Obree's Hour record test.

Steve McGinty

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.
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

Carl Sundquist

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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.

Roubaix

Fill the tyres with helium.

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> "Steve McGinty" <steve_DOT_mcginty@ntlworld.com> wrote in message
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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.
>
>

Steve McGinty

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

h squared

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.google.com/groups?&selm=...p.supernews.com

Robert Chung

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://www.google.com/groups?&selm=...p.supernews.com

Stalker.

Stewart Fleming

I believe that these are the wheels they are using:
http://www.sciencenews.org/articles...03/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://www.google.com/groups?&selm=...p.supernews.com

Ewoud Dronkert

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...03/mathtrek.asp

Funny things, cateneries. Wasn't it Huygens who first calculated the
shape?