Yearly Distance Record Attempt (Tommy Godwin - 75,065mi/120,000k)

I'm interested on peoples thoughts on Stevens choice of tyres, not the brand (Schwalbe), Steve has gone all out tubeless, one of his sponsors

They sound great with that self sealing liquid you pour in though Im not a convert and have only ever used clinchers and tubular tyres

I mean its long distance, Ok they self seal, though what about a major fail with a puncture that won't self seal?, you can boot a clincher, can't see how you'd boot a tubeless, and a en-route tubeless tyre change looks like a major operation in comparison of the clinchers?

Also I cant see any difference in weight or rolling resistance

Maybe Im missing something?

You can use tubes if they don't self-seal.

So, basically for small stuff, they self-heal, saving time having to faff about with tube swapping and for anything more serious you can always stick a tube in them and carry on like a normal clincher.

You can put an inner tube into a tubeless tyre if needs be. Apparently very difficult, but doable.

edit ^yeah what hippy said.

Hope they're working out for Steve. Meanwhile back in Florida this is how Tarzan changes a flat with the assistance of a support vehicle.
https://www.facebook.com/video.php?v=10206108322893185&pnref=story

Steve said they'd probably saved him ~10miles worth of time spent changing tubes already, I think it was.

Yeah, ~15min mark in this podcast: http://cyclingtimetrialpodcast.libsyn.com/steven-abraham-and-the-ultimate-one-year-time-trial

Aye you're probably right, I'm dropped a lot of balls this last week :(

Tuesday 3rd Feb - 182.3 mi, 15:36:29 h, 6,115 ft

Wednesday 4th Feb - 200.4 mi, 15:36:39 h, 6,703 ft

cumulative - 6,501.1 mi, 22:02:12:41 d, 192,449 ft

Christ - over 60% of the whole year on his bike. Beggars belief.

I was thinking more along the lines of strava rounding up decimal points rather than directing the error upon yourself.

I'm struggling to understand how 200 miles days are even possible given the conditions out there, let alone doing that day after day.

Going beyond my logic now plus my yearly mileage !

It just seems like one thing after another for the poor guy:

https://www.facebook.com/video.php?v=1570867643154943

I'm enjoying his video's though.

GO STEVE :-)

Thursday 5th Feb - 199.7 mi, 16:06:51 h, 3,022 ft

cumulative - 6,700.8 mi, 22:18:19:32 d, 195,471 ft

http://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2015/feb/06/bike-record-steve-abraham-longest-distance-cycle-year

What a great article - nicely written and true to Steve's character and the commitment of his team of helpers. Well done Zoe.

Friday 6th Feb - 170.6 mi, 13:31:09 h, 6,161 ft

Saturday 7th Feb - 192.7 mi, 15:42:12 h, 7,257 ft

Sunday 8th Feb - 185.0 mi, 14:29:09 h, 2,500 ft

cumulative - 7,249.1 mi, 24:14:02:02 d, 211,389 ft

Just having a look at Tarzan's FB profile. It seems he is also getting divorced during his attempt. That is multitasking! No such distractions for Steve it would appear.

(update 4/2/15) https://www.facebook.com/Metarzan?fref=photo

Tell me he's hooking up with a Jane..

Tarzan and Alicia doesn't quite roll of the tongue, does it.

I thought he was currently getting divorced from a polyamorous arrangement with his bikes?

+1 rep

Monday 9th Feb - 200.1 mi, 14:47:54 h, 4,219 ft

cumulative - 7,449.2 mi, 25:04:49:56 d, 215,608 ft

Tuesday 10th Feb - 195.3 mi, 14:40:42 h, 5,046 ft

cumulative - 7,644.5 mi, 25:19:30:38 d, 220,654 ft

Out to Gloucester yesterday, home run today

10% done. Incredible.

Really entertaining interview with Steve before the start of the event at http://thebikeshow.net/a-year-on-two-wheels/

Wednesday 11th Feb - 198.0 mi, 14:52:05 h, 5640 ft

cumulative - 7,842.5 mi, 26:10:22:43 d, 226,294 ft (strava says ...,296)

oh why has someone changed the oneyeartimetrial strava disply units to metric???!

i now have to perform 50% more mouseclicks in order to gather the data

#abrahamstearscuringmyrsi