Joss Lowden's Hour Record

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T4tomo

Guru
If I was the Drops team owner, I’d be a bit miffed, as I expect the other team sponsors would be, too. (Tempur mattresses, Mavic wheels etc., etc.)
I think aero is such a big part of the success of the Hour record that the choice of skin suit matters hugely.

Perhaps you can't have them in team colours.
Aye, and lugging around a blimmin mattress for the sake of a sponsor is a not starter.
 

Beebo

Firm and Fruity
Location
Hexleybeef
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cycling/58751483

She says it was a conservative ride and she could have tried harder.
I suspect that is very much hindsight and not what she was thinking at the time. But it means she clearly thinks she can go further.
 
Yep. The skinsuit only comes in black.
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ColinJ

Puzzle game procrastinator!
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cycling/58751483

She says it was a conservative ride and she could have tried harder.
I suspect that is very much hindsight and not what she was thinking at the time. But it means she clearly thinks she can go further.
As I posted at the time - she looked so fresh at the finish that it was clear that she hadn't absolutely turned herself inside out. We don't know how close she got to her limit but I'd bet that she has at least another 100 metres in her on a perfect day?

Having got the record, it would be worth really going for it a subsequent time. As the record holder, the risk of cracking before the finish wouldn't be such a big deal.
 

ColinJ

Puzzle game procrastinator!
Worth noting that she did beat Jeannie Longo's record as well. That was set in the superman position.
Superwoman position surely?
On Eurosport they referred to that as the 'Superman or Superwoman position'... No it wasn't - it was what Superman looks like flying through the air. (Unless there was also a Superwoman comic book character, who flew the same way? :whistle:)
 

lazybloke

Considering a new username
Location
Leafy Surrey
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cycling/58751483

She says it was a conservative ride and she could have tried harder.
I suspect that is very much hindsight and not what she was thinking at the time. But it means she clearly thinks she can go further.
I thought the BBC Breakfast response to her level of effort was unnecessarily critical/patronising

Edit: in a manner that seems to be reserved for female athletes
 
https://www.cyclist.co.uk/news/10155/dan-bigham-british-hour-record
"Power couple"🤦‍♀️
Same track, smart to save on hotel bills etc.
 
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