tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13887692.post4907628340100075995..comments2024-03-21T03:15:06.288-04:00Comments on Cozy Beehive: 10 Fantastic World Records With BicyclesRon Georgehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18394865788996482667noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13887692.post-11325175676783833212014-12-29T22:24:36.428-05:002014-12-29T22:24:36.428-05:00Is there a time/distance record for cycling on a r...Is there a time/distance record for cycling on a roller??Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13887692.post-77193260591711411552014-12-29T22:23:32.462-05:002014-12-29T22:23:32.462-05:00Is there a time/distance record for riding on roll...Is there a time/distance record for riding on rollers?? If so where can I find more details??Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13887692.post-40798892052918074102009-11-20T21:07:04.567-05:002009-11-20T21:07:04.567-05:00Blue : What a stroke of luck on 'grams'. H...Blue : What a stroke of luck on 'grams'. Ha!<br /><br />Unicycle still covered almost 300 miles. I'm curious if the course he rode had significant downhills.Ron Georgehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18394865788996482667noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13887692.post-8279329978524557162009-11-20T17:56:32.722-05:002009-11-20T17:56:32.722-05:00It only figures that the unicycle would do half th...It only figures that the unicycle would do half the distance of the bicycle in 24 hrs... ha<br /><br />and my word verification is grams.<br /><br />~:)<br /><br />-bBluenoserhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03448920726947078281noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13887692.post-31974282638078450162009-11-19T14:47:32.120-05:002009-11-19T14:47:32.120-05:00Which begs me to ask the question, was Eddy Merckx...Which begs me to ask the question, was Eddy Merckx ever recognized for the 500 W effort on the ergometer? He's been recognized for titles won in cycling races and the max distance for the hour record but not sure about the wattage he showed on the static bike.Ron Georgehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18394865788996482667noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13887692.post-79504465529067941272009-11-19T14:41:17.841-05:002009-11-19T14:41:17.841-05:00Asb : While the records on static bike may look p...Asb : While the records on static bike may look pointless, what I didn't mention is that all that effort is being converted to money for charity and so on, so its probably considered a worthwhile cause for the people who undertake such a task. George Hood could barely walk after being lifted out of his static bike after the 177 hour effort and had to be helped to a bed.<br /><br />As for your question what would be the most "efficient" setup to convert human energy to max pedal power, I think it depends on the individual riding and the conditions. Generally, I don't think it should be a bike that costs more resources in terms of lower and upper body musculature, because that translates to more oxygen consumption for the individual. A static bike in which the pedaller is upright makes sense because gravity is aiding some of the effort (think of long distance birds gliding in the wind on top of currents of air, I think that is efficient). For outdoors, riding upright might be considered heresy for aerodynamic drag reduction. Hence people have gone recumbent and Sam Whittingham has broken the speed records going one tenth the speed of sound, but I'm not sure if he broke any records on the power scale. <br /><br />I've always wanted to see how a seriously muscled individual, fast-twitch muscled by genetics (perhaps an African American?) will do sprinting on a trainer with maximum effort. <br /><br />For the record, the projected power vs duration curve for world class cyclists in the Book High Tech Cycling maxes out at 1200 Watts in 0.2 minutes or something like that. I wonder if that's the absolute upper limit for humans? Same plot shows Eddy Merckx did almost 500 Watts on an ergometer in 50 minutes and no one we've heard of has broken that limit either. See <a href="http://bit.ly/YWI4A" rel="nofollow">Link</a>for reference.Ron Georgehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18394865788996482667noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13887692.post-22132556407333930102009-11-19T09:10:44.493-05:002009-11-19T09:10:44.493-05:00Sorry for flooding... but I have to return to my f...Sorry for flooding... but I have to return to my first comment. If we measure power output we could leave out the static bicycle part and just compete in who can provide the greatest power output in a given time period. Only limit being that all power must come from a human beign.<br /><br />What is the most efficient way to convert a human into energy while not killing the human in question? :)<br /><br />Would it be a standup bike or a static rowing machine or some other device?asbhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06042905052259872023noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13887692.post-48327343160486980262009-11-19T09:05:15.704-05:002009-11-19T09:05:15.704-05:00Also, that unicycle record is incredibly awesome! ...Also, that unicycle record is incredibly awesome! Who would have thought that it is possible to build a unicycle with a TT-bar?asbhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06042905052259872023noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13887692.post-27474303527714208292009-11-19T09:00:43.087-05:002009-11-19T09:00:43.087-05:00While spinning my track bike on rollers in my outd...While spinning my track bike on rollers in my outdoor storage room I have also traveled 0m and 0cm during a one hour period. I think I could upgrade the gearing to 53-12 pretty easily and could then travel nowhere even faster.<br /><br />I guess you know what I am going to say now... measuring distance traveled on static bike is just silly and pointless. As an engineer, I'd just rather measure power output.<br /><br />Fastest person to generate 1kWh on a static bicycle? Most kWh generated during 24h period?asbhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06042905052259872023noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13887692.post-90835264722250661702009-11-19T08:15:09.014-05:002009-11-19T08:15:09.014-05:00I can break a record too. Oh well, oky you know th...I can break a record too. Oh well, oky you know the joke...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13887692.post-48468272433600375952009-11-19T08:09:09.480-05:002009-11-19T08:09:09.480-05:00Like the underwater one the most!Like the underwater one the most!Andreashttp://www.londoncyclist.co.uk/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13887692.post-24975848689423264882009-11-19T06:46:11.425-05:002009-11-19T06:46:11.425-05:00this puts my 4.5 hours on the trainer last winter ...this puts my 4.5 hours on the trainer last winter in december to utter shameSpitfirehttp://www.blogger.comnoreply@blogger.com