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

I made no reference to YACF. You seem confused Schickles. Have a lie down.

Precisely, the longer you hold back from posting it, the faster I get. :)

A.R.S.E....gottit

Ah, that would be Armchair Riding Super Expert. And leave your tit out of this. :)

Tommy's Itinerant Team

nothing to do with all the oestrogen in my mainly highly processed dietary intake..

Steven in the Telegraph.

They misspelt his name.

Sunday 25th Jan - 182.9 mi, 15:02:41 h, 2,083 ft

cumulative - 4,459.1 mi, 15:04:38:09 d, 128,201 ft

@edscoble

Steven in the Telegraph.

16mpg avg, 80bpm avg. Impressive.

16mpg

..or is that mps - miles per sausage?!??!

Tarzan has had yet another mishap, today he has broken his rear mech so is out of bikes and is now on his recumbent while his support look for a bike shop. He seems more crash and burn than Steve.
Yesterday he broke the steerer on his Cervelo and crashed, I think that was his third crash since starting.

Broke the steerer due to crashing or as a result of?

Not sure, he said it was an old bar in the video, but it looked like the steerer had snapped, my guess was that the stem had been overtightened, but it might have been due to an earlier spill, see day 15 on here
https://www.facebook.com/tarzanrides?fref=ts
I just noticed that he also broke his bars yesterday on a different bike.

Who's doing his wrenching? Sounds like he's hired LFGSS mechanics.

"derailleur snapped"

I've broken cable bolts but to snap a derrailer?

Someone lend them a torque wrench!

Halfords

i have developed an unhealthy hatred of him.

Probable because he is american ! They have a reputation ! Well some do . Tyler marion the texan . Plus their athletics team .

Doesn't matter who's from where, they are both doing some epic stuff, both fellow cyclists on a mission - may the best man win within the rules and may they both complete the year safely.

Cervelo is just another maple syrup company.

No way, man. Americans are the last minority it's ok for us to dislike.

Hehe, minority :-)

Nice interview with Hoppo, with some insight on his views for the outcome...

http://youtu.be/LQHFmwZP9bQ

Monday 26th Jan - 193.1 mi, 15:39:51 h, 6,306 ft

cumulative - 4,652.2 mi, 15:20:18:00 d, 134,507 ft

Stay over in Dorset tonight so expect some south-west action

5,000 mile stone today :)

Good to see he's booked in for the Mersey 24 too.

Tuesday 27th Jan - 190.6 mi, 15:58:07 h, 5,843 ft

cumulative - 5,035.2 mi, 17:03:38:50 d, 144,458 ft

c. 5 times up Everest so far.

Dunno if this has been posted, but it's useful for comparison.

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1xz2QyYN6S5ve5X5lvNNwLDb4J8sEek1EOuE7qACqDbQ/pubhtml?gid=944055483&single=true

I'm following Tarzan on facebook, and I'm growing to like him based on his little video updates. Seems like a pretty nice chap. Good luck Tarzan!

And better luck Steve (obvs.)!

So he climbed Everest five times at a gradient of just over .005. The man knows how to not only keep his heart rate flat.