Monthly Archives: July 2022

Congratulations to Larry Oslund - for setting a new 100 Km, and 100 Mile Outdoor Track Record in the Men's, Solo, Recumbent Bike categories  on July 14, 2022 Distance Event Kilometers Time Avg Sp (Km) Avg Sp (Miles) 100 Km Road 02:22:52.37 42.00 26.09 Distance Event Miles Time Avg Sp (Miles) Avg Sp (Km) 100 Mile Road 03:56:08.87 25.41 40.89 Larry also set the "oldest Male to ride an unfaired bike 100 Miles in under 4-hours" category. For this attempt I was going for the 60-69 100 Mile and 100Km Outdoor Track recumbent records and also the “oldest 100 Miles [...]

Congratulations to Toby Ellis for his new WUCA World Record on 2022-07-03 on the London to Canterbury course. Riders report: I had intended to call this the ‘troublesome priest’ ride – history tells us the last time folks rode between a monarchs residence and Canterbury Cathedral, things did not end well for the Archbishop (Thomas Becket) and perhaps it was time to update history – ride a bike, not a horse and leave the Archbishop fully intact! It turns out that King Henry II was in Normandy when he almost certainly didn’t use the words ‘who will rid me of [...]

Congratulations to Phil Fox for setting a new 7-day record in the HWMR categories of 18-49, upright bike, non-drafting. This was done during the first 7-days of 2022 RAAM event Record Report This record attempt began at 1:03pm PT in Oceanside, California as part of the 2022 Race Across America.  Starting out from under the historic Oceanside Pier, I rode down the San Luis Rey River Trail to get out of town. Solo racers set out at one minute intervals and rode unsupported until we got to Old Castle Road (23 miles). From there we began climbing a slow gradual [...]

Congratulations to Stanko Verstovsek - for breaking 7 existing Outdoor Track records in the Men's, Solo, Standard Bike categories  on June 10, 2022 Based on this chart below you can see how close he was to the other 2 records. Distance Event Kilometers Time Avg Sp (Km) Avg Sp (Miles) Existing records : male 18-19 standard bike new record 100 Km Outdoor Track 02:19:46.64 42.93 26.67 Ralph Diseviscourt - 2020-07-11 - 2:19:13 - 26.78 mph no 200 Km Outdoor Track 04:40:39.45 42.76 26.57 Ralph Diseviscourt - 2020-07-11 - 4:44:30 - 26.21 mph yes 300 Km Outdoor Track 07:11:34.37 41.71 25.92 [...]

Congratulations to Preeti Maske - for setting a new Leh to Manali, India record in the female (18-49) , Standard bike categories   Leh to Manali  This was a solo ride by me and it had all the challenges like less oxygen , high altitude , bad roads , snow fall , temperature in minus. I have been preparing for this ride for the past 4 months. BRO , a border road organization, also supported me with medical facilities and other logistics. All the WUCA rules were followed and I had a dedicated team of crew members. I am very [...]