Penny Farthing record - Mark Beaumont
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British cyclist Mark Beaumont broke the British record for the longest distance ridden on a Penny Farthing in one hour but missed out on the world record.
Mark Beaumont is a British long-distance cyclist, broadcaster, and author. He holds the record for cycling around the world, completing his 18,000-mile (29,000 km) route on 18 September 2017, having taken less than 79 days. On 18 February 2010 Beaumont completed a quest to cycle the Americas, cycling from Anchorage, Alaska, the US to Ushuaia in Southern Argentina, for a BBC Television series
In the summer of 2011 Beaumont joined a six-man team to row from Resolute Bay in the Nunavut Territory, Canada to the 1996 location of the North Magnetic Pole. Each of these expeditions was filmed for BBC One documentaries. On 1 February 2012 Beaumont and his team of rowers were rescued from the Atlantic Ocean when their rowing boat capsized during a crossing from Morocco to Barbados. On 21 May 2015, he rode from Cairo to Cape Town (10,000 km) and broke the world record for the fastest solo ride for the length of Africa by finishing in 42 days and 8 hours.
Aboard a 56-inch Unicycle-built solid-tyred high-wheeler Beaumont took to the 450 metre Herne Hill track on a wind-buffeted Friday afternoon, with pacing provided by Neil Laughton, Roger Davies, Tom Leefe, Will Lawrie, Guy Banham, David Fox-Pitt, and Richard Thoday. Together they rattled off circuit after circuit of the old velodrome where BW Atlee and FJ Osmond set their ordinary and safety Hour records in the 1890s. At the end of an hour’s riding Beaumont and his team-mates had covered 35.274 kilometres (21 miles, 1,616 yards): a new British record for the penny hour, 1,313 metres further than Attlee’s ride 127 years before but still 269 metres short of Rowe’s 132-year-old world record for the penny hour.
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Awesome effort. Sometime later at the urologist Doctor : 'this is the most severe case of gnackering I've ever witnessed, what have you been doing Mark, cycling on a Penny Farthing for one hour? Mark : Umm
The gear inches on these bikes is only about 52-56 inches, depending on tire size. A modern road bike is probably more than twice that at around 125+ inches. It's incredible to maintain a 22 mph speed, even on a flat track at a gear inches of 50 something. Very tough to go up hills at that gearing also.
Absolutely fantastic
Thanks for the content
Congratulations!
What a Nicke bikes, And very good Rims double channel rims like a modern bike rim!!!
Regard From Penny Farthing Indonesia 👏👏👏
@Britclip
6 ай бұрын
Good to hear from you - have you seen this one? - kzread.info/dash/bejne/q5yNz6WzY9LAc5s.html
Was the old record solo? Or drafting, like it is here? It makes a huge difference!
@charlieb85
10 ай бұрын
Drafting.
The guy on the green bike didnt pay attention in class about circumference and distance
So like can 1 person sit on the handle bars while another person pedals the penny farthing?
@stevek8829
3 жыл бұрын
In the hood
Take that Tour de France!
wheres bright purple?????
small wheel maybe have electric engine in it, therefore it is covered for aerodynamics..
@kevinjackson7539
3 жыл бұрын
😂
Even with modern bikes lol
Clipless pedals on a bike with which an emergency procedure is to leap off! How logical.
@charlieb85
10 ай бұрын
They would of had toe straps in the old days, now penny racers just use mtb or road cleats which is a bit safer than toe straps.
moço, que corrida ruim da peste, sou mais uma corrida de velotrol
I like Penny farthing ！
This is got to be
28secs of the record, q? How much more nutrition is in your diet, clean water in abundance before you rode! Better neumatics in your better tyres.
@charlieb85
10 ай бұрын
A bunch of amateurs attempting to beat a bunch of pros back in the day. Use a bunch of current pros straight out the Tour de France and they’ll smash it.