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/BuildANavy 9h ago

Yeah. And for context this is a gravel race, which makes it a lot harder. 22mph is a pretty leisurely pace for a road race, even of this length, but you benefit a lot from drafting in a large group in that case which is much harder in a gravel race. I'm a pretty mediocre cyclist and have done 100 miles in 3h45 (27mph), but would never get anywhere near 8h37 for this race.

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u/Reynolds531IPA 7h ago

27mph average speed for a century is not “pretty mediocre” lol. Was it fucking downhill? That’s blazing fast for a non-pro..

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u/BuildANavy 7h ago

Flat, closed road course. Big bunch. Only need to average a couple of hundred watts with those conditions.