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10 mile record
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Posted 10 years ago #
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If this were scotland, it'd be weird to pick this afternoon race for a record attempt - the air is more laminar early in the morning.
However down sauf, these drag strips are mainly concerned with drafting the airflow caused by 70mph traffic on a busy dual carriageway. Dangerous but fast, faster than anyone could ride on closed roads like a Tour de France time trial on an out-and-back course. Might as well get the 1899 record for riding behind a trainPosted 10 years ago # -
Here's the topical scottish equivalent
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I've driven down the Hull-Ferriby road (the V718 course) early in the morning when there was a 10 mile TT going on. Those guys are serious masochists to subject themselves to fast close passes from HGVs. Most vehicles overtook with plenty of room when there was room to move over into the outside lane, but when that was occupied rather than slow down the vehicles would barrel through regardless. Utter madness from both sides.
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Speed these guys do is incredible. When I'm pushing downhill I might hit 35mph and it feels really quick. To do it on the flat for 10 miles, wow!
Posted 10 years ago # -
34mph for 10 miles?
Well the UK 25mls record is 33mph for 45mins, the 50mls record is 31.5mph, 100mls record is 30mph, the 12hour record is 25.5mph, the 24hr is 22.5mph. All of these are out-and-back on dragstrip roads so wind direction is not a major factor but traffic is.
The world hour record (on a track so no drafting but with a lot of G-force to suffer) is currently 33mph - Boardman got it to 35.2mph using aero equipment that is now disallowed.
All these road times are fine & dandy, but the human cost of dragstrip time trialling is terrible - a fatality or 2 every year.Posted 10 years ago #
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