Monthly Archives: August 2017

WUCA 6 Hour Women’s Indoor Track Cycling Record Attempt Katharine Ford, UK, WUCA no. 8161 The Sir Chris Hoy Velodrome, 1000 London Road, Glasgow, United Kingdom 2nd of July 2017, 09:00am – 15:00pm GMT. At 09:00am GMT, beginning with a standing start, I set out to attempt the WUCA Women’s 100 mile, 6 Hour and 12 Hour Indoor Track records, however it was unknown to me at the time, other than the pain experienced just how difficult of a start I had given myself to attempting Anna Mei’s incredible 100 mile and 12 Hour records. I had slipped and fallen [...]

Record Attempt Across Country Italy N-S Angelo Piselli Casere - Predoi (BZ), End of SS 621 (near Infopoint Naturpark) – GPS coordinates 47.050824, 12.129301 Start from Casere on my Rowa bike (standard carbon bicycle with appendices on the handlebars) with fresh temperature and a slight rain that does not cause any problems. The miles pass quickly and, when I arrived in Rimini (close to home, where I expect so many friends), I have an average of 30 km/k! During the night I need a micro sleep of 15 minutes, followed by another on Sunday in the early afternoon, always 15 [...]

Why did you want to do a record? After I competed at Sebring in the 12 hour race, several fellow cyclists mentioned that I could break the women's HAMR record. Having averaged 100 mile rides multiple times a week I felt I could push to excel proving to myself I had the capability to reach the current record of 29,603.7 miles in 365 days. Coming to the end of my HAM'R attempt my parents and I decided to continue on to the 100,000 miles since I "only" had less than 14,000 miles to go.    What equipment did you use? [...]

Rider G.K. Eddlemon’s Narrative Summary 105th through 110th WUCA Records (pending certification)! Note to reader: I’ve yet to recheck my arithmetic for total number of records, but I believe these are the correct figures.  And yes, some of these records were set in some of our smallest states. Ten time and distance trial record attempts were made concurrently: WUCA Time/Distance Trials:  100-Km; 100-Mile; 200-Km; 300-Km; 200-Mile; 300-Mile; 500-Km; 6-Hour; 12-Hr; 24-Hr. Name of Rider:  Gerald K. “Gerry” Eddlemon Start date and time: June 25, 2017 at 9:01:00  AM local (EST) time. Exact Start Location: Official start line in Lane 7 [...]