Joe! Posted September 3, 2014 Posted September 3, 2014 Excellent news!http://app.bronto.com/public/?q=preview_message&fn=Link&id=7854jrgel8vjepr0ivbzyr41ldb59&ssid=31334&t=3
Shebeen Posted September 3, 2014 Posted September 3, 2014 shut up legs.shut up legs repeat 3600 times. i would watch this, not sure if he has a chance, but hey.
fanievb Posted September 3, 2014 Posted September 3, 2014 has the UCI sorted out the rules for the hour record now?
Joe! Posted September 3, 2014 Author Posted September 3, 2014 Hope this is the first of many to come!
Joe! Posted September 3, 2014 Author Posted September 3, 2014 has the UCI sorted out the rules for the hour record now? Yebo:The Merckx hour record is no more, the UCI announced on Thursday. Cycling’s governing body will ditch the 1972 mark and its bike-design rules in favor of a single, unified hour record using equipment regulations borrowed from modern track pursuit bikes. Czech rider Ondrej Sosenka’s record of 49.7 kilometers will be the men’s mark to beat, as it is the farthest distance attained using a bike and position that are legal under current UCI pursuit bike regulations. Leontien Ziljaard-Van Moorsel holds the women’s record at 46.065km. Read more at http://velonews.competitor.com/2014/05/bikes-and-tech/uci-changes-hour-record-regulations-allows-modern-track-bikes_328018#aZlJeb23cRSLazh0.99
DJ84 Posted September 3, 2014 Posted September 3, 2014 Hope he takes it, will open up for a hole bunch of others to chase it.If i start training specifically for this i wonder how close i could get in 5 years time.
Underachiever Posted September 3, 2014 Posted September 3, 2014 I'm surprised - or perhaps I shouldn't be!! He is such an inspiration, but the hr record!! Hope his dream isn't shattered!!
Squier Posted September 4, 2014 Posted September 4, 2014 Pretty sure Tony Martin would smash the current record. It was a goal for Spartacus as well. Looking forward to seeing Jens go hard one last time!
JanJan Posted September 4, 2014 Posted September 4, 2014 Looking forward to seeing Jens go hard one last time! Jen's will always go hard. There isn't somthing like 'one last time' in the Voigt vocabulary. His wife even says that he sleeps at a cadence of 90 rpm...
'Dale Posted September 4, 2014 Posted September 4, 2014 Jens isn't scared of failingOne of the attributes of a champ racer The world will be watching with interest as it'll be one of many attempts.Wiggo, Spartacus are but a few who's mentioned interest.
Gandalf Posted September 4, 2014 Posted September 4, 2014 I think he is really giving it a go, but also doing it to break the ice. I know Spartacus wanted to do it, but UCI was unsure of rules, and they were team mates. Jens is the man, I think he is like, "boys stand back, let me take the first leap". well something along those lines.
Morwa Posted September 4, 2014 Posted September 4, 2014 When Jens Voigt does a pushup, he isn't lifting himself up, he's pushing the Earth down.
Ed-Zulu Posted September 4, 2014 Posted September 4, 2014 Exciting stuff ! About time we see an assault on the hour! It's been a while.
carbon29er Posted September 4, 2014 Posted September 4, 2014 If you want to retire why don't you just retire. Not even a month and this guy is desperate for more publicity. Or is it Trek? His riding style, where he moves his front wheel all over the place, and his lack of ITT pedigree, apart from 1 Team TT in 2001 in a GT, gives him little chance of a record. But hey, if I'm wrong, I'll buy the first hundred hubbers who claim a beer at the Wine2Whales this year, both on day 1 and day 2 afternoons!
SwissVan Posted September 4, 2014 Posted September 4, 2014 Ah good old Jensie...never say die Best I get my arse in gear and go watch this :-))
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