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Orion1969Orion
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| Mal Firth wrote: |
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| Chrissylaa wrote: |
This is one of THE great feats of human endurance.
Wonder how many top continental pros could do this. |
I've just checked : 18,437 top Continental pro's could beat Wilko's distance , Beryl Burton could too if she weren't dead |
Names please. 
Beryl started in the Mersey RC 24hr one year but packed (apparently with bad knees) when about 20min up on the nearest male competitor (Wilko weren't riding then). |
My old man was riding that yr (1969) & he said Beryl blew up as she was trying to push a stupid gear, but that was Beryl all over...hard as they came That was the only time Beryl attempted a 24hr.
Onto Andy's new record absolutely amzing  only 110miles further than my old mans best
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van eijden
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Chrissylaa
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| Posted: Wed Aug 10, 2011 10:00 pm Post subject: |
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| van eijden wrote: |
| Wonder if he'll have a pop at t'end to end to get the record back off Geth. |
Good call.
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Bally
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| Posted: Fri Aug 26, 2011 2:40 pm Post subject: |
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| Mal Firth wrote: |
| Ivan wrote: |
| Chrissylaa wrote: |
This is one of THE great feats of human endurance.
Wonder how many top continental pros could do this. |
I've just checked : 18,437 top Continental pro's could beat Wilko's distance , Beryl Burton could too if she weren't dead |
Names please.
Beryl started in the Mersey RC 24hr one year but packed (apparently with bad knees) when about 20min up on the nearest male competitor (Wilko weren't riding then). |
That was the event that Roy Cromack broke Comp Record in - which stood until Wilko took it last time round. Roy deliberately kept his gears low and rode a very even pace all through the event - unlike Beryl who went off too hard on too high a gear and paid the price.
Roy predicted long before he actually did that Wilko would beat his 24 record.
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