News
06.05.2012
16 full laps - 93.7km in one hour?
Riding Eiviestretto on Dekra is not to compare riding a UCI-bike on a wooden track where conditions are equal for the full hour. Dekra is not completely flat, so you have uphill and downhill. You can ride one curve at 98kmh and the next one at only 94kmh. Wind is the second factor who changes your speed.
So it is very diffucult to know during the record-attempt, where you really are compared to the mark to beat. I know which time I should have at the end of lap 8 to estimate if the record is feasible.
Analyzing my recordrun it should be possible to complete 16 full laps in one hour or doing 93.7km. If I manage to be only some seconds faster for every lap after run 3 the result could really be over 93kmh. That means to ride at 95+kmh after the accellerating period. Do more than 95 on dekra means to have something around 101kmh as top speed and not less than 93kmh at the slowest point of the track.
People ask if 100kmh are possible....
Calculate by yourself...
01.05.2012
What's up?
What are we doing in the last months?
From my part I am training again to attack my own hour-record. The goal is to have more fun during my training session, so I am often on my mountainbike and enjoy the nature. But of course, the training on my highracer is still gonna be more and more important.
Furthermore a student team from the ETH in zurich asked me to support them developing a streamlined tandem. Today I gave them my first inputs and I hope the project will go on.
And Jukka and Oliver from Finland are diligent working and testing their Ristretto. Oliver rode the bike fully faired and reached 78kmh on the Nokia proving ground. Only a flat tire stopped him going faster. On the picture he doesn't look angry about it...
Oliver shares his impressions and experiences working and riding the Ristretto. For more information visit bike2c24.com
07.02.2012
Carbon Kickbike
How can you make your assistant happy? Build him a bike! Stefan is an enthusiastic kickbiker with a lot of know-how. His dream was a very fast, light and pretty bike. He calls the new bike simply "blackbird".
Next he tests the bike and after them we do the surface work. The bike has corima tubular rims (700C and 20").
02.01.2012
New Trainingbike
After the record this Summer I trained with my Roadracer to readapt myself on a normal bike. The office where I work planned to climb up a nice pass, the Grosse Scheidegg. All did it with E-Bikes and changed their batteries on the half way. I did it with my BMC and was as fast as they were.
After this nice trip I only rode bikes for fun. I enjoyed mountain biking in the emmental - we had a splendid autumn - and I could imagine to replace recumbents with single trails!
But, don't worry, I'll not stop, not having a rocket like Eiviestretto in the garage! So with Stefan I built a new Carbon-Trainingbike for the next season.
19.12.2011
Ristretto - new pilots
What can we do with two streamliners in the garage? Do you ever ride the older one again? Is it useful to have such a pretty and fast bike like the Ristretto under blankets? - NO !!
It was not easy for me but I decided to sell my lovely bike to somebody who will show this bike on events and race it hopefully with success for as long as possible.
The new owners are Oliver and Jukka from Finland. Oliver will use the bike for sprints and Jukka for long distances.
Both are smaller than me, so I adapted the frame for them. We tested the bike with the new setup and I have the impression, ristretto works better with smaller riders. The weight distribution looks better, so Ristretto should be more stable than when I rode it.
I'll support the new riders with my knowledge to make the bike faster than in the past. I learned a lot in the cooperation with Damjan Zabovnik, building the Eiviestretto this year.
Go go go Oliver and Jukka!