Battle Mountain '24
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Topic: Battle Mountain '24
Posted By: legs_larry
Subject: Battle Mountain '24
Date Posted: 28 July 2024 at 9:41pm
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It’s just been officially announced in Mr Zuckerberg's Walled Garden that 2024 will be the last time that Al'n'Alice Krause will be Race Directors. Hopefully someone will step up to the plate to keep the event going in the future, but you may rest assured that this Unit has his ------------- ==================== a bit ov a lyv wyr by slof standirds |
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Posted By: legs_larry
Date Posted: 06 September 2024 at 2:00pm
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Morning all! This Unit is now in-country and ye Automatick Diary is in business: https://automatic-diary.blogspot.com/" rel="nofollow - https://automatic-diary.blogspot.com/ ------------- ==================== a bit ov a lyv wyr by slof standirds |
Posted By: AlanGoodman
Date Posted: 06 September 2024 at 4:01pm
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Posted By: legs_larry
Date Posted: 07 September 2024 at 4:02pm
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Not a lot happening yet though I'm told that an idiot van driver rocked up at the high school, used their forklift without authorisation to unload the crate containing Cerberus (the Italian handcycle), got some random stooge to sign for it and b****red off. This very close to close of play on Thursday pm and with Friday not being a skool day here the machine came perilously close to being marooned until Monday morning. Fortunately the team managed to track it down and rescue it just in time. Bit of a volunteer shortage, so there's still time for youse lot to hop on a plane to Las Vegas or San Francisco and come and do your duty  ------------- ==================== a bit ov a lyv wyr by slof standirds |
Posted By: legs_larry
Date Posted: 07 September 2024 at 11:14pm
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This just in:
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Guillaume de France wrote:Posted By: legs_larry
Date Posted: 08 September 2024 at 9:30pm
First qualifying runs done and dusted. No silly high speeds except from your intrepid reporter's Kia which, in spite of looking like a garden shed, still reached more than 130 mph according to the speedo, which agrees with GPS at least up to 80. Wild Bill Thornton fastest at just under 53 mph in a Milan RS velomobile. Full results: This Unit's photos in the BM 2024 albums at here: https://www.flickr.com/photos/mr_larrington/albums" rel="nofollow - https://www.flickr.com/photos/mr_larrington/albums ------------- ==================== a bit ov a lyv wyr by slof standirds |
Posted By: russellbridge
Date Posted: 08 September 2024 at 11:28pm
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Uncharacterstic fall from Ellen? And Adam struggling with the right-way-up gravity? |
Posted By: legs_larry
Date Posted: 09 September 2024 at 4:27am
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Ellen got away OK, it was team-mate David who didn't. Adam hadn't actually done any testing with the full body on. Ellen's slow time apparently down to Hans moving the gear shift control after the testing they did back home and then not telling her. So she couldn't find it... Evening runs a bust. Wind. Not helped by our accidentally starting the evening runs half an hour ahead of schedule. Lizanne in the MQ2 trike the only runner in heat one - 34.82 mph with a wind about five times the legal maximum. No takers at all for heat two. Heat three delayed until its proper time; only Peter in the DF velomobile finished with a 52.56. Wind had dropped substantially but not enough to be legal. Ellen pulled up on the course with camera issues; Lizanne having a second go because "I'm an athlete" also stopped with a rubbing tyre. Not the best evening we've ever had, that. ------------- ==================== a bit ov a lyv wyr by slof standirds |
Posted By: legs_larry
Date Posted: 09 September 2024 at 6:48pm
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Adam & David both qualified. More issues for MQ2 & Cerberus. Got to drive Lynn Briggs' supercharged Camaro. w00t! ------------- ==================== a bit ov a lyv wyr by slof standirds |
Posted By: legs_larry
Date Posted: 10 September 2024 at 4:50am
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More wind in the evening. Adam Hari knocking on the door with a non-legal 59.80 mph. Cyclone's front tyre let go after Daniel had gone through timing. Rider OK, bike condition TBA. ------------- ==================== a bit ov a lyv wyr by slof standirds |
Posted By: legs_larry
Date Posted: 10 September 2024 at 10:18pm
Less wind this morning means the Morris twins' 39.19 mph run on the short course constitutes a world record for women's 12-14 multirider multitrack vehicles. Everyone has now qualified and, moreover, passed the 40 mph mark that allows them to run the full course. David Van Erd earned the first Hat of the year with a 53.82 mph pass and Admiral Sir Viscount Timelord Jun Nogami did a 45.54 mph run in Peter Borenstadt's DF velomobile, setting an example to Timlords everywhere.. Only one DNF this morning; Christopher Koehlmann in Tempest, when the  Sheared bolt(s). Currently hiding from the jammy fingers and germ-laden sneezes of the third graders attending the Show & Shine.------------- ==================== a bit ov a lyv wyr by slof standirds |
Posted By: legs_larry
Date Posted: 11 September 2024 at 4:25am
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Windy again this evening. No takers for heat one and only one for heat 2 - Christopher in whichever of the Toronto bikes he was in, who pulled up with another mechanical after not very far at all. Three riders in the final heat when the wind had dropped markedly. 51.52 for Peter, a big improvement to 48.11 and a stonking 56.48 for Lizanne. No legal winds though, so the Women's Multitrack record of 56.42 mph is still safe with BRITAIN'S Yasmin Tredell, set back in 2019. Weather forecast for tomorrow is the Suxx0r. ------------- ==================== a bit ov a lyv wyr by slof standirds |
Posted By: legs_larry
Date Posted: 11 September 2024 at 8:24pm
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Too windy for any meaningful runs this morning. Strong cross/tailwind meant improved speeds for the Toronto PSOs s their bikes sail pretty well! Lincoln McDonald fastest with 58.52 mph. ------------- ==================== a bit ov a lyv wyr by slof standirds |
Posted By: legs_larry
Date Posted: 12 September 2024 at 12:57am
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Wednesday evening cancelled because WIND chiz. ------------- ==================== a bit ov a lyv wyr by slof standirds |
Posted By: legs_larry
Date Posted: 12 September 2024 at 8:45pm
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Chilly but calm this morning meaning a new World Record for Team Policumbent's Diego Colombari: Mean's Arms-Only, 51.75 mph. Forza Diego! Speeds generally high by this year's standards with David Van Erd in Orange Bullet (currently in white primer) and Daniel Tykei in Cyclone both over 60 mph. David's 62.62 is the fastest run of the week thus far. And Professor Sir Duke Admiral Marshal Timelord Jun Nogami earned at 50 mph hat with a 51.67 mph run in Petr Borenstadt's DF.
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Posted By: russellbridge
Date Posted: 12 September 2024 at 10:15pm
| Currently in white primer? They’ve painted it this week in BM??? |
Posted By: legs_larry
Date Posted: 13 September 2024 at 4:05am
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It was naked carbon with optional Kevlar crash panels until this morning, but now... Screaming headwind this evening and reports of an escaped cow*. Also a bit of a cockup by Toronto trying to go to the aid of a non-moving bike causing Diego to come to a grinding halt a mile and a half into his run. I'm told there were many two-handed words in the Policumbent van after that one. Best run of the evening was David's 58.65 in the partly-painted Orange Bullet. The nose has turned orange since this morning. * No cow during the sweep run. Reports of cow as bikes lining up on the start. No cow when the Italians went to chase it away. Passing Fedex Lady knows how to round up cows but this only works if you can find the cow. We blamed aliens. Edit: https://flic.kr/p/2qg1Gg6" rel="nofollow">  https://flic.kr/p/2qg1Gg6" rel="nofollow - Orange Bullet - David up by https://www.flickr.com/photos/mr_larrington/" rel="nofollow - Mr Larrington , on Flickr
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Posted By: atlas_shrugged
Date Posted: 13 September 2024 at 9:07am
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A headwind should dry out the new orange paint nicely. |
Posted By: Kim
Date Posted: 13 September 2024 at 11:33am
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Ah, the patented Trinity Zoomers go-faster-ORANGE technique...
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Posted By: legs_larry
Date Posted: 13 September 2024 at 9:26pm
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They're going to paint the rest of it this afternoon in addition to trying to nail persistent issues with their camera systems which sidelined the bike this morning. It's Friday 13th... Pillbug had a flat less than 1 km from the traps. Kai had to park Tempest because the gear shifter came loose. And after a cold but calm start the wind picked up and nobbled our attempt to set some 600/200 m records by Lizanne and Diego. Big ups to Adam Hari for the fastest run of the week thus far - 68.57 mph. Hopefully we'll get at least one rider over 70 coz Officer Aten will be most upset if he can't write anyone a speeding ticket this year. ------------- ==================== a bit ov a lyv wyr by slof standirds |
Posted By: legs_larry
Date Posted: 14 September 2024 at 4:31am
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Friday the 13th Part II: How hard can it be? Perfect conditions in the evening - warm and low wind. Diego will be kicking himself for staying away. Adam fastest with 72.31 closely followed by David's 70.32. We then got a new record, albeit not one we actually wanted as the Orange Bullet suffered terminal brake failure, blew through catch at more than 55 mph, overran the road block and continued two miles down the road hotly pursued by both the chase car and Officer Aten's truck with blues & twos ablaze. David remarkably sanguine. https://flic.kr/p/2qg886L" rel="nofollow">  https://flic.kr/p/2qg886L" rel="nofollow - Well, the brake fell off... by https://www.flickr.com/photos/mr_larrington/" rel="nofollow - Mr Larrington , on Flickr. Single disc brake on the rear wheel. Bike out of action for the duration though Ellen is going to run one of the Milan velomobiles tomorrow in an attempt to regain the Women's Multitrack record, which Lizanne didn't quite reach tonight, clocking 55.76 mph. The four Toronto riders - Lincoln, Ethan, Christopher and Daniel - were all over 60 with Ethan breaking 65 into the bargain. There were also the drag races this arvo, which I did not attend. Lizanne won on her track bike. ------------- ==================== a bit ov a lyv wyr by slof standirds |
Posted By: legs_larry
Date Posted: 14 September 2024 at 10:59pm
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Cold again this morning with winds light at the beginning and end of the session but too high in the middle. World records? You want 'em, we got 'em! The Morris twins upped theirs twice with 43.51 mph in the first heat and 44.87 in the last, some two hours later. In between times, Lizanne had two assaults on the 600/200 metre record, which has stood to Alaina DeWit with 37.04 mph for just over thirty years. Her first run was at 39.71 mph but the wind had just crept too high so she had another run at the end and clocked a legal 39.34. This in addition to a 54.38 mph pass on the full course in the first and thus coldest heat. Her new record is for any category of vehicle too, not just multitrack. Diego had another crack at the 600/200 too, currently held by BRITAIN'S Ken Talbot at 33.81 mph but was around 2 mph shy. He's hoping to have another go tonight if the wind is coöperative. Other speeds weren't as high as yesterday evening but it's pleasing to report that Kai Zabitsky cracked 50 with ju-u-u-u-st legal wind earning herself both a Hat and an evening run. We also had the much-vaunted head-to-head-velomobile race. My view of this was not enhanced by three chase cars between me and the competitors but after a tactical start Peter took off at half distance and finished well ahead of Niklas and Weibke in the two Milans. Not sure what order the other two finished in coz I only saw them finish in the drone footage. ------------- ==================== a bit ov a lyv wyr by slof standirds |
Posted By: legs_larry
Date Posted: 15 September 2024 at 7:16am
Quick update on the final runs of the year while the kettle boils very slowly on puny USAnian electricity. Too windy for the first two heats to do anything meaningful but the third heat saw the wind drop and a new Australian record for Adam Hari in Millennium: 75.62 mph. And a Women's Multitrack World record for Lizanne Wilmot in MQ2: 60.17 mph. Noble BRITONS must do their duty and return mob-handed in 2025 to put these colonial upstarts in their Proper Place. And much emotion as Al and Alice Krause bow out from running the event since 2006 
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