Hour record attempt

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  • MattFalle
    MattFalle Posts: 11,644
    Wiggins desperate for media attention?

    Surely not!!!!!

    #controversy
    .
    The camera down the willy isn't anything like as bad as it sounds.
  • r0bh
    r0bh Posts: 2,382
    bobmcstuff said:

    r0bh said:

    No_Ta_Doctor said:

    The fact that Bigham broke Wiggin's record - set in 2015 at a distance people thought might dissuade further attempts - suggests there could well be some tech/technique improvements the last few years. Not knocking Bigham btw, he's very good at what he does, but Wiggins was a giant of track cycling.

    Wiggins was very unlucky with conditions for his attempt; with better luck he would have gone 1km further
    Wiggins sacrificed distance for doing it at a time when people would be paying attention, in addition to doing it in London. He compromised getting a longer distance for getting more media attention.

    It's well known the Mexico velodrome is faster and if you're going to do it in the UK you need to wait for a super low air pressure.
    Oh sure I agree, but IIRC the air pressure was unusually high for the time of year when he did his hour
  • carbonclem
    carbonclem Posts: 1,770
    MattFalle said:

    Wiggins desperate for media attention?

    Surely not!!!!!

    #controversy

    I don't think it was about that at the time, but the sponsors took it and rinsed it. When you see now Bingham and Dowsett doing it on free You Tube streams, and reflect on Brand Wiggins selling out the Velodrome at £50 a ticket upwards its quite remarkable. Sky and Rapha were pulling the strings at that point.

    Anyway, I enjoy an hour record attempt and I'm looking forward to Dowsetts ride. I'm fairly sure he'll take it. :)
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  • mididoctors
    mididoctors Posts: 18,790
    Pross said:

    andyp said:

    Dowsett will attempt to retake the record in Mexico on 3rd of November.

    https://www.uci.org/pressrelease/alex-dowsett-makes-new-attempt-on-uci-hour-record-timed-by-tissot/6nA5r4yxTlJp9yVM9c67Nj

    Does anyone think he is a faster cyclist now than he was on his previous record ride? Is he working on the basis that being at altitude and advancement in technology will see him through or just that he didn't go anywhere near his potential last time?
    One way to find out
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  • me-109
    me-109 Posts: 1,915
    So do we include distance predictions in this thread or start another ;)
  • bobmcstuff
    bobmcstuff Posts: 11,398
    RichN95. said:

    Pross said:

    andyp said:

    Dowsett will attempt to retake the record in Mexico on 3rd of November.

    https://www.uci.org/pressrelease/alex-dowsett-makes-new-attempt-on-uci-hour-record-timed-by-tissot/6nA5r4yxTlJp9yVM9c67Nj

    Does anyone think he is a faster cyclist now than he was on his previous record ride? Is he working on the basis that being at altitude and advancement in technology will see him through or just that he didn't go anywhere near his potential last time?

    I think he said at the time that he could have done more. I guess you don't really know where you limit is until you go looking for it.
    Theres a video on his YouTube channel where he goes into a bit of detail about this:

    https://youtu.be/8yYbaR8JffY

    He thinks he could have gone further last time. And he is obviously quite into all the tech stuff, there's another video about the bike - seems to have been some improvements:

    https://youtu.be/4u4lYHSmMQ0
  • pinno
    pinno Posts: 52,085
    Christ he is confident:

    https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2021/nov/01/cyclist-alex-dowsett-hour-record-attempt-haemophilia
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  • bobmcstuff
    bobmcstuff Posts: 11,398
    Just read that, nice article.

    If you watch the videos he sounds confident too. But in the article he does specifically say it's 50-50 and he's not scared to fail etc.. Be interesting to see how he does.
  • pinno
    pinno Posts: 52,085
    If he is 'not scared to fail' then that is a very good position to be in.

    I wonder what E Merckx thinks of some his comments.
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  • bm5
    bm5 Posts: 559
    Good luck to Alex. I will be watching and willing him on.
  • pinno
    pinno Posts: 52,085
    edited November 2021
    bm5 said:

    Good luck to Alex. I will be watching and willing him on.

    Where? I looked at ES, nada, nuffink.
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  • JimD666
    JimD666 Posts: 2,293
    edited November 2021
    pinno said:

    bm5 said:

    Good luck to Alex. I will be watching and willing him on.

    Where? I looked at ES, nada, nuffink.
    BBC iPlayer starting at 21:55 or BBC sport website https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/live/cycling/58972551
  • N0bodyOfTheGoat
    N0bodyOfTheGoat Posts: 6,031
    https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/live/cycling/58972551
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  • bobmcstuff
    bobmcstuff Posts: 11,398
    Isn't it also on Youtube?

    I see Blythe and Stephens commentating
  • pinno
    pinno Posts: 52,085
    You mean we don't have to put up with Hatch or Kirby?
    Input from Wiggins would be good or Voigt.
    Campenaerts even [if you can put up with the major oscillations in delivery/tone].
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  • JimD666
    JimD666 Posts: 2,293
    Nice to see the BBC are running on time.
  • daniel_b
    daniel_b Posts: 11,869
    JimD666 said:

    Nice to see the BBC are running on time.

    Is it the BBC or is Dowsett delayed?
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  • gweeds
    gweeds Posts: 2,605
    BBC. It’s running to time. YouTube UCI channel is showing it.
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  • daniel_b
    daniel_b Posts: 11,869
    edited November 2021
    He is on lap 9 on the you tube feed!
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  • JimD666
    JimD666 Posts: 2,293
    daniel_b said:

    JimD666 said:

    Nice to see the BBC are running on time.

    Is it the BBC or is Dowsett delayed?
    It's the BBC.
  • daniel_b
    daniel_b Posts: 11,869
    edited November 2021
    Hutch doing the timings?
    What is the currently green timing relating too, his time versus the current hour record?

    Ah no they just said the scgedule, but is his schedule to only just break the record?
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  • bm5
    bm5 Posts: 559
    Yes
  • JimD666
    JimD666 Posts: 2,293
    What you reckon? Will he break it?

    Going for a yes here. By about 100m.
  • N0bodyOfTheGoat
    N0bodyOfTheGoat Posts: 6,031
    Watching the youtube stream as bbc still not showing, hard to believe he's doing ~34mph currently.
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  • ocdupalais
    ocdupalais Posts: 4,313
    Has anyone got a link to a slower feed - I’m thinking a lag of a good 20 or 30 seconds or so? That way he’s got a buffer zone if he’s falling short at the end…
  • pinno
    pinno Posts: 52,085
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0yDtTJhXf4Q

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  • pinno
    pinno Posts: 52,085
    Slightly off the pace but getting slowly quicker. I wonder if all that is in the plan...
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  • daniel_b
    daniel_b Posts: 11,869
    I think this is going to be very tight.
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  • bobmcstuff
    bobmcstuff Posts: 11,398
    pinno said:

    Slightly off the pace but getting slowly quicker. I wonder if all that is in the plan...

    Yeah it's negative split, and he is just under 3 seconds under the pace now (which is based on average time, not any split strategy), and his lap times have been increasing a little bit.
  • diplodicus
    diplodicus Posts: 721
    Yeah, he's not consistently reducing the 3 second deficit to the schedule...

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