The Hour Record

If Ganna doesn't put the record out of reach for years that 3D printed bike might not be great value for money. (not that it was to start with!)

He’s reported to have done 35 minutes at 56.3 km/h pace.

Saturday at 18:45 UK time here?

https://youtu.be/uI30xKl0sNk

3D printed bike might not be great value for money. (not that it was to start with!)

It's 3D printed because that's cheaper than making moulds if you're only making one or two.

Even I can do 3.5 minutes at 56.3 km/h pace.

Oh.

I can do 3.5 minutes at 56.3 km/h

If you find a big enough hill to go down 🙂

https://www.rouleur.cc/blogs/rouleur-performance/breaking-60-mission-possible

i reckon it will take him an hour

and a bit

Curious what was mentioned in the article and the video about the frame that prompted it to be removed. Even before the H*mbini video could come out!

Is this the point at which I state yet again that UCI regulation 1.3.006 remains in farce:
"The use of equipment designed especially for the attainment of a particular performance
(record or other) shall not be authorised"

Couldnt you go around that by "introducing" the custom limited edition additive manufactured frameset from "Pinarello" for $100k a pop? An maybe that was the plan, but in the video they specifically said that the frame was designed only for this attempt?

Haven't they got a year to make it available to the public or something

Haven't they got a year to make it available

By any normal interpretation*, the order of the regulation says you can use an authorised prototype which is of a design which is close to a final commercial product, but one designed especially for the attainment of a particular performance will not be authorised. All the equipment suppliers know that the regulations are going to be ignored, which is why the marketing departments loudly trumpet that this frame/skinsuit/helmet/sock has been designed specifically to achieve the record.
If they wanted to pretend they were trying to comply with the regulations, they could get the prototype authorised as a pre-production example of the commercial pursuit frame they were definitely going to bring to market within a year, and it's entirely coincidental that their most prominent test and evaluation rider happened to use it for a record attempt.

*UCI has no clue how to do "normal"

I think the link to the UCI feed I posted is pay per view because it’s gone private. Ineos will be streaming it too.

https://youtu.be/uFsm4Iz0X3s

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https://twitter.com/xavierdisley/status/1578797468036190208

He’s started early.

#marginalgains

Think he's warmed up now, into the 16.1s

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He’s looking smooth, and speeding up at 30 mins!

The Boardman record is looking seriously under threat.

Would be unreal if he broke that

He’s still accelerating. 15.3 lap.

Is he going for 57kph?!

I think over 58 at the moment