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  • milton50
    milton50 Posts: 3,856
    andyp wrote:
    Dowsett at the end of next month I think.

    I think a fully fit Dowsett should beat Dennis. I just hope he's fully over the broken collarbone.
  • takethehighroad
    takethehighroad Posts: 6,821
    Slightly OT, but given he posts here more than anywhere else, "our man" Xavier Disley has a page in this month's procycling
  • EKIMIKE
    EKIMIKE Posts: 2,232
    That's good. His analysis has been enlightening. Shame I left my unread copy on my parents kitchen table.
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  • Paul 8v
    Paul 8v Posts: 5,458
    Milton50 wrote:
    andyp wrote:
    Dowsett at the end of next month I think.

    I think a fully fit Dowsett should beat Dennis. I just hope he's fully over the broken collarbone.
    Still no venue announced yet though? Not that I can find anyway
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  • Omar Little
    Omar Little Posts: 2,010
    May 2nd in Manchester for Dowsett
  • Pokerface
    Pokerface Posts: 7,960
    Omar Little wrote:
    May 2nd in Manchester for Dowsett


    Dowsett: Manchester on May 2. 1:00PM


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  • frenchfighter
    frenchfighter Posts: 30,642
    Ferrari on the hour:
    http://53x12.com/do/show?page=article&id=135
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  • keyser__soze
    keyser__soze Posts: 2,067
    frenchfighter wrote:
    Ferrari on the hour:
    http://53x12.com/do/show?page=article&id=135

    Given the increase in speed that the new bikes/positions allow and the distance all the male competitors have surpassed Sosenka's 'old' record by, you've got to hand it to Leontien van Moorsel on her women's record. Even with all the new tech and aero advantages, Sarah Storey was still some way off.
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  • slim_boy_fat
    slim_boy_fat Posts: 1,810
    So Wiggins will have a 'crack' at it on 7 June at the Lee Valley VeloPark in London.

    http://www.uci.ch/pressreleases/sir-bra ... ur-record/
  • frenchfighter
    frenchfighter Posts: 30,642
    Good luck getting tickets.
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  • rick_chasey
    rick_chasey Posts: 75,661
    Quite soon.
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  • Ashbeck
    Ashbeck Posts: 235
    Tickets are £49, £39 and £29 for the Wiggo hour attempt. I'm assuming the £29 tickets are in the toilet mind.
  • bompington
    bompington Posts: 7,674
    Maybe you get a reduction after the first hour
  • slim_boy_fat
    slim_boy_fat Posts: 1,810
    Ashbeck wrote:
    Tickets are £49, £39 and £29 for the Wiggo hour attempt. I'm assuming the £29 tickets are in the toilet mind.
    Do you pay on the door? Maybe which of the three prices are charged is dependent on how bothered he is on the day :lol:
  • frenchfighter
    frenchfighter Posts: 30,642
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  • Ashbeck
    Ashbeck Posts: 235
    Slim Boy Fat wrote:
    Ashbeck wrote:
    Tickets are £49, £39 and £29 for the Wiggo hour attempt. I'm assuming the £29 tickets are in the toilet mind.
    Do you pay on the door? Maybe which of the three prices are charged is dependent on how bothered he is on the day :lol:


    :D

    You probably can pay on the door but they are for sale this friday online, so I doubt any of them will be left.
  • takethehighroad
    takethehighroad Posts: 6,821
    Saw on SSN it will be live on Sky, but can I assume it will be on the UCIs YouTube channel again?
  • Paul 8v
    Paul 8v Posts: 5,458
    Got my tickets, Sky customers can book from today.
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  • RichN95.
    RichN95. Posts: 27,253
    £49 for a ticket? Even £29 seems steep.
    Is there a support act? Colin Lynch perhaps? Or Paul Weller? Or The Smiths reformed?
    I know some places in Eastern Europe where you can get a lot more for an hour for £49.
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  • pinno
    pinno Posts: 52,314
    You can buy a whole farm in Cornwall for £49.
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  • Anonymous
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    RichN95 wrote:
    £49 for a ticket? Even £29 seems steep.
    Is there a support act? Colin Lynch perhaps? Or Paul Weller? Or The Smiths reformed?
    I know some places in Eastern Europe where you can get a lot more for an hour for £49.

    When was the last time you bought tickets to something?
  • Paul 8v
    Paul 8v Posts: 5,458
    I figured after that Hour Record it won't be attempted for a while and I missed the Dowsett one I'd booked.

    There are a few hours racing before hand.
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  • Paul 8v
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    pinarello001 wrote:
    You can buy a whole farm in Cornwall for £49.
    If you can find them at that price I'll have two.
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  • pinno
    pinno Posts: 52,314
    edited April 2015
    I guess (hope) Wiggo's attempt will herald one by Cancellara or T Martin. In fact I am surprised that he is throwing down the gauntlet first or is it because he want's to start training for the Olympics after all the successes in the classics.
    Can Cancellara or Martin book an attempt for the 8th of June?
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  • rick_chasey
    rick_chasey Posts: 75,661
    RichN95 wrote:
    £49 for a ticket? Even £29 seems steep.
    Is there a support act? Colin Lynch perhaps? Or Paul Weller? Or The Smiths reformed?
    I know some places in Eastern Europe where you can get a lot more for an hour for £49.


    What do you expect? He's popular.

    Supply & demand.

    Can't praise how he's made cycling alo so popular and then moan tickets prices are high ;)
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  • carbonclem
    carbonclem Posts: 1,784
    Paul 8v wrote:
    Got my tickets, Sky customers can book from today.

    Hi, was there a specific code emailed out for this or isvthere a standard one? My brother has Sky so I'll see if I can use his code, if he has one. :D
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  • awavey
    awavey Posts: 2,368
    Rick Chasey wrote:
    RichN95 wrote:
    £49 for a ticket? Even £29 seems steep.
    Is there a support act? Colin Lynch perhaps? Or Paul Weller? Or The Smiths reformed?
    I know some places in Eastern Europe where you can get a lot more for an hour for £49.


    What do you expect? He's popular.

    Supply & demand.

    Can't praise how he's made cycling alo so popular and then moan tickets prices are high ;)

    come off it people moan all the time about how expensive Revolution tickets are at Lee Valley and they didnt cost £49 for a whole evenings track session, Dowsetts hour is only £11, Wiggo might be more popular but £49 popular, for just the hour ??

    its simply going to be people who want to be able to turn round and boast they were there, he hasnt alone made cycling so popular. Ill watch it on youtube as no doubt Sky will stuff it on Sky Sports or do something daft and rename it the Sky Wiggo channel so none of the Virgin media/BT sport get it either.
  • frenchfighter
    frenchfighter Posts: 30,642
    Yeah its just silly pricing but then you will get people who will pay it and more. In London you can put the price at whatever and there will be people that will pay it.

    I definitely wont go. I wonder who makes money from the ticket sales? 250k or so to split round.
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  • briantrumpet
    briantrumpet Posts: 20,345
    pinarello001 wrote:
    You can buy a whole farm in Cornwall for £49.
    A snail farm, maybe. £49 would get you about about 0.07 of an acre. http://www.westernmorningnews.co.uk/Sta ... story.html
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  • salsiccia1
    salsiccia1 Posts: 3,725
    With the best will in the world, I wouldn't pay anything to see someone attempt the hour record.
    It's only a bit of sport, Mun. Relax and enjoy the racing.

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