytondailynews.com/news/dayton-news/cyclist-returns-to-tipp-city-sets-biking-record-299017.html
Good on him! Though, that's not the bike I would necessarily have chosen for riding that long of a distance. I think maybe some wider tires and he wouldn't have had to detour around the gravel roads! :lol:
Now that is amazing! How can he top 8,000 miles? Now him or someone else has to do it twice...lol! Or, I suppose someone could do it in a shorter period of time.....hmmmm......nahhh i'm too old. :)
ToddBS that bike would not my choice either, mine would have had a 1200 cc mill! Really 8000 miles in 57 days OMG.
CliftonGK1
09-15-09, 10:26 PM
143 miles a day doesn't sound too bad. Until you think about doing it every single day for two straight months.
wow. nice.
hotel and a chase car i assume? i don't see much on the bike.
akansaskid
09-17-09, 12:18 PM
The article said his father was following him in a motorhome. I imagine he slept there some.
Gonzo Bob
09-17-09, 12:45 PM
That is awesome! Looks like he just "nicked" some of the states. Reminds me of the time my brother and I rode to the border control of Liechtenstein, took the "Welcome to..." photo and backtracked to Austria to enter Switzerland a little further north. Hey, we made it there!
Richard Cranium
09-17-09, 01:43 PM
That had to be one crazy tough ride. I would imagine that he had to choose roads that were unsafe so as to assure shortest distance to all states.
Crazy - but hey he's in the record books.
WOW!
... doing 49 or 50 states would be neat aswell...
tadawdy
09-17-09, 02:59 PM
you can try biking to hawaii if you really want.
Beverly Stayart
09-17-09, 03:06 PM
His entire family is proud of him because he set a new record.
brian416
09-17-09, 04:00 PM
143 miles per day for 57 days is really really impressive, I wonder if RAAM may be in his future?
MUDDY88YJ
10-06-09, 01:17 PM
In RAAM don't they do about 2-2 1/2x that many miles in a day. Still a verry awsome achevment.
mr.korea85
10-10-09, 12:59 PM
That's amazing. Imagine just trying to get up every morning after the first few weeks and thinking LETS GO BIKING!