Speed with guy Martin

Anyone else watch this on tv ?very good program I thought and interesting
When i die I just hope the wife doesn't sell my stuff for what I told her I paid for it other wise someone will be getting a mega deal!!!
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Though the lab testing brought on some nasty flashbacks of hours of testing on that ergo bike!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A5wmkXu_v2k
(love the shot of Fred in the TV studio with his helmet on!)
Proper geezer, and a half decent roadie too.
Legro's record was behind a Rover with a fairing on an unopened stretch of motorway (Wikipedia says M42), he's on Veloriders if you want to ask him about it - he seemed well impressed with Guy Martin.
Fair play to Guy though. That's some balls.
I suppose the technology has enabled someone who isn't a pro cyclist to beat it. The specialist could probably has the potential to go faster due to their athleticism, but would they have the balls?
I don't think the show has the budget to push the boundaries of what is possible. It's certainly not a patch on the set up used for the 166mph world record. I imagine the producers knew it would be reasonably easy to achieve but impressive nonetheless.
I think they'd have the balls - after all, Cav is willing to go elbow to elbow with other sprinters at 40+mph or down a mountain pass at 60+ with only a cycle helmet and lycra to protect him in a crash. Their team bosses would never let them take such a needless risk, though.
Rob
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If it was done on tarmac like the original record rather than sand it'd have been a lot easier.
Would be interesting to see how Guy fared in a road race or time trial...
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Looking at their website it appears that they only made 100 of them. Thank **** for that!
Road - Wilier Izoard Centaur/Cube Agree C62 Disc
Allround - Cotic Solaris
looking forward to this Sundays episode where he riding an MX bike across a lake!!
2008 Specialized Stumpjumper FSR Comp for playing in the mud.
2013 Trek 1.2
1982 Holdsworth Elan.
1987 Peugeot Tour 10
I didn't realise it was fixed.
By the looks of it they used a rear hub with left side drive. Never seen a fixed hub with left side drive (would need left hand thread as well to thread the sprocket on).
I wondered why they didn't just swap the cranks around and use a normal hub. LSD hubs are far less prevalent even in BMX where they seem to be more popular than in any other cycling discipline