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08-07.-2004, 06:33 PM
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What's the record for 500 miles?
Allowing for any type of human-powered-only bicycle (super-
light weight, recumbent, airfoil, etc. ... but no lead vehicle), what is the fastest record for 500 miles? Scott Jensen -- Like a cure for A.I.D.S., Alzheimer, Parkinson, & Mad Cow Disease? Volunteer your computer for folding-protein research for when it's idle. Go to http://www.distributedfolding.org/ to sign up your computer. |
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09-07.-2004, 02:10 AM
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Re: What's the record for 500 miles?
"Scott T. Jensen" <stj@charter.net> wrote in message news:<10eq4auitp2684f@corp.supernews.com>...
> Allowing for any type of human-powered-only bicycle (super- > light weight, recumbent, airfoil, etc. ... but no lead > vehicle), what is the fastest record for 500 miles? > > Scott Jensen That's a pretty wide open question, particularly since most long races over the last centure of cycling too place in Europe and were based on kilometers rather than miles. The terrain would have to be taken into account, too, unless you mean track cycling. I'd suggest doing a 500 mile ride, yourself, and claiming you hold the record until someone comes along and rides the same route and breaks it. |
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09-07.-2004, 04:30 AM
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Re: What's the record for 500 miles?
"Richard Adams" <ackthpt@concentric.net> wrote:
> "Scott T. Jensen" <stj@charter.net> wrote: > > Allowing for any type of human-powered-only bicycle (super- > > light weight, recumbent, airfoil, etc. ... but no lead > > vehicle), what is the fastest record for 500 miles? > > That's a pretty wide open question, particularly since > most long races over the last centure of cycling too place > in Europe and were based on kilometers rather than miles. > The terrain would have to be taken into account, too, > unless you mean track cycling. I was meaning track cycling. Scott Jensen -- Like a cure for A.I.D.S., Alzheimer, Parkinson, & Mad Cow Disease? Volunteer your computer for folding-protein research for when it's idle. Go to http://www.distributedfolding.org/ to sign up your computer. |
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09-07.-2004, 10:15 AM
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Re: What's the record for 500 miles?
"Scott T. Jensen" <stj@charter.net> wrote in message
news:10er7b5p5gp3e00@corp.supernews.com... > "Richard Adams" <ackthpt@concentric.net> wrote: > > "Scott T. Jensen" <stj@charter.net> wrote: > > > Allowing for any type of human-powered-only bicycle > > > (super-light weight, recumbent, airfoil, etc. ... but > > > no lead vehicle), what is the fastest record for 500 > > > miles? > > > > That's a pretty wide open question, particularly since > > most long races over the last centure of cycling too > > place in Europe and were based on kilometers rather than > > miles. The terrain would have to be taken into account, > > too, unless you mean track cycling. > > I was meaning track cycling. > IIRC, Michael Seacrest (RAAM rider in the 80's) did something like this. Maybe it was a 24 hour ride, though. I also seem to recall he tried some crazy motorpaced endurance record on a car track behind a semi truck. |
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09-07.-2004, 01:30 PM
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Re: What's the record for 500 miles?
In article <10errd9ith0t73@corp.supernews.com>,
"Carl Sundquist" <carlsun@cox-internet.com> wrote: > "Scott T. Jensen" <stj@charter.net> wrote in message > news:10er7b5p5gp3e00@corp.supernews.com... > > "Richard Adams" <ackthpt@concentric.net> wrote: > > > "Scott T. Jensen" <stj@charter.net> wrote: > > > > Allowing for any type of human-powered-only bicycle > > > > (super-light weight, recumbent, airfoil, etc. ... > > > > but no lead vehicle), what is the fastest record for > > > > 500 miles? > > > > > > That's a pretty wide open question, particularly since > > > most long races over the last centure of cycling too > > > place in Europe and were based on kilometers rather > > > than miles. The terrain would have to be taken into > > > account, too, unless you mean track cycling. > > > > I was meaning track cycling. > > > > > IIRC, Michael Seacrest (RAAM rider in the 80's) did > something like this. Maybe it was a 24 hour ride, though. > I also seem to recall he tried some crazy motorpaced > endurance record on a car track behind a semi truck. That was at Phoenix International Raceway, and for 24 hours, I believe. -- tanx, Howard So far, so good, so what? remove YOUR SHOES to reply, ok? |
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09-07.-2004, 01:45 PM
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Re: What's the record for 500 miles?
The record in the National 24 Hour Challenge is 493 miles. I
would assume that somewhere, sometime someone has made 500 in 24 hours, e.g. riding one way with favorable winds. But the number of good riders who have done the challenge is sufficient to suggest that no one would be able to do 500 miles in much less than 24 hours. "Scott T. Jensen" <stj@charter.net> wrote in message news:10er7b5p5gp3e00@corp.supernews.com... > "Richard Adams" <ackthpt@concentric.net> wrote: > > "Scott T. Jensen" <stj@charter.net> wrote: > > > Allowing for any type of human-powered-only bicycle > > > (super-light weight, recumbent, airfoil, etc. ... but > > > no lead vehicle), what is the fastest record for 500 > > > miles? > > > > That's a pretty wide open question, particularly since > > most long races over the last centure of cycling too > > place in Europe and were based on kilometers rather than > > miles. The terrain would have to be taken into account, > > too, unless you mean track cycling. > > I was meaning track cycling. > > Scott Jensen > -- > Like a cure for A.I.D.S., Alzheimer, Parkinson, & Mad Cow > Disease? Volunteer your computer for folding-protein > research for when it's idle. Go to > http://www.distributedfolding.org/ to sign up your > computer. |
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