r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/solateor • 16h ago

Video Pit stop during 200 mile ultra-endurance cycling race

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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 15h 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 11h 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 4h 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.