The "unbreakable" Retro world record

[AR-CoolC]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-st ... e-17730428

Just been reading this. What an achievement. I can see what they think it is a record that will never be broken.

 

[Barneyballbags]

Hope there's nobody from Chain Reaction Cycles reading this - they'll turn the challenge into a bloody enduro

 

[Groundoggy]

setting the record for the time taken to ride 100,000 miles

New meaning to 'riding a 100'. :shock:

 

[BobCatMax]

awesome, in the proper sense of the word

 

[Piperdave]

Another person who has ridden some records is Evelyn Hamilton.
1000 miles in 7 days, london to john o'groats in 4 days, 10,000 miles in 100 days :shock: ( to show woman were as good as men!).

All pre war.....

http://www.classiclightweights.co.uk/builders/evelyn-hamilton-builders.html

Any girls, or fella's, want to try and beat that

Dave

 

[john]

Bet this will be on Strava soon.

Big article on this in Cycling a few weeks ago, pretty amazing stuff.

 

[My_Teenage_Self]

"All his cups and trophies, he gave away. It wasn't that he was ungrateful - he just didn't need any recognition."

My new hero. Sounds like someone we should all aspire to be a little bit like.

 

[saltyman]

awesome, simply amazing feat of human endurance.

200 miles per day for 12 months is unreal, the time that would take and the calories and suport needed i guess it would take someone special to try it.

 

[legrandefromage]

Stoke-on-Trent cycling legend Brian Rourke said: "In theory, the record should be breakable because new road surfaces and modern bikes offer a huge advantage.

"They can do 500 miles in a day now. But to do over 200 miles, every day for a year, on a three-speed bike made of steel, is basically impossible.

It was 4 speeds and whats wrong with steel? Obviously not impossible either otherwise it wouldnt have been done back then. Memories are too short, many 'impossible' things were achieved with very little but only the 'now' is important.