Jeff Potter
I just glanced at the HPV Team results for RAAM 2004.
It's too bad that the super team on the super bike didn't
beat the old record of 5 days 1 hr. But, obviously, the
riders, courses, weather and situation are different. They
still had a great result and won the team event overall.
I note that they didn't beat the upright team record either.
The HPV team lost 6 hrs to their record but the uprighters
lost only 2 hrs to theirs.
Yet the HPV team bikes were tons better than the old
recordsetting bike. The F-90 is a much newer and lighter
carbon hardshell bike than the heavy old fabric F-40
record setter.
I don't know who rode in the first team but I recall they
were top RAAM experts. This team had record-setting
sprinters on it. So maybe they were shy on the enduro pro's---
tho I see they had a couple.
They did have a great race anyway, it looks like.
I would REALLY like to see a summary report from the HPV
team on what it was like for them. What's it like to do RAAM
in an HPV compared to a regular bike. I think some of their
riders have done it both ways. Their bike was full-sus. It
should offer more comfort and sun-shading. I hope they were
painted white!
Looking at the average speeds, I see the HPVers having many
sections around 26-28mph but also quite a few at 16-19---
musta been the hilly spots---while the upright team stayed
closer to an all-round average of 22-23.
Well, I'd like to see summaries from the HPV team.
--JP
It's too bad that the super team on the super bike didn't
beat the old record of 5 days 1 hr. But, obviously, the
riders, courses, weather and situation are different. They
still had a great result and won the team event overall.
I note that they didn't beat the upright team record either.
The HPV team lost 6 hrs to their record but the uprighters
lost only 2 hrs to theirs.
Yet the HPV team bikes were tons better than the old
recordsetting bike. The F-90 is a much newer and lighter
carbon hardshell bike than the heavy old fabric F-40
record setter.
I don't know who rode in the first team but I recall they
were top RAAM experts. This team had record-setting
sprinters on it. So maybe they were shy on the enduro pro's---
tho I see they had a couple.
They did have a great race anyway, it looks like.
I would REALLY like to see a summary report from the HPV
team on what it was like for them. What's it like to do RAAM
in an HPV compared to a regular bike. I think some of their
riders have done it both ways. Their bike was full-sus. It
should offer more comfort and sun-shading. I hope they were
painted white!
Looking at the average speeds, I see the HPVers having many
sections around 26-28mph but also quite a few at 16-19---
musta been the hilly spots---while the upright team stayed
closer to an all-round average of 22-23.
Well, I'd like to see summaries from the HPV team.
--JP
