The One Hour Record

wilmar13

Really all I am saying is that he happens to be tall, but that has nothing to do with his TT ability. He TT's better than most because he can make more power compared to his frontal area and if you took the same guy and shrunk him to 80% of current size (keeping everything else the same proportions) he would still TT just as fast. If height made a difference in TT's you would see a history of tall guys, but you don't, they are all over the map in terms of height, just like the population of healthy males they come from. N=1 does not make a rule.

The one thing I will concede (and it may make a reletively significant difference) is that with the "athletes record" regualtions a small guy will have close to the same drag coming from the bike as a big guy and therefore the % of the riders power needed to overcome drag from the bike is lower for a larger rider to a certain extent... case in point Soesenka resembling a circus bear on his little brothers bike.

531Aussie

you got this one?
http://www.bikecult.com/bikecultboo...ecordsHour.html

it's a beauty

531Aussie

how 'bout the way he's holding his wrists in?

For an hour? Yeeouch!

ed073

Like Boardman sez: "It's an hour of suffering.....every second takes a minute, that hour feels like a whole day."


Did you ever see video of him climbing off after the record in 2000?? Looked like he just finished Paris-Roubaix.

531Aussie

I can't get this link to work.
is it the same pic as this?
http://www.radio.cz/en/article/68724

531Aussie

no, what's the video called?

brandyleigh35

Hey can you answer a question for me. ( I read your posts below regarding some bike rides in anchorage) I just recently started biking seriously. I live in Eagle River and have been daily riding up Eagle River Road following the switch backs to the top. In terms of difficulty how would you rate this ride? Would it be considered difficult, easy? How does it compare to like Artic Valley or the Flattop ride in terms of difficulty. Obviously this road is paved which makes it easier to ride for that reason alone, but mostly I'm wondering about how hard this road is in terms of fitness? Would it be considered pretty good to be able to do this? or would it be considered a pretty easy mountain climb for most skilled bikers? Thanks for any info you can give me!

Brandy

You could continue out to Eagle river and ride up Eagle river road if you want,

If you want to try a Tour de France hors category climb, you might want to ride up Arctic Valley Road, but I wouldn't do that particular ride with a road bike. Use a mountain bike. It's not paved and pretty rough, an 800 meter climb in 10 km. The climb begins shortly after the golf course with a left turn. It's a gut buster.

Another good hill climb is to Flattop parking lot. It can be a little bit rough near the top, but this is ok for a road bike. I have done this many times. I like to take Abbott Loop Road up there and then Hillside Drive to Upper Huffman and Toilsome Hill Drive.

531Aussie

found another pic

wilmar13

What was his gearing?

531Aussie

and another pic

http://www.sosenka.cz/uvodni.jpg

these guys seem to think it's 55/11 with 190mm cranks
http://www.bikeforums.net/showthrea...94&page=1&pp=25

wilmar13

Wow, that is a reletively slow cadence of about 79 rpm. Maybe I am not crazy for thinking of going to 185's ... I know I can make more power for longer at around 80rpm too... of course I am a shrimp at only 6'4" compared to Sosenka. I will attempt the hour next (for a 40K TT that is )

531Aussie

you've got 180s?

I'm 6ft with an 89.5cm inseam (35.23"), and I seem to be grinding my 180s ok.

So I guess 6ft4" with 185s wouldn't be too different.

531Aussie

http://www.bikecult.com/bikecultboo...ecordsHour.html

just noticed that Bike Cult have updated their site, and they say he had 54/13

wilmar13

You know from the previous picture I thought the rear cog looked too big to be an 11 but I followed the link to the Pro-Cycling article just to make sure and they did state it was an 11... I am more inclined to believe it is a 13 as that makes more sense and it clearly looks larger.