Patrick Seabase

godtabh

Any one see this?

Fixie cyclist Patrick Seabase will take on the challenge of his life on June 3, 2015.

He intends to ride the first mountain stage of the 1910 Tour de France in the French Pyrenees in a single day from Bagnères de Luchon to Bayonne – through five passes, with nearly 7,000m of climbing and a distance of over 300 kilometres.

All this with one gear only, and no brakes.

Link

I like a challenge and all but this seems ridiculously dangerous

Alek

I wonder what are the gear inches he will choose for these climbs. 35? This may rip his legs off on descends... :eek:

dastardly00

I think he's using a 49/17 gear ratio.

dastardly00

Almost 9 hours in and he's covered 138km, including the Col de Peyresourde, Col d'Aspin, Col de Tourmalet, and Col d'Ausbique.

182km to go!

godtabh

dastardly00 wrote: »

Almost 9 hours in and he's covered 138km, including the Col de Peyresourde, Col d'Aspin, Col de Tourmalet, and Col d'Ausbique.

182km to go!

He wont walk straight for a long time after this effort!

Did the live tracking work for you?

omri

Will he need to change his rear tire or will it last to the end?

dastardly00

godtabh wrote: »

He wont walk straight for a long time after this effort!

Did the live tracking work for you?

The live tracking works for me. It just takes a minute or two to load when you open the web page.

Alek

dastardly00 wrote: »

I think he's using a 49/17 gear ratio.

76GI... 7000m climbing over 300km...

dastardly00

omri wrote: »

Will he need to change his rear tire or will it last to the end?

I think he's planning on using 3 rear tyres.

godtabh

dastardly00 wrote: »

I think he's planning on using 3 rear tyres.

He'll need a new arse too

omri

dastardly00 wrote: »

I think he's planning on using 3 rear tyres.

Well if RedBull is paying for them thats fine if not hes stoopid and should get a brake... those fixie weirdos...

lennymc

i did those climbs on a proper bike and they are a bit hard!! Fair play to him, I guess.

dastardly00

His machine:

rollingscone

descending tho...

ThisRegard

Seriously, how will he manage the descents ?

ford2600

ThisRegard wrote: »

Seriously, how will he manage the descents ?

He hasn't gone over 45km/h yet and is on last descent.

That's nearly a bigger downside to fixie than the misery of climbing; not being able to let rip on descents.

rollingscone

ford2600 wrote: »

He hasn't gone over 45km/h yet and is on last descent.

That's nearly a bigger downside to fixie than the misery of climbing; not being able to let rip on descents.

I'd love to know his cadence on the descents.

ford2600

rollingscone wrote: »

I'd love to know his cadence on the descents.

If gearing given is right about 124 at max speed!

magicbastarder

at least the bike should be fairly light for the climbs.

rollingscone

ford2600 wrote: »

If gearing given is right about 124 at max speed!

That's not toooooh bad...I guess

dastardly00

ThisRegard wrote: »

Seriously, how will he manage the descents ?

With a lot of skidding. That's his only option.

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ford2600 wrote: »

If gearing given is right about 124 at max speed!

Should be able to spin a good bit faster than that if he's anywhere decent fixed, whether he should or not is another question! The concentration needed to descend blows my mind even thinking about it. They must be single use shorts he's wearing!

This attempt annoys me irrationally. I don't specifically know why

nak

gadetra wrote: »

Should be able to spin a good bit faster than that if he's anywhere decent fixed, whether he should or not is another question! The concentration needed to descend blows my mind even thinking about it. They must be single use shorts he's wearing!

This attempt annoys me irrationally. I don't specifically know why

Probably better for the rider than the original race - better roads, tyres and the brakes probably weren't much use anyway.

A guy on a brakeless fixie was on the most challenging road ride I've done. It was in the Swiss Alps, he had trouble on some of the climbs, but wasn't alone there (some of us with multiple gears had to walk a couple of the steep sections too). We had to wait for him on the descents, didn't look like fun to me, but he enjoyed it and he was safer than some of the roadies.

Junior

dastardly00 wrote: »

With a lot of skidding. That's his only option.

and that's just in his shorts.. :D

rollingscone

nak wrote: »

Probably better for the rider than the original race - better roads, tyres and the brakes probably weren't much use anyway.

A guy on a brakeless fixie was on the most challenging road ride I've done. It was in the Swiss Alps, he had trouble on some of the climbs, but wasn't alone there (some of us with multiple gears had to walk a couple of the steep sections too). We had to wait for him on the descents, didn't look like fun to me, but he enjoyed it and he was safer than some of the roadies.

I remember an itv show did a review of a cork braked wooden wheeled 2spd TDF bike and described the braking as needing to be planned several days in advance.

godtabh

breaks dont stop you, they just slow you down

dastardly00

12 hours gone, and 'only' 100km to go!
One more major climb left, the Col d'Osquich, 5.1km at 5.7%.

omri

dastardly00 wrote: »

12 hours gone, and 'only' 100km to go!
One more major climb left, the Col d'Osquich, 5.1km at 5.7%.

If they have a live feed of this it must be extremely boring to watch...

Bloggsie

he must be one fit albeit crazy assed individual, bad enough climbing those on a fixie, but descending must be even worse, the temptation to just go nuts and bomb down hill after the number of hours he has spent in the saddle must be torture!

magicbastarder

sure it'd be great fun to just unclip as you crest the climb and descend with your legs stretched out.

rollingscone

godtabh wrote: »

breaks dont stop you, they just slow you down

Breaks are what happen when you don't brake.

godtabh

He did it. 309km in 15:52

The Cycling pianist

Well, he's finished. 309km in just under 16hours. 7611m climbed, average speed of 20kph, top speed of 58kph. Seems like a waste of a few amazing descents if you ask me....

dastardly00

The Cycling pianist wrote: »

Well, he's finished. 309km in just under 16hours. 7611m climbed, average speed of 20kph, top speed of 58kph. Seems like a waste of a few amazing descents if you ask me....

I wouldn't fancy descending the Col de Tourmalet on a fixie! :eek:

The Cycling pianist

dastardly00 wrote: »

I wouldn't fancy descending the Col de Tourmalet on a fixie! :eek:

That's what I mean by a waste! Descents are my favourite part of cycling, I'd hate to have to skid all the way down. Doing that route is a challenge on any bike, at least on a geared bike with brakes it would be somewhat enjoyable. Still, fair ****s to him for actually finishing