Ride Report

Valerie Litznerski – Michigan S-N record – 2018-09-08

2018-10-31T15:02:49-07:00

Congratulations to Valerie Litznerski who set the Michigan S-N record on 2018-09-08 with a distance if 364 miles a time of 1 day 3:46, at an avg speed of 13.11mph. Valerie now holds both S-N and W-E solo records. Read her narrative below On a beautiful early fall day in September, I set out to establish the women's south-to-north cross-state record for the state of Michigan. After establishing the west-to-east record in 2012, I decided that I wanted to have the S/N record as well. A recent crash with a car during a group ride compelled me to complete this [...]

Valerie Litznerski – Michigan S-N record – 2018-09-082018-10-31T15:02:49-07:00

Julie Lyons & Jerry Schemmel, Colorado West-East September 6 – 7, 2018

2020-03-03T04:47:54-08:00

  Riders Summary X-Colorado West to East  - September 6 - 7, 2018 Jerry Schemmel, Julie Lyons This record attempt was the fourth in a series of four cross - colorado attempts. This final one being the West to East Crossing ridden by Jerry Schemmel and Julie Lyons . The starting point was at the Colorado/Utah state line on Hwy 50 west of Fruita, Colorado. It is impossible to miss the line thanks to a brightly hand painted piece of wood nailed to a post stating UTAH! Stuck right in the middle of nowhere. We started on September 6, 2018 [...]

Julie Lyons & Jerry Schemmel, Colorado West-East September 6 – 7, 20182020-03-03T04:47:54-08:00

Roland Schell – Faired Recumbent Trike (HPV) – August 25, 2018

2020-03-03T04:50:07-08:00

On Saturday, 25th of August 2018, we arrived on the IVECO Test Track for Roland Schell's attempt at 24h Outdoor Track with the streamlined Milan SL (faired recumbent) - which he planned to use 2 of. Since 2 of the Crew already were ill with flu-like symptoms preparation took longer than anticipated. Traffic cones were placed in the banked curves and inspected. A large amount of broken off metal nuts and bolts were removed from the track for safety reasons and the electronic timekeeping was installed and tested. Weather conditions weren't great, it started to rain at around 2 p.m. [...]

Roland Schell – Faired Recumbent Trike (HPV) – August 25, 20182020-03-03T04:50:07-08:00

Julie Lyons and Jerry Schemmel – Colorado: N-S – August 20, 2018

2020-03-03T04:48:15-08:00

Rider’s Narrative Summary - Cross Colorado North to South This was a record attempt crossing Colorado from North (Cheyenne, WY) to South (Raton, New Mexico) by Julie Lyons and Jerry Schemmel on August 20, 2018 starting at 5:43 am from the zero mile marker on Hwy 85 on the Wyoming/Colorado state line. Conditions were brisk but clear. We were surprised at the amount of traffic along Hwy 85 early on Monday morning but apparently, many folks live outside of and commute to Greeley. Who knew? We literally had traffic on most of this route until after Pueblo so you must [...]

Julie Lyons and Jerry Schemmel – Colorado: N-S – August 20, 20182020-03-03T04:48:15-08:00

Karen Taylor – 100 Km outdoor track – August 8, 2018

2020-03-03T04:48:35-08:00

      Rider’s Narrative Summary Record attempt by Karen Taylor Age 52 Masters Category Attempt date: 08/08/2018 at 10:00 am GMT Held at Quibell Park Outdoor Velodrome – Length 485m, surface macadam, degree of banking at ends 45 degrees, degree of middle of banking at middle of straights 12 degree’s, length of straights 100m. The conditions were warm at 23.3 celsius and as the attempt went on the wind picked up with short gusts hitting me into the bends and along the back straight causing balance issues. The idea of doing a track record attempt was thought of as [...]

Karen Taylor – 100 Km outdoor track – August 8, 20182020-03-03T04:48:35-08:00
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