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Don't get too excited, it's very parochial. Just The Hounslow's club record.
However it may have some interest to forum users since this record is to be attempted on a basic track bike (i.e. 'athlete's hour style), and it is an example which shows that any organisation can set its own records: there's no reason why there should not be an lfgss record.
The Hounslow record could quite well be set on a modern machine, but when an attempt was made in 2011 it was decided that since the existing record had been set on an old style machine, a record set on a modern bike would be a different record, so it would be valid but would not replace the old one. To put it another way - a new category of record would have been created.
When Nic started the old record looked fairly easy to break. It had been set in 1969 at Paddington by the then 16 year old Bob Garlinge and stood at 24.723 miles - a great deal slower than Nic would expect to do on the road in a 25. However on the day it turned out that Bob's record was a much tougher proposition than anyone had expected and it was only by a great effort that Nic managed to improve the distance to 24.775 miles - about 90 yards.
I wouldn't suggest it's worth travelling far to watch one old bloke riding round Palmer Park track, but if you just happen to be in the area the the day is next Tuesday (8th July) and the start time 3pm.