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Thread dredging!
I just watched this docu and It's pretty impressive, if annoying to watch - constant whining and awful narration ("then the worst happens" - a broken spoke ffs...)
I was also surpised at the lack of research and forethought that had gone into the route planning - why would you go through the centre of large, busy cities when you're trying for a speed record? Why hadn't he anticipated wind directions?
But it's easy to be an armchair critic - it's a hefty acheivment to make.
In my idle daydreaming about beating his record (cos i got mad skillz), I found the Guinness rules for the record here: http://www.pedallingaround.com/route/?page_id=3. Pretty handy to know if anyone wants a stab at this, or fancies doing it fixed :-)
I did find rule 10 interesting. It states that "All traffic laws must be observed. Any offense committed invalidates the attempt." Doesn't the law in Aus and NZ state that cyclists must wear a helmet? There's footage on the doumentary of him riding without his helmet across Aus. Does this mean his record is technically invalid?