Alex: One of the most prestigious records in cycling is the hour world record. The greatest
distance you can ride in one hour. Victor Campenaerts currently holds the men's hour
world record. What about the rest of us? We can't simply hire a velodrome, spend endless
money on wind tunnel testing and equipment. I did a little bit of research and found this,
the world hour record on bicycle rollers, which believe it or not, is an official Guinness World
Record. I love a good challenge so I’d better dust off the rollers and see what I've got.
The rollers current hour world record is held by Leonardo Saponaro from Italy and it sits at 57.18
kilometers. This is the bike I'm going to be using to take on the challenge today, my Pinarello F12.
I've carefully selected some parts to use for this. If you're interested in finding out more
about this bike, head over to the GCN Tech channel because I've got in-depth video detailing all
of these parts. The best thing about this hour world record is that you guys at home can have
a go too. It doesn't matter what indoor trainer setup you've got, just give it a go and see how
far you can get in one hour. Let us know in the comment section down below how you get on.
Anyway, back to my attempt. I've done some research and I've set myself a target of 60
kilometers. That's 2.83 kilometers than the current record. I've done a couple of test
runs at the right pace but only for 30 minutes. Today, I'm going to have to ride that pace for
twice as long so fingers crossed on that. I've got everything in place to record and validate
my efforts. I'm going to be using two Wahoo head units to record all the data that I need.
All that's left is for me to finish off my warm-up and make sure I'm ready for an hour of pain.
Right, I finished my warm-up and I'm ready to go. All that's left now is for the crowd
to count me in. Guys? Speaker 2:
Five. Speaker 3: Four.
Speaker 4: Three. Speaker 3: Two.
Speaker 4: One. Speakers: Go. Go. Go.
Alex: We’re 15 minutes in and so far the pace is looking promising.
I'm above what my schedule was so that's promising but the hotter I get,
the more my heart rate is creeping up. You have to sit tight and hope for the best.
We’re just over 30 minutes into this challenge here and it's so far so good. What I have noticed
is my heart rate started out around the 150 beat marker, whereas now we're right up into
the early 160s where my legs are getting a bit tired, I'm getting hotter and hotter,
and my body is having to work hard. I'm sitting at about an average cadence of a 100 RPM,
which right now is starting to get tiring but we're over the halfway marker, so fingers crossed.
We're just over 50 minutes in now, which means
there's less than 10 minutes to go. It's getting tougher and tougher.
My heart rate is going through the roof now because I'm just getting so hot.
We're up in the 170s now. Some good news, we've surpassed the current record, [cheering] which
is a bit of a sigh of relief for me but with the remaining time left, I have to get my head down,
crack on and push this record out as far as we can so the fingers crossed. No one can steal it back
but I guess it got us to just dig in. Super tough now. We're under seven minutes to go.
I'm getting a little bit confident so I'm trying to press on a bit harder.
I’ve upped my cadence to 110 RPM and my heart rate, roughly 175 now. I'm not going to lie,
it’s starting to suffer but for the viewers, we press on. let’s see what we can do.
We're at a 182 beats per minute, a cadence of a 112 RPM and a current speed of
78 kilometers an hour so well above record base. It’s taken its toll on me now.
We're into the last three minutes and I'm really having to push on and really work hard
and dig in for every last little bit of effort. We'll do it. Come on.
Final minute now. Trying to push on. Really, really, really struggling
but we're nearly here now. This is why we’re pressing on.
This reminds me a bit of pro bike rider again, every last bit of effort counts.
Last 30 seconds.
I'm going to lap it off at one hour.
184 beats a minute, 170 RPM. 10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1 and lap. Oh, my God. [gasping]
I need to keep pedaling. Oh my god, that was hard.
Right, I've caught my breath and I've uploaded my ride. The good news is I have set a new world
record. It’s unconfirmed as of yet but it sits at 74.3 kilometers. I'll tell you what,
I've impressed myself a little bit over that and I feel pretty happy. Here are some of the stats from
my rollers hour world record. Unsurprisingly, it was an hour. We've got 74.3 kilometers,
an average heart rate of 158 beats per minute, a maximum heart rate of 185 beats a minute,
average cadence a 100 RPM, maximum cadence 121. We've got an average speed obviously,
of 74.3 kilometers but most impressive is the maximum speed I hit right at
the end when I was really pushing on, 84.3 kilometers an hour. Pretty fast.
Well, that's the rollers world record done and dusted. It feels unreal to think that technically,
I'm a world record holder. I'm happy about that. That's for sure.
All that's left now is to submit a mountain of paperwork and evidence to the Guinness World
Record officials to verify this record. I hope this has inspired you to have a go home so why
don't you let us know in the comment section down below just how far you can ride in one hour. All
that's left for me now is to go get this sweaty kit off and have a shower and get ready for the
next GCN video. See you later. [00:09:45] [END OF AUDIO]