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   Friday the 13th Part II: How hard can it be?

Perfect conditions in the evening - warm and low wind.  Diego will be kicking himself for staying away.  Adam fastest with 72.31 closely followed by David's 70.32.  We then got a new record, albeit not one we actually wanted as the Orange Bullet suffered terminal brake failure, blew through catch at more than 55 mph, overran the road block and continued two miles down the road hotly pursued by both the chase car and Officer Aten's truck with blues & twos ablaze.  David remarkably sanguine.

Well, the brake fell off... by Mr Larrington, on Flickr.  Single disc brake on the rear wheel.  Bike out of action for the duration though Ellen is going to run one of the Milan velomobiles tomorrow in an attempt to regain the Women's Multitrack record, which Lizanne didn't quite reach tonight, clocking 55.76 mph.  The four Toronto riders - Lincoln, Ethan, Christopher and Daniel - were all over 60 with Ethan breaking 65 into the bargain.

There were also the drag races this arvo, which I did not attend.  Lizanne won on her track bike.

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legs_larry Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List BHPC Member Joined: 09 March 2005 Location: London Town Devine Status: Offline Points: 1554	Post Options Post Reply Quote legs_larry Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 14 September 2024 at 4:31am
	Friday the 13th Part II: How hard can it be? Perfect conditions in the evening - warm and low wind. Diego will be kicking himself for staying away. Adam fastest with 72.31 closely followed by David's 70.32. We then got a new record, albeit not one we actually wanted as the Orange Bullet suffered terminal brake failure, blew through catch at more than 55 mph, overran the road block and continued two miles down the road hotly pursued by both the chase car and Officer Aten's truck with blues & twos ablaze. David remarkably sanguine. Well, the brake fell off... by Mr Larrington, on Flickr. Single disc brake on the rear wheel. Bike out of action for the duration though Ellen is going to run one of the Milan velomobiles tomorrow in an attempt to regain the Women's Multitrack record, which Lizanne didn't quite reach tonight, clocking 55.76 mph. The four Toronto riders - Lincoln, Ethan, Christopher and Daniel - were all over 60 with Ethan breaking 65 into the bargain. There were also the drag races this arvo, which I did not attend. Lizanne won on her track bike.
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legs_larry Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List BHPC Member Joined: 09 March 2005 Location: London Town Devine Status: Offline Points: 1554	Post Options Post Reply Quote legs_larry Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 14 September 2024 at 10:59pm
	Cold again this morning with winds light at the beginning and end of the session but too high in the middle. World records? You want 'em, we got 'em! The Morris twins upped theirs twice with 43.51 mph in the first heat and 44.87 in the last, some two hours later. In between times, Lizanne had two assaults on the 600/200 metre record, which has stood to Alaina DeWit with 37.04 mph for just over thirty years. Her first run was at 39.71 mph but the wind had just crept too high so she had another run at the end and clocked a legal 39.34. This in addition to a 54.38 mph pass on the full course in the first and thus coldest heat. Her new record is for any category of vehicle too, not just multitrack. Diego had another crack at the 600/200 too, currently held by BRITAIN'S Ken Talbot at 33.81 mph but was around 2 mph shy. He's hoping to have another go tonight if the wind is coöperative. Other speeds weren't as high as yesterday evening but it's pleasing to report that Kai Zabitsky cracked 50 with ju-u-u-u-st legal wind earning herself both a Hat and an evening run. We also had the much-vaunted head-to-head-velomobile race. My view of this was not enhanced by three chase cars between me and the competitors but after a tactical start Peter took off at half distance and finished well ahead of Niklas and Weibke in the two Milans. Not sure what order the other two finished in coz I only saw them finish in the drone footage.
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legs_larry Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List BHPC Member Joined: 09 March 2005 Location: London Town Devine Status: Offline Points: 1554	Post Options Post Reply Quote legs_larry Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 15 September 2024 at 7:16am
	Quick update on the final runs of the year while the kettle boils very slowly on puny USAnian electricity. Too windy for the first two heats to do anything meaningful but the third heat saw the wind drop and a new Australian record for Adam Hari in Millennium: 75.62 mph. And a Women's Multitrack World record for Lizanne Wilmot in MQ2: 60.17 mph. Noble BRITONS must do their duty and return mob-handed in 2025 to put these colonial upstarts in their Proper Place. And much emotion as Al and Alice Krause bow out from running the event since 2006 Edited by legs_larry - 15 September 2024 at 7:17am
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