Obree's Hour record test.
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Scotland's Graeme Obree had a disappointing test run in his
campaign to reclaim cycling's world hour record at the
Manchester Velodrome on Sunday night. The 38-year-old
Ayrshireman, who had booked the circuit for a private
session curtailed his attempt after covering nine kilometres
in 11 minutes and 34 seconds, two kilometres off the pace
behind Chris Boardman's record. Although Obree was in good
shape and remains committed to winning back the milestone he
first gained back in 1993, his bid is likely to be delayed
until the start of June. "He needs to get the bike sorted
out, because everything has to be 100% when you are chasing
the kind of target posted by Chris [in 2000]," said a
spokesman from Cycling Weekly magazine, the only media
representatives present on Sunday. "He started off at just
after 9pm, and there was a real buzz about the place,
because if it had gone well, I think he would have been
going for the world record this weekend. "It wasn't to be,
and he and his support team realise that he has a bit of
work to do. Not on his fitness or on his attitude – there
are no problems in either of these areas – but simply in
getting the bike up to scratch. "If he manages that, I
honestly wouldn't be surprised if he comes firing out of the
blocks with a chance of regaining the record, but we are
talking about the summer before there is any chance of that
happening."
Regards! Stephen
"Steve McGinty" <steve_DOT_mcginty@ntlworld.com> wrote in message
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> Scotland's Graeme Obree had a disappointing test run in
> his campaign to reclaim cycling's world hour record at the
> Manchester Velodrome on Sunday night. The 38-year-old
> Ayrshireman, who had booked the circuit for a private
> session curtailed his attempt after covering nine
> kilometres in 11 minutes and 34 seconds, two kilometres
> off the pace behind Chris Boardman's record.
I wish him luck, but to improve a bike that much seems
rather difficult to imagine unless they actually use
bearings on the axles and air in the tyres in the next
attempt.
Fill the tyres with helium.
"Carl Sundquist" <carlsun@cox-internet.com> wrote in message
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> "Steve McGinty" <steve_DOT_mcginty@ntlworld.com> wrote in
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> > http://www.theherald.co.uk/sport/13467.html
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> > Scotland's Graeme Obree had a disappointing test run in
> > his campaign to reclaim cycling's world hour record at
> > the Manchester Velodrome on Sunday night. The 38-year-
> > old Ayrshireman, who had booked the circuit for a
> > private session curtailed his attempt after covering
> > nine kilometres in 11 minutes and 34 seconds, two
> > kilometres off the pace behind Chris Boardman's record.
>
> I wish him luck, but to improve a bike that much seems
> rather difficult to imagine unless they actually use
> bearings on the axles and air in the
tyres
> in the next attempt.
On Tue, 6 Apr 2004 07:00:19 -0500, "Carl Sundquist"
<carlsun@cox-internet.com> wrote:
>
>"Steve McGinty" <steve_DOT_mcginty@ntlworld.com> wrote in
>message news:6pl470dtpkiqs54a556j88ikri3j7r3kv0@4ax.com...
>> http://www.theherald.co.uk/sport/13467.html
>>
>> Scotland's Graeme Obree had a disappointing test run in
>> his campaign to reclaim cycling's world hour record at
>> the Manchester Velodrome on Sunday night. The 38-year-old
>> Ayrshireman, who had booked the circuit for a private
>> session curtailed his attempt after covering nine
>> kilometres in 11 minutes and 34 seconds, two kilometres
>> off the pace behind Chris Boardman's record.
>
>I wish him luck, but to improve a bike that much
>seems rather difficult to imagine unless they
>actually use bearings on the axles and air in the
>tyres in the next attempt.
>
What the report doesn't tell you is the gear he used -
60x12!
Regards! Stephen
Carl Sundquist wrote:
>
> I wish him luck, but to improve a bike that much seems
> rather difficult to imagine unless they actually use
> bearings on the axles and air in the tyres in the next
> attempt.
maybe they took your advice for the trial run? http://www.g- (http://www.g-/)
oogle.com/groups?&selm=uvagtmmi7rcu2a%40corp.supernews.com
h squared wrote:
> Carl Sundquist wrote:
>>
>
>> I wish him luck, but to improve a bike that much seems
>> rather difficult to imagine unless they actually use
>> bearings on the axles and air in the tyres in the next
>> attempt.
>
> maybe they took your advice for the trial run? http://- (http://-/)
> www.google.com/groups?&selm=uvagtmmi7rcu2a%40corp.supe-
> rnews.com
Stalker.
I believe that these are the wheels they are using:
http://www.sciencenews.org/articles/20040403/mathtrek.asp
h squared wrote:
>
> Carl Sundquist wrote:
>
>
>>I wish him luck, but to improve a bike that much seems
>>rather difficult to imagine unless they actually use
>>bearings on the axles and air in the tyres in the next
>>attempt.
>
>
> maybe they took your advice for the trial run? http://- (http://-/)
> www.google.com/groups?&selm=uvagtmmi7rcu2a%40corp.supe-
> rnews.com
On Wed, 07 Apr 2004 07:48:16 +1200, Stewart Fleming wrote:
> I believe that these are the wheels they are using:
> http://www.sciencenews.org/articles/20040403/mathtrek.asp
Funny things, cateneries. Wasn't it Huygens who first
calculated the shape?
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> > http://www.theherald.co.uk/sport/13467.html
> >
> > Scotland's Graeme Obree had a disappointing test run
> > in his
campaign
> > to reclaim cycling's world hour record at the Manchester
Velodrome on
> > Sunday night. The 38-year-old Ayrshireman, who had
> > booked the circuit for a
private
> > session curtailed his attempt after covering nine
> > kilometres
in 11
> > minutes and 34 seconds, two kilometres off the pace
> > behind
Chris
> > Boardman's record.
>
> I wish him luck, but to improve a bike that much
> seems rather
difficult to
> imagine unless they actually use bearings on the
> axles and air
in the tyres
> in the next attempt.
You would think that he would have tuned-up the bike before
inviting a bunch of journalists to watch him "practice" his
hour attempt -- which, as I understand the coverage, would
have counted if he broke the record. -- Jay Beattie.
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