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Post by Deleted on Mar 31, 2015 9:52:41 GMT
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Post by jonathanmaher on Mar 31, 2015 10:16:22 GMT
No thanks, I'd rather eat glass..
Chapeau to the guy for giving it a go, everything else will seem easy to him now
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Post by Deleted on Mar 31, 2015 21:22:46 GMT
I would quite like to have a go at this at some point. Is there a club record to target?
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Post by jonathanmaher on Mar 31, 2015 21:45:49 GMT
That's the spirit Mat! Wonder if there's a published hour record for unshaven legs?  |
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Post by Deleted on Mar 31, 2015 22:01:49 GMT
Id like to try. I went out running for the first time in 20 years and was 10 mins faster than i had expected so i think I've a good chance of getting close to a substantial hour record. There are definitely some days when i can imagine myself going round the track really fast. And after all they do say that a lot of it is in the visualisation and the power of the imagination.
Also my first name is graham and I'm scottish and have creative ideas so that might help too, possibly.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 31, 2015 22:47:43 GMT
Ive also really narrow feet which would help with streamlining. Chris Boardman has quite wide feet so I would have that advantage over him for example.
Alan Strang does have a better nose for aero dynamics, unfortunately mine is a bit bulbous, more like picassos so I've some things to work on obviously.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 1, 2015 0:44:41 GMT
Graham, You could always try the alternative hour record. Alternative meaning one handed with the other hand catching and eating the continuous supply of your favourite ice cream. With the form you've got in this discipline I reckon the record is within your grasp. And I reckon at least twice as many ice creams as you do laps of HHV should be your minimum target.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 1, 2015 7:03:48 GMT
I've never truly appreciated the aero benefits afforded to Al by virtue of his nose before. It makes so much sense now I think about it.
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Post by David Joss Buckley on Apr 1, 2015 7:20:57 GMT
Al...  Graham...  F**k Knows...  Attachments:
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Post by Steve Sorba on Apr 1, 2015 8:37:05 GMT
Just to add a vague note of (in)sanity to the occasion this is on the edge of feasible: www.guinnessworldrecords.com/world-records/cycling-no-hands-distance-in-1-hourHas stood since 2009. A DP member ten years back was going to attempt the absolute record for cycling with no hands at Herne Hill Velodrome. He only got as far as contacting the Guiness Book of Records before emigrating to USA. I seem to remember that it was an absurdly low distance but can't find a record of it. That is your challenge..... |
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Post by Deleted on Apr 1, 2015 9:27:27 GMT
Thanks for the pictures David. Nice to see some colour and beauty on the forum.
Hadn't come across that portrait of Mr Strang before, didn't realise he had sat for the great painter. Amazing.
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Post by David Joss Buckley on Apr 1, 2015 12:17:07 GMT
Always a pleasure to discuss art with you, Graham.
I think in future all chaingangs should start and finish at the Dulwich Picture Gallery, and there should be post-Palace water-colour painting classes. Using real blood for red, of course.
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Post by jonathanmaher on Apr 1, 2015 14:57:18 GMT
Based on past experience, it would be far more colourful, Dave, if instead of blood I used the various things coughed up during the chaingang to paint with..
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Post by AlanStrang on Apr 1, 2015 20:33:41 GMT
Thanks DJB - maybe a good likeness on a Monday morning. I've always considered myself more of a Renaissance man than a Cubist though;)
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