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Congratulations to Alix Magner for her new WUCA World Record Alix Magner 2021-06-18 - MN W-E ride report Early start For the first two hours I was moving fast with a light tailwind, but feeling uncomfortable. Legs felt good, but saddle felt off. Stopped about 2 hours in to adjust saddle and switch out to dark sunglasses. Road was fast, very little traffic. Beautiful morning About two hours later I was getting ready to stop to have a bio break when I got a flat. Used the opportunity to break, change shoes, eat, fill bottles. Around 6 hours in, traffic started getting heavier - [...]

Congratulations to Phil Fox for his new WUCA World Record Lake Michigan Circumnavigation: Report Narrative by Phil Fox On Thursday June 17 2021 Phil Fox and a team of five crew members set out from Buckingham Fountain in Chicago, IL in an attempt to set the world record Circumnavigating Lake Michigan in support of Bike MS. The ‘Circle Tour’ route is traditionally completed clockwise starting and ending in Chicago, the largest city on Lake Michigan. From Chicago, we would head north through Wisconsin, over Michigan’s Upper Peninsula, across the Mackinac Straight, down the western coast of Michigan, clip NW Indiana [...]

Congratulations to John Arneson for his new WUCA World Record John Arneson 2021-06-26 Video Read John's personal account of his record attempt: Timelapse summary: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=NnxR_tUQr8o&t=5s Strava activity (map of the route): https://www.strava.com/activities/5539891905 Leading up the record attempt our local crew raised almost $2,500 for my favorite charity World Bicycle Relief so I'd like to keep that spirit going w/ a segment challenge (also the course route): https://www.strava.com/segments/28971341 The day started at 4:15 with alarms bazing and very excited Crew Chief Kurt ensuring everyone was up and at em. I was eating breakfast and lathering sunscreen in the bathroom while the [...]

Congratulations to John Wolf for his new WUCA World Record Read Josh's personal account of his record attempt: Record Attempt: Missouri W - E Name of Riders: Josh Wolf Start date: 6.26.2021 at 6:54am CST  Conditions were great.  Overcast, party cloudy at 69 deg to start with a high of 82 and mostly overcast, some drizzle. Humidity 97% and fell to 85%.  Wind was South at 4 mph, changed to 12 mph from S-SW half way through and then finally finished with 8mph tailwind for the last 2-3 hours of the day!  Why did I want to do the record?  [...]