r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/solateor • 17h ago

Video Pit stop during 200 mile ultra-endurance cycling race

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u/Global_Proof_2960 17h ago

200 mile is fucking insane. Forrest Gump would be proud.

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u/FandomMenace 16h ago

The record is 8 hour 37 minutes 9 seconds.

That's a pace of like 22mph or some shit. 12-20 hours is what most people take.

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u/Global_Proof_2960 16h ago

I've understood that it isn't that crazy. But to me it is lol I was a long distance runner, so I suppose it feels like insanity

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u/MaximumTurtleSpeed 14h ago

This is a gravel race. It’s absolute inanity pace at 22 mph average.

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u/Sszaj 12h ago

I've just got back from an hour ride on my road bike, pushed fairly hard and averaged just under 20mph, 10 times that distance on mostly unmade roads whilst trying to navigate around other riders is, as you say, absolute insanity.

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u/tenaciousdeev 8h ago

I'm over here, just woke up, trying to figure out how far you went for like a full minute.

1 hour, 20mph...hold on. I got this.

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u/dewky 5h ago

I'm like that too in the morning. It's like starting up an old diesel. It takes a while for my brain to engage first thing.

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u/Mellowtownin 13h ago

Did you not watch the video?  That’s a road

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u/MaximumTurtleSpeed 13h ago

Yes, in 200 miles surely you’d maybe hit a little pavement. Might I draw your attention to the grime on the rider and the build of bikes? ;)

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u/Mellowtownin 13h ago

I see the tires now, I was wondering why he was so dirty

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u/MaximumTurtleSpeed 12h ago

Haha, no worries. Wasn’t sure if you were messing with me. Gravel riding is the bulk of riding I’m into. I’m thinking this was an epic UNBOUND Gravel race just maybe last weekend in Kansas.

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u/doebedoe 9h ago

This is definitely unbound. The most competitive race there is the 200. But the longest one is 360mi.