Um, sorry

In article <[email hidden]>, Just zis Guy,

you know? () said:

This: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cycling_records needs some serious
work. Where are all those race weenies?

You could start with:

* Hour unpaced, men (See also hour record)

* IHPVA: Lars Teutenberg, 2005, 82.60km (51.33 miles)

Which should read:

* Hour unpaced, men (See also hour record)

* IHPVA: Sam Whittingham, 2004, 84.215km (52.34 miles)

You can find a few at or near:

<URL:http://www.legslarry.beerdrinkers.co.uk/tech/PlainSpeed.htm>

though be advised that:

o it's a bit out of date, and
o given the Deth of the Babbage-Engine at Larrington Towers last night,
may remain so for some considerable period :-(

--
Dave Larrington - <http://www.legslarry.beerdrinkers.co.uk/>
All your call centre are belong to us.

Dave Larrington said:

In article <[email hidden]>, Just zis Guy,

you know? () said:

This: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cycling_records needs some serious
work. Where are all those race weenies?

You could start with:

* Hour unpaced, men (See also hour record)

* IHPVA: Lars Teutenberg, 2005, 82.60km (51.33 miles)

Which should read:

* Hour unpaced, men (See also hour record)

* IHPVA: Sam Whittingham, 2004, 84.215km (52.34 miles)

Don't tell 'im here: Be bold!

"Tim Binns" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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Quoted message said:

Dave Larrington said:

In article <[email hidden]>, Just zis Guy,

you know? () said:

This: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cycling_records needs some serious
work. Where are all those race weenies?

You could start with:

* Hour unpaced, men (See also hour record)

* IHPVA: Lars Teutenberg, 2005, 82.60km (51.33 miles)

Which should read:

* Hour unpaced, men (See also hour record)

* IHPVA: Sam Whittingham, 2004, 84.215km (52.34 miles)

Don't tell 'im here: Be bold!

Hmmm ... I'd like myself to be the fastest Tour De France champion ever ..
how long till they notice?! 😉

Just zis Guy said:

I sort of disappeared for a bit. Those folks over at Wikipedia made
me a sysop and it seems to be sapping a lot of my spare time. I still
lurk, though.

This: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cycling_records needs some serious
work. Where are all those race weenies?

Could do with having the Road Records Association records entered. Does
that still exist? They have historical interest in any case.

--
Dave...

elyob said:

Hmmm ... I'd like myself to be the fastest Tour De France champion ever ..
how long till they notice?! 😉

There's a sure way to find out. :-)

--
Dave...

In article <[email hidden]>, Tim Binns

() said:

Dave Larrington said:

In article <[email hidden]>, Just zis Guy,

you know? () said:

This: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cycling_records needs some serious
work. Where are all those race weenies?

You could start with:

* Hour unpaced, men (See also hour record)

* IHPVA: Lars Teutenberg, 2005, 82.60km (51.33 miles)

Which should read:

* Hour unpaced, men (See also hour record)

* IHPVA: Sam Whittingham, 2004, 84.215km (52.34 miles)

Don't tell 'im here: Be bold!

A bit difficult without a functioning home Babbage-Engine, and I imagine
the Thought Police here at the Nut Mines might have something to say on
the matter...

--
Dave Larrington - <http://www.legslarry.beerdrinkers.co.uk/>
The thing about Tony Parsons, though, the defining aspect of his
personality, is that he is a complete [censored].

In article <[email hidden]>,

dkahn400 () said:

Could do with having the Road Records Association records entered. Does
that still exist? They have historical interest in any case.

They do, just over here:

<URL:http://www.rra.org.uk/>

--
Dave Larrington - <http://www.legslarry.beerdrinkers.co.uk/>
A complimentary biro(tm) is /not/ to be sniffed at.

Dave Larrington said:

In article <[email hidden]>,

dkahn400 () said:

Could do with having the Road Records Association records entered. Does
that still exist? They have historical interest in any case.

They do, just over here:

<URL:http://www.rra.org.uk/>

Oh great, thanks. A quick scan of their rules fails to turn up a
definition of what they consider to be a legal machine, but the records
listed appear to have been made on uprights. Would you know more about
this?

--
Dave...

I submit that on or about Fri, 3 Feb 2006 12:35:29 -0000, the person
known to the court as Dave Larrington <[email hidden]>
made a statement (<[email hidden]> in
Your Honour's bundle) to the following effect:

Quoted message said:

<URL:http://www.legslarry.beerdrinkers.co.uk/tech/PlainSpeed.htm>

I knew someone would have done the job for me :-)

Guy
--
http://www.chapmancentral.co.uk

"To every complex problem there is a solution which is
simple, neat and wrong" - HL Mencken

dkahn400 said:

elyob said:

Hmmm ... I'd like myself to be the fastest Tour De France champion ever ..
how long till they notice?! 😉

There's a sure way to find out. :-)

Faster than Allan Holmes? I don't believe it....

Tim
--
Blue Witch laughed at me

in message <[email hidden]>,

dkahn400 (') said:

Dave Larrington said:

In article <[email hidden]>,

dkahn400 () said:

Could do with having the Road Records Association records entered.
Does that still exist? They have historical interest in any case.

They do, just over here:

<URL:http://www.rra.org.uk/>

Oh great, thanks. A quick scan of their rules fails to turn up a
definition of what they consider to be a legal machine, but the records
listed appear to have been made on uprights. Would you know more about
this?

They do indeed. Andy Wilkinson's record is noticeable by its absence.

--
[email hidden] (Simon Brooke) http://www.jasmine.org.uk/~simon/

;; When your hammer is C++, everything begins to look like a thumb.

"Just zis Guy, you know?" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
news:[email hidden]...

Quoted message said:

I sort of disappeared for a bit. Those folks over at Wikipedia made
me a sysop and it seems to be sapping a lot of my spare time. I still
lurk, though.

This: http://en.wikipedia.rg=/wiki/Cycling_records needs some serious
work. Where are all those race weenies?

Guy
--
http://www.chapmancentral.co.uk

"To every complex problem there is a solution which is
simple, neat and wrong" - HL Mencken

So, how do they get to 100+ mph on a bike? Is it on the flat? With the wind?
Does Cl**rks*n know about this?

Tim Hall said:

dkahn400 said:

elyob said:

Hmmm ... I'd like myself to be the fastest Tour De France champion ever ..
how long till they notice?! 😉

There's a sure way to find out. :-)

Faster than Allan Holmes? I don't believe it....

Tim

I hear there's a roomful of monkeys^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^H group of a certain
US Senator's staff doing just that as we speak!