Everesting

Thanks for finding that, I’ll donate too.

This is so good! Went full HC bar choppy drillium!

True, but how does the maths work out for strong headwinds on descents? Is the time loss less than the gain uphill at slow(ish) speed?

My guess would be a tail wind going up would be favourable as that’s more of your total time. Also it’s the bit you are working on as opposed to coasting

His fastest ever time up is at 13.8km/h. I don't know what speed he was doing during this though - I'm sure it can be worked out - his ride is probably on Strava
(it is: https://www.strava.com/activities/3840715465)
Light Rain, 19°C, Feels like 19°C, Humidity 93%, Wind 14mph from SSE

https://www.strava.com/segments/25115500

I'm sure you could plug in some numbers into Analytic Cycling to work out if a tailwind up was worth more than headwind descending losses.

Can’t bring it up on veloviewer but guessing he went with the best scenario :-)

Tailwind on the climb is a big help, for the reason @Goatandtricycle gives, you're spending much more time in it.
A headwind on a 13% descent might be helpful, less need to brake so easier on the hands.

He did a a lot of studying before going for it. Take nothing away but he had a good tail when i was there.

Nice interview with Ronan

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Aib_t_SbtY

Sub 7 https://cyclingtips.com/2020/10/new-everesting-world-record-set-under-7-hours-by-sean-gardner/

"Tanners Ridge Road, Virginia with a total ride distance of 116km, over an average gradient of 15.5% with a maximum gradient of 22.6% over 51 laps."

Party time!

The fucking state of this;

https://www.strava.com/activities/4577395053?sf135928897=1&_branch_match_id=747731867838795699

I think every ride on Strava from now on I will post as "world record!" (for this time on this road with my credit card)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7DYtJO_ScvY

https://cyclingtips.com/2021/03/ronan-mc-laughlin-has-smashed-the-everesting-record-in-6-hours-40-minutes/

Ace! I’d be half tempted to try improve my time this year. I quite enjoyed it.
I’d probably try eat less if there is a next time.

Naughty boy nearly got his comeuppance:

With roughly 10 laps to go Mc Laughlin suffered a near-catastrophic rear-tyre blowout.

“It happened on the descent as I was accelerating away from the top turnaround, while I was super-tucking,”

Tsk, tsk, God has ways of making sins come out into daylight. :)

(Glad he didn't crash, obviously.)

Supertuck isn't banned until April 1st (and last time I checked Everesting is very much not UCI-controlled)

I quite enjoyed it.

You mean, you've now forgotten how much you didn't enjoy it.

You mean, you've now forgotten how much you didn't enjoy it.

All cycling ever

No really, checked back on my comments after I posted that as had the same thinking.
My aim was to complete it, I wasn’t too worried about time.

Yeah, I can understand that. One of my favourite events ever was the Transpyrenees and I put that down to the fact I went into it knowing TCR was coming soon after and I was going to sleep as much as possible to see the most of the mountains I could, ie. I removed any competitive desires from the event. It was awesome.

You don't say. :)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fRLD69CgRuQ

Nice one, I'll have a look.