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"bent" rider qualifys for RAAM
Jim Kern did 486 miles in Saturdays early season RAAM qualifier in
Florida. A top DF racer only beat him by 10 miles for the fastest RAAM qulifier in the UMCA's history! Jim is 48 Chris is 32. A 16 year age diference. Great ride Jim Kern on your Bacchetta Aero! I am sure Team NoCom will easily beat this time? We shall see.... The Aero is the bike for a solo RAAM crossing. Mr. Gorilla |
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wrote in message oups.com... Jim Kern did 486 miles in Saturdays early season RAAM qualifier in Florida. A top DF racer only beat him by 10 miles for the fastest RAAM qulifier in the UMCA's history! Jim is 48 Chris is 32. A 16 year age diference. Great ride Jim Kern on your Bacchetta Aero! I am sure Team NoCom will easily beat this time? We shall see.... The Aero is the bike for a solo RAAM crossing. Mr. Gorilla If that was a 24 hour race I would say it was a hell of a feat for anyone, let alone a 48 year old, and expecially so if it was done without drafting. Are there previous records for the event, Mr. Gorilla? Has anyone broken the 500 mile mark? skip |
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skip wrote: If that was a 24 hour race I would say it was a hell of a feat for anyone, let alone a 48 year old, and expecially so if it was done without drafting. Are there previous records for the event, Mr. Gorilla? Has anyone broken the 500 mile mark? skip Here is Rich Pinto's full report from the Bacchetta list: Subject: Recumbent history made at Sebring 12/24 race (rambling, long) Recumbent and upright history was made at the Sebring RAAM qualifier this weekend, with simultaneous super human performances by 48 YO recumbent rider Jim Kern, and 32 YO upright rider Chris McDonald. Bacchetta team member's James Ossa, Jay Copp and Bill Wolf also did extremely well, medaling in their various categories despite some serious intestinal and other medical problems. The event conditions were really tough, and it really took their toll on all of the riders at the race, with DNF's being common on both the 12 and 24 hour races. The Bacchetta team ended up completing their first centuries between 4:25 to 4:45, with three of the four riders competing in the no draft, 24 hour division. The Sebring course (despite being in supposedly flat Florida) has not been kind to those attempting to qualify for RAAM. The constant high winds, hills, and slowdowns for stop signs and turnarounds really conspired to keep the speeds much lower than they would be in ideal conditions. The former course 24 hour record holder (431 miles) from England was there doing the 12 hour race, and was previously the only male to ever qualify for RAAM (minimum 425 miles in 24 hours) at the event. Both Jim Kern and uprighter Chris McDonald were in the RAAM qualifier division, where any drafting or proximity to other riders at any point would result in a disqualification. On a day that was pleasant and sunny but very windy, the riders set out at 6:30 AM on a three mile loop of the 3.7 mile Sebring race track, then an 89 mile loop out on the open roads, and then back to do multiple laps on the 11.2 mile loop on the local roads. RIders would experience hundreds of hills, stops and slowdowns for traffic and turnarounds in the course of the 12 hour daytime ride, very far from an ideal course to maximize speed. After 6:30PM, the 12 hour race concluded, and the 24 hour riders rode onto to the mostly unlit concrete (with many expansion joints) Sebring racetrack for the 3.7 mile night loops. In the end, Bacchetta Aero rider Jim Kern ended up with 486.5 miles, just 26 seconds short of completing the lap that would have given him over 490 miles. Jim was riding a borrowed bike, with just a couple of mile test ride to fit him to the bike. Jim's final average speed was 20.41 MPH for 24 hours. We knew he had a chance to get his last 3.7 mile lap, and even people who did'nt know Jim got drawn into the screaming frenzy at the finish line as the official 24 hour time clock expired. Jim's 24 hour distance was more than doubles the previous UMCA 12 hour recumbent record of 241 miles set by Bryon Grimley in 2000. The upright rider Chris McDonald finished with 500 miles (!!) shortly before the time expired. IMO, after looking at the conditions and tracks involved in other UMCA upright records, his was possibly the single best one day performance on an upright in the history of the UMCA. Chris is the coach of a professional womens team in Denmark, and a US citizen who has been living abroad for the last several years. He had a Danish documentary film crew following him during and after the race, as he has apparently got quite a reputation in his adopted land. I got to talk to him and his dad for quite a while during and after the race, both very nice people. Thanks again to Jim, James, my St. Pete buds Jay and Bill, the tireless and supportive wives of Jay and and James... Carla and Conchi (sorry if I mispelled!), James son Jimmy, last years RAAM relay crew member Terry Frank (and her killer pooches Crystal and Rudy) Also congrats on the great 24 hour bent performances by Larry Grahm and Dave Balfour! Great job guys! Support was tougher than I thought, I'm going to sleep now for about two days ;) Rich Pinto Bacchetta Bicycles |
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Skip,
It is my understanding that at Serbring the winds are always high and the previous 24 hour record holder did 432 miles at last years event. So this DF dude was awesome and Jim Kern was awesome at 48! For what its worth Jim just got the bike from Rich Pinto the day before so this 24 hour was his maiden voyage on the bike! Most impressive! Mr. Gorilla |
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Hi,
Whereas 500 miles in a 24 hour period is an amazing achievement, it is not the record. On August 7, 2004, Andreas Clavadetscher of Liechtenstein set a new world 24-hour road of 505.37 miles at an average speed of 21.06 mph on the Schoetz-Aberswil-Gettnau road circuit in Switzerland. Shortly thereafter, on September 19, the 2004 Race Across America winner, Jur=E9 Robic of Slovenia broke the newly set record extending the distance to 521.975 miles at an average speed of 21.75 mph. Jim McNamara Zach wrote: skip wrote: If that was a 24 hour race I would say it was a hell of a feat for anyone, let alone a 48 year old, and expecially so if it was done without drafting. Are there previous records for the event, Mr. Gorilla? Has anyone broken the 500 mile mark? skip Here is Rich Pinto's full report from the Bacchetta list: Subject: Recumbent history made at Sebring 12/24 race (rambling, long) Recumbent and upright history was made at the Sebring RAAM qualifier this weekend, with simultaneous super human performances by 48 YO recumbent rider Jim Kern, and 32 YO upright rider Chris McDonald. Bacchetta team member's James Ossa, Jay Copp and Bill Wolf also did extremely well, medaling in their various categories despite some serious intestinal and other medical problems. The event conditions were really tough, and it really took their toll on all of the riders at the race, with DNF's being common on both the 12 and 24 hour races. The Bacchetta team ended up completing their first centuries between 4:25 to 4:45, with three of the four riders competing in the no draft, 24 hour division. The Sebring course (despite being in supposedly flat Florida) has not been kind to those attempting to qualify for RAAM. The constant high winds, hills, and slowdowns for stop signs and turnarounds really conspired to keep the speeds much lower than they would be in ideal conditions. The former course 24 hour record holder (431 miles) from England was there doing the 12 hour race, and was previously the only male to ever qualify for RAAM (minimum 425 miles in 24 hours) at the event. Both Jim Kern and uprighter Chris McDonald were in the RAAM qualifier division, where any drafting or proximity to other riders at any point would result in a disqualification. On a day that was pleasant and sunny but very windy, the riders set out at 6:30 AM on a three mile loop of the 3.7 mile Sebring race track, then an 89 mile loop out on the open roads, and then back to do multiple laps on the 11.2 mile loop on the local roads. RIders would experience hundreds of hills, stops and slowdowns for traffic and turnarounds in the course of the 12 hour daytime ride, very far from an ideal course to maximize speed. After 6:30PM, the 12 hour race concluded, and the 24 hour riders rode onto to the mostly unlit concrete (with many expansion joints) Sebring racetrack for the 3.7 mile night loops. In the end, Bacchetta Aero rider Jim Kern ended up with 486.5 miles, just 26 seconds short of completing the lap that would have given him over 490 miles. Jim was riding a borrowed bike, with just a couple of mile test ride to fit him to the bike. Jim's final average speed was 20.41 MPH for 24 hours. We knew he had a chance to get his last 3.7 mile lap, and even people who did'nt know Jim got drawn into the screaming frenzy at the finish line as the official 24 hour time clock expired. Jim's 24 hour distance was more than doubles the previous UMCA 12 hour recumbent record of 241 miles set by Bryon Grimley in 2000. The upright rider Chris McDonald finished with 500 miles (!!) shortly before the time expired. IMO, after looking at the conditions and tracks involved in other UMCA upright records, his was possibly the single best one day performance on an upright in the history of the UMCA. Chris is the coach of a professional womens team in Denmark, and a US citizen who has been living abroad for the last several years. He had a Danish documentary film crew following him during and after the race, as he has apparently got quite a reputation in his adopted land. I got to talk to him and his dad for quite a while during and after the race, both very nice people. Thanks again to Jim, James, my St. Pete buds Jay and Bill, the tireless and supportive wives of Jay and and James... Carla and Conchi (sorry if I mispelled!), James son Jimmy, last years RAAM relay crew member Terry Frank (and her killer pooches Crystal and Rudy) Also congrats on the great 24 hour bent performances by Larry Grahm and Dave Balfour! Great job guys! Support was tougher than I thought, I'm going to sleep now for about two days ;) Rich Pinto Bacchetta Bicycles |
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The Bachetta bikes are excellent long-distance machines. Comfortable,
fast, and with no-problems handling. Kudos to the Bachetta team! BikingBill rollin on 26's. |
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BikingBill wrote: The Bachetta bikes are excellent long-distance machines. Comfortable, fast, and with no-problems handling. Kudos to the Bachetta team! BikingBill rollin on 26's. I agree. So far my longest ride on my Aero was a 400 kilometre brevet in 2004 and I've done 7 double centuries on an Aero since getting my first Aero in the spring of 2003. If the roads are dry the Aero is my bike of choice for long rides. BTW, Jim Kern has been on several of the double centuries I've done in the past couple years though riding his Barcroft Dakota. He is nice to ride with when I can keep up with him. Zach |
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As ususual your posts are stupid and ignorant Mr Mac.
But of course this is usenet and I can say it like it is. The course in Florida was held on real roads except for the night portion of the event which was held on a controlled track. America and RAAM conqures all comers weather they win or not. It is that tough of an event. Few people want to compete since there is little sponsorship and out of pocket expense can exceed 20000 dollars to do this event. So Mr. Mac are you going to sign up and ride your trike? Mr. Gorilla |
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