Jens Voigt going for Hour Record 18 Sept

[NotSoBigBen]

Hahahahahaha! I'd buy a Raleigh if she rode one.

That would be a step up from your ........ nah not today

[canfan]

Hahahahahaha! I'd buy a Raleigh if she rode one.

yip, have to agree!!

[Tumbleweed]

That would be a step up from your ........ nah not today

 

Raleigh don't make PVC bags, mate! 

[Wyatt Earp]

Well I am not sure that this was a marketing stint at all. I recon Jens wanted to do it to go out on a high. All I am saying is that Trek will have to start getting some more exposure than just Sparticus doing something spectacular every now and again. I all honesty I dont thin Jens is enough exposure for Trek. They need a good GC rider that can challenge for Grand tour wins. Not just get a top 15 or top 20 finish.  

 

 

The way I see it.

Trek don't need to do anything, it's in South Africa where people are terribly image driven and only want to buy the high end or best looking bike.

The rest of the world buy the lower end bikes, and there it's all price, reliability, loyalty and back up service dependent .

[DieVlieg]

The way I see it.

Trek don't need to do anything, it's in South Africa where people are terribly image driven and only want to buy the high end or best looking bike.

The rest of the world buy the lower end bikes, and there it's all price, reliability, loyalty and back up service dependent .

Agree

 

In some parts of Europe your bike is your car not your trophy. Therefore you want something that is efficiant and all the things you mentioned.

[BarHugger]

If this was a genuine marketing exercise it was well executed, however the risks involved in this event going south was to great to be seen as a pure marketing strategy. What if things didn't go as planned ...... a fall with 5min to go ....... failure...... what would the responses be like then? This required more than just hoping for exposure to be generated.

 

No luck involved here ...... Hard work and dedication made it a success ....... and a marketing opportunity with huge potential.

[SwissVan]

Dude, not very many people know that Emily actually rides a Trek. 

 

True....

[SwissVan]

"In the final 30 minutes Jens Voigt began standing at interspersed moments, the first show of the strain and pain from the tremendous effort.

 

“The first 10 minutes I could not feel the pedals and thought, ‘oh this is easy!’  Then I went, ‘oooooh, maybe you’d better pace yourself a little bit here.’ Then I went on cruising speed from 20-40 mins.  But I could feel at that speed I was good, I could hold on to this speed, I am not going to break down or slow down.  So I felt in control, and yes indeed I had a little bit of time to enjoy it.”

 

“Having this cramped up position to hold for an hour is pretty tough. Basically the place where I sit on the saddle was really beginning to hurt and giving me a lot of pain, so every 10 laps I got out of the seat to stretch and release some pressure of my behind so to speak. I am happy that I don’t have to sit on the saddle for the next days now!

I remember how Chris Boardman was walking after his effort and I am not far off from that. I am basically limping. It hurts in my glutes! Boardman was my first roommate in 1997 and I can’t ask for a better good-bye than this.”

- Jens Voigt

 

Jens’ Hour Record statistics:

“I always had it in mind that I wanted to do this, but we could not announce it in Colorado because we did not know when, or where. I knew that I would keep going and kept on training. I was three weeks at the track and only going home on the weekends. The kids were complaining about that and it was a big effort in terms of commitment. I least I did manage to see my daughter at her first day of school. But I am going to have a lot more time for them now.”

- Jens Voigt

• 204 laps total
• Target Goal: 17.7 seconds per lap. 
• 14 laps were over that time.
• 5 laps were under 17 seconds.
• Official distance: 51.110 kms

 

http://www.trekfactoryracing.com/news/voigt-sets-new-hour-record

[Tumbleweed]

Jens’ Hour Record statistics:

“I always had it in mind that I wanted to do this, but we could not announce it in Colorado because we did not know when, or where. I knew that I would keep going and kept on training. I was three weeks at the track and only going home on the weekends. The kids were complaining about that and it was a big effort in terms of commitment. I least I did manage to see my daughter at her first day of school. But I am going to have a lot more time for them now.”

- Jens Voigt

 

I like this part the most. 

[SwissVan]

 

Jens’ Hour Record statistics:

“I always had it in mind that I wanted to do this, but we could not announce it in Colorado because we did not know when, or where. I knew that I would keep going and kept on training. I was three weeks at the track and only going home on the weekends. The kids were complaining about that and it was a big effort in terms of commitment. I least I did manage to see my daughter at her first day of school. But I am going to have a lot more time for them now.”

- Jens Voigt

 

I like this part the most. 

 

 

Yeah it must be nice aftera life time of following a strict and rigid training / racing routine to be able to wake up and think about what you will do today and not what has to be done decided by some DS......

['Dale]

#superhero

[Mellow]

Yeah it must be nice aftera life time of following a strict and rigid training / racing routine to be able to wake up and think about what you will do today and not what has to be done decided by some DS......

 

You right, I just cant help to wonder how they cope with the change. The mindset of performance and sacrifice is by now so deep ingrained - it is part of who you are. Personally I would need something else to be 'obsessed' with

[andydude]

I would say absolute power matters? It should be easier to calculate than on the road, because there's no wind, except his own.

 

Edit,

 

The official formula for Power (in watts) is below with the legend below that - from Wiki.

 

P = g.m.Vg (K1 + s) + K2.Va^2.Vg

 

g = earth's gravity

Vg = ground speed (m/s)

m = rider mass (kg)

s = grade (m/m)

Va = rider's speed through the air (m/s)

K1 = lumped constant for all frictional losses (tires, bearings, chain)

K2 = lumped constant for aerodynamic drag (kg/m)

Well done Jens!!

 

Can somebody help with whether I'm doing this correctly?

 

P = 9.81m/s x 84kg x 14.197m/s x (0.0053 + 0) + 0.185kg/m x 14.197m/s^3

P = 591 watts

 

If I change the drag to 0.12kg/m then P equals 405 watts which is more in line with the Trek article's 370 watts.

 

The formula is from http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bicycle_performance

 

Other facts like bike weight (and power) http://www.trekfactoryracing.com/news/hour-record-twitter-qa

 

Edit, this helps! Althought still interested in the individual inputs.

 

@ammattipyoraily: #HourRecord Jens Voigt 51.115 km

averages: 412 W (SRM), 102 rpm (via @iriberrijon)

[jcza]

Well done Jens!!

 

Can somebody help with whether I'm doing this correctly?

 

P = 9.81m/s x 84kg x 14.197m/s x (0.0053 + 0) + 0.185kg/m x 14.197m/s^3

P = 591 watts

 

If I change the drag to 0.12kg/m then P equals 405 watts which is more in line with the Trek article's 370 watts.

 

The formula is from http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bicycle_performance

 

Other facts like bike weight (and power) http://www.trekfactoryracing.com/news/hour-record-twitter-qa

 

Actual was 410W, not sure how Trek got it so wrong with 370W. I'll try find the link.

[andydude]

Actual was 410W, not sure how Trek got it so wrong with 370W. I'll try find the link.

Saw that tweet now and edited my post. The Trek link is in my post, but they based the 370w on the goal of 49.7km and not his 51.11km.

 

Edit, when I change the distance to 49.7km in my formula the watts equal 376 which seems in line. So the difference is what the target was and how far he actually rode.

[jcza]

Getting a proxy error but weight is not 84kg but rather 77/78kg. CX is 0.24 and cadence was 102.