Cycling 100 Miles In Less Than 3 Hours! | New World Record!
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- Äas pĆidĂĄn 7. 11. 2020
- Cycling 100 miles is a big milestone for any bike rider! But just how fast is it possible to cover the distance? British amateur cyclist Jonathan Shubert recently broke his own world record for the fastest ever 100 mile bike ride with no drafting - and Hank went along to see just how he managed it!
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How fast could you ride 100 miles? Let us know in the comments below!
about 8 hours :P
Let me try it on flats and in a fast velomobile
Say about 48 hours including time for passing out on the side of the road...
I did it under 7 hours.
my fastest 100 mile so far is just over 6 hours but im confident in get that down closer to 5 having only started really cycling 6 months ago.
- Bae come over.
- I can't I'm 160.93km away.
- My parents aren't home
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HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA.
lmao
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160.93km lmao
Seaching google maps for a 100 mile hill descent.
đđđđ lazy boy
@@ekaasettrevor1570 well the recent Everesting Record was done with a massive tailwind.
@@bitchoflivingblah On the ups or on the downs??
rusty bucket ups
From Lolo pass in Montana going down the lochsa river into Idaho. Not a particularly steep descent but fairly consistent and i think itâs just over 90 miles
The most impressive thing is that he stopped to get changed and give a bike tour in the middle of it.
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Iâm not sure thatâs what happened
@@karenthomas7555 r/woosh
@@anshiletv9016 Go away
@@karenthomas7555 karensđ€Ł
The most surprising thing I've noticed watching this, is that Hank has embarked on a 100 mile trip with less than a quarter tank of petrol.
At 35 mph and with a massive tailwind.. Probably not an issue. đ
In an Audi S4
Is that really surprising? I feel like Hank stopping for gas just in case would be far more out of character.
Especially in an S4
Petrol adds grams, heâs just being a true weight weenie!
Wow. I did 100 miles in 7 hours and thought I was doing something lol.
100 miles is a big achievement regardless of how long it takes!
Well that's very good at around 15mph average. I only get around 6-9mph average, maybe because I only cycle in the city and I have to stop at traffic lights often
@@annabelholland mine was mostly back roads and trails, With very little through major roads.
@@gcn Glad you said that, because I started my 100 miles three years ago. Still going.
@@annabelholland me too. I suspect itâs the traffic and lights.
Exceptional! I never thought that an audi could drive 100 miles without breaking down.
LOL. Last year I drove my Volvo V90 13,000 km in 2 months. Didn't even air the tires. Oil change at 10,500 miles. Had my CCM 3 speed on the roof. LOL
HAHAHA
Lol
Better than bmw
Lmao this comment got međ€Łđ€Ł
The most impressive thing is that the 28 mph tailwind managed the course in a little over 3 and a half hours.
Watching a cyclist on dual carriageway just gives me mega anxiety
I see that everyday on my way to work and they ain't got no safety vehicles with em! Must have a death wish
@@euanduncan1885 Itâs legal on UK dual carriageways but illegal on motorways, however there are select dual carriageways that do ban cyclists
Proper sketchy isnât it. I could never race on a road where drivers have a whole extra lane to overtake me, with no oncoming traffic. Give me a beaten up old B road with blind bends every 50m any day of the week!
Go watch some TT back from 1995-1998 đ
That's why you don't hold any record mate. To gain something you have to risk something.
Holy crap I saw this guy! I was driving home from work and wondered what was going on.
Haha! Very cool.
lol imagine driving on a motorway and a cyclist overtakes you...
Cyclists are not allowed on motorways. That is an a road dual carriageway where all vehicles are allowed, even pedestrians
I actually overtake a lot of cars on dual carriageway roads... while theyâre stuck in traffic jams and I quietly cruise past them lol
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@@anshiletv9016 why post a link that's not related to cycling or to prove that cyclists cannot cycle on motorways?
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I cycled with Jon in 2013 while he was on his way around the planet! Well done, mate. đ
Love your channel!
And for the first time in history; a world record attempt was not a failure in front of GCN cameras !
Great content (as usual) by the way ! :)
This is true.
Not true! We got the Penny Farthing hour record TWICE in one day.....
@@gcn my bad ! I forgot this one đ
@@charlys.6747 I evidently never found it when I watched the catalog.
@@gcn I bet Hank is still sore from that day :-)
Does this mean us cyclists with bellies are more aero? Iâm going to name my belly the âaero bellyâ
Jep, that's true... a belly is more aero.
@@Sir-Prizse ! I'm cutting my diet right now. Bacon butty anyone ?
Mint or Orange Aero? đ
he's not fat at all, when he was standing up he looked pretty lean. He put his camel back down the front of his skinsuit
@@shaunb93291 but we don't need a camelbak to be aero.
I did my first century ride over RAGBRAI 2022. I am 15 years old and I was on the road from 6:00 AM to about 4:30 PM. That day was 105 miles long with a 20 mph tailwind that admittedly helped a LOT but I still thought my time was pretty good, I even hit about 24 mph for a while đ I thought that my 10 and a half hours was good (more like 7 and a half if I don't count the breaks I took) but Jonathan's ride was just incredible!! I'm so glad I took the time to check this out đ
"The bicycle is a wonderful tool to express yourself and discover yourself" No need to say anything else.
I did 100 miles in 2 hours, my car was quiet dirty tho
Yeah, but was it official?
@@relikvija it was a joke.
@@OldHunters As was relikvija's reply, but you appear to have missed that
Quite*. Also you did it in a car so it doesnât count.
@@jayasmrmore3687 do you purposefully misunderstand jokes too?
Even more impressive with those incredibly sketchy roads. He had to be very alert and careful the entire ride.
Thanks Hank & GCN for covering this epic attempt and Big congrats Jon. Loved it, way to go All!
Glad you enjoyed it!
Had the pleasure to ride with Jonathan a while back (pre COVID) when he joined our weekly club ride
Amazing rider well done Jonathan ! !
Always interesting to see where your old teachers end up! Incredible!
A GCN host behind the wheel of a car just doesnât look right!
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at least its a proper Audi S4 Avant :)
And not even wearing his kit.
Wellll itâs the Grand Tour
@@derHERRderVIERringe super nice car
I can't even fathom the effort required even with that immense tailwind. Absolutely exceptional effort smashing your own record. 100 miles sub 3hree hours doesn't even sound like a possible sentence. Take my hat off to you đđđđ
It's pretty mind bending when you think about it, isn't it.
280 watts
All you have to do is have stamina and maintain 30-35mph for 3 hrs man.
@@december7403 best to not think of the speed, but rather the power. Watts is watts, regardless of the massive tailwind. There are heaps of WT pros who can do far more than 280W normalized power for three hours. I was skeptical when I heard the wind data, and the power data makes it clear this was more an exercise in aero optimization, route choice, and favorable winds as opposed to pure human physical achievement.
Itâs called sarcasm ok boomer?
He seems like a very humble person, well done to you and your teamđ
Reminds me of my third attempt at speedrunning RideLondon in 2019. Having had my previous attempt (2018, the one when it was a monsoon for 4 hours) go disastrously wrong with an unfixable puncture 3km from the finish I was determined to properly break 5 hours this time. Got just about everything going my way with the weather and getting in a big group early, nailed the fuelling and finished in 4:36:41 (average 34.9km/h), it is one of my favourite sporting achievements to date
This is nuts, that dual carriageway is about 100 yards from my house, and I would never even dare go down it. Fair play for smashing it like that.
Those look like typical roads I use, just to get to work. Unlike the UK roads, the ones I use have a breakdown lane, an only one off ramp, w/ traffic lights at each intersection.
@@johnthrasher5613 Lucky you. Mine mostly don't have a parking lane, but the drivers are used to slower vehicles here. Usually there's one a$$hat per day who'll lay on the horn, but everyone else is really good.
@@wilfdarr I just ignore the horn, an đŽ on.
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Yes, that doesn't look fun at all.
Ol' Boy casually leaning back with map and cellphone talking to cameraman in backseat freaked a lot of peeps out in the US :P
Canadian here, ya I had to look twice as well! If you ain't driving on the right side, your obviously on the wrong side.
Is that because he was wearing a cyclocross jersey?!
The lack of mask-wearing in that car was freaking out plenty of people in the UK, too...
15:05 w/subtitles: "the muscles are starting to fatigue...I'm hoping he's just able to hold this pie". I'm not sure that would help him at this point Hank.
Tailwind ?? Whats that ? I never encoutered this one in all my years of cycling.
Itâs when the wind is on your back.
The wind can be on your back? Ive never heard of such a thing!
hehe
I've stopped in the middle of the damn road. Turn around and went the other way.
Still a headwind!
But seriously, on a really hot day I would rather have a little head wind than just enough tailwind that I'm in dead still hot air.
One of my proudest KOM's is a 20 mile segment that I timed with a nice tailwind. They can happen!
I think he might have also set the record for riding on a road with the most amount of cars on it
All those trucks giving him a massive turn deserve credit in the record.
What isn't mentioned is why the chain fell off (damaged spring in the mechanism), and the fact that because of it Jon did the last 95 miles in one gear, grinding the inclines and crazy cadence downhill, which is probably what caused the cramps late on.
That is impressive, knowing you are at a disadvantage so early on must have just added to the physical and mental pressure of the challenge!!
It just goes to show that there are some extremely impressive non professional athletes who do it for the love/passion and not the fame or moneyđ
Well done Jonđ
Why didnât he just restart?? He was only 2 miles in, am I missing something?
Wow, so pleased for him. Extraordinary stuff. Great to watch. This year has given us so many bad news stories. Thank you for a great one đđŽââïžđđ
Amazing effort, great planning and a very well-deserved result. Congratulations!
Heres me patting myself on the back for doing 100 miles in 6 hours or less. Well done lad. Goes to show how much aero plays a part though as average power wasnt ridiculously high đ
100 miles is an achievement at any speed. I don't know my power, but I suspect it would be piddly.
He did go one-way, w/tailwind, an how flat was that route?
Where most of us đŽ around the neighborhood in which we live. Using roads available for mechanical, nourishment, an convenience.
This route was chosen specifically for this.
@@johnthrasher5613 True, I'd see significant gains in those conditions, but I still don't think I'd do sub 3 hours! Maybe you could...?
Power meters are notoriously unreliable: it's more of a training aid to make sure you're not cheating yourself. But comparing his power meter numbers to your power meter numbers is probably not all that relevant.
@@wilfdarr no. Probably 20+ yrs older, than this athlete. Everything is geared towards beating the record, which is understandable. Best I've done on Century is 6:16, and that was 2k of elevation, 50/50.
Starting in Milton Keynes is a bold choice. How you managed to navigate the labyrinth of Milton Keynes' roundabouts is a challenge at any speed.
Maybe they built Red Bull street circuit ramps over the middle of them?
He didn't start _in_ Milton Keynes. He started just outside.
Great effort Jonathan and great video GCN, this type of stuff is some of your best work.
Wow, amazing! Nothing like that feeling of over taking traffic through roundabouts.
From Aston Martin to Lotus in record time... And even better all on the roads I grew up on around Cambridge.
Brilliant work Jonathan!
That was amazing. I feel the adrenaline when I go down a hill at that kind of speed for a short time. Holding it for hours seems bizarre to me.
Thank you this is a really good video, interesting, well shot , this is good stuff, never mind the rider, Thank you for brightening up a dull Lockdown
Truly inspiring! Thanks Hank and the team đđ»
Having done these a few times in the past I am full of admiration for Jonathan - what an amazing effort.
Brilliant presentation. GCN are back with something I wanted to watch. There hasnât been much since Emma & Matt left.
So if the tailwind was quicker than 33 mph then any aero advantage he has is a disadvantage surely? If he had been wearing a big baggy jumper and flares maybe he could have gone even quicker?
That was crazy. What a ride. Thanks for the video. Take care and stay safe, Al
That was an amazing feat!! Very exciting and fun video to watch! I also liked the information on his "old" bike!
I know how that soreness feels too when you've cycled for that long (I can't imagine how painful it is near the end though) he's doing a fantastic job.
Exactly! How painful it is near the âend!â
He picked a great place to do the record at. I rode along the 10 freeway once for ten miles, my racing buddy and myself were crusing at 45 mph without even trying, lol. those cars produce an incredible wind current.
What an Incredible record. This was a fantastic Video and the rider is very humble. Thank you for Posting this.
This is really inspiring, well done mate đđŒ
I'll never understand the motivations of people who try to discredit the legitimate achievements of others.
Not feeling inferior maybe? Dunno
So you donât get the concept of competition?
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Incredible achievement!!! Thanks Hank for another amazing video!
That is absolutely PHENOMENAL!!! Not in a million years could I have imagined this happening. Great job.
Jon seems like such a down to earth guy, really well spoken on the context of his achievement. Love to see it
Total Congratulations Jonathan on an awesome ride, you have certainly set a high standard for any future attempts at this distance. Cheers John NZ.
That was amazing and great to meet you on the Doddie500. Chapeau
Bloody hell, remarkable achievement
Now, if I could just get that tailwind on my ride in the morning, thatâd be great ta!!
Turning the breaks inwards, gaintastic! Loved this! The attention to detail was awesome
Wow.. Incredible. Just Incredible.
Circumstances for me over past 4 years have restricted me but I met a over 50s GB cyclist Friday at work and seen this today.. To say I'm Inspired to spin my legs again is an understatement. Amazing. Healthy body/healthy mind in such difficult times. Thanks.
I did a 100 in 2hrs 52 minutes when I was on a team back in 87. In a paceline of course, wiped me out. No way I could do that solo.
Thatâs still insane, mustâve been a massive tailwind as well
@@elijahkwon422 no tailwind, loop course with hills and about a hundred degrees, about a mile high altitude. I was doing about 400 a week at the time.
@@elijahkwon422 Tailwinds only really effective when solo, otherwise only the person at the back is feeling the benefits and not not so much the person doing the pulling at the front. Would still be better than a headwind.
6 hours 42 mins and 10 seconds. 2019 Dartmoor classic. The last officially timed 100 miles that I've done. 107 miles and over 3000m of evelation gain.
But sub 3 hours for 100 miles flying.
Great effort! Safe to say 100 miles is challenging regardless of how fast you're going!
Best video ever from GCN.......hats off to Jonathan with an outstanding ride!
Man that was superhero stuff, well done Jonathan Shubert, and great video coverage from GCN as always
Just amazing, especially when you take into consideration that he's riding on a ten year old tome TT bike. And let's not forget his chain came off. I wonder how much faster he could've gone on a new slicker TT bike with no mechanical issues.
It didn't have any issues, he's obviously replaced all the parts over the years, only the frame is the same.
Those socks are well dodgy, "UCI!!!"
UCI has no power over this record
@@boeingbros0550 "You have no power here!"
UCI can suck a terd. I'm surprised they haven't banned chains.
Was thinking exactly the same, amazing achievement but please, white socks only, is important to look cool too. Armstrong started it with his god awful black socks.
@@pinarellolimoncello Ya it was socks that made him uncool, not the fact that he (and likely every other cyclist at the top of the field) was a juicing fraud...God you UCI guys are dumb.
Well done , massive respect young man, had a giant trinity , brilliant piece of kit
I was happy to do in seconds under 6hrs on a Brompton in the 2019 Ride London 100 (although was aiming for half hour quicker than that). Know for sure I wouldn't be anything close to this time on any bike. Just extreme kudos on the route planning, aero position, timing, and just awesome effort. It's a shame Strava doesn't allow multiple kudos for these kind of efforts. Just incredible on open roads, regardless of the tailwind, and especially considering issues. And love that it re-iterates the beer-gut being more aero. And seriously lovely sounding guy with it!
I'd love to ride for 100miles with a tailwind like that!!!!
So that was the guy draughting me from Milton Keynes to Norwich.
Congratulations đđđđ, fun to watch
Outstanding!!! This was đ superb!!!! More like this, great inspiration, and motivation!!!
How long do you recon that would take Rohan Dennis or Primoz Roglic?
This whole journey was at 33mph average; I always get around 6-9mph average
Iâm pretty sure you could do more than that if you pay attention to your speed
So what, you are out on the bike. In my book that is great.
Met een racefiets? Zou eens Strava downloaden en gewoon eens een rondje gaan fietsen buiten de stad. Kijken hoe snel je echt bent.
3 hours at 33 mph is only 99 miles.
these people really are superhuman !
Amazing feat, chapeu Jonathan! It just goes to show that an incredible challenge is never a match to human willpower, sound planning and consistent practice.
Amazing accomplishment and an amazing cycle, I love those tt bars! good job man.
7:37 the timekeepers admit that he is drafting off the passing traffic
Time trials are done on roads. Anybody who rides on the road is going to get some assistance from passing traffic. There's no way to avoid that, short of closing the road.
However, you'll notice that he was riding towards the left of the lane, as far from that passing traffic as reasonably possible. There was somebody disqualified from a UK time trial not too long ago for riding almost on the dashed line to get as much draft from the passing traffic as possible.
World record smashed by a regular man... That dude was far from regular when it comes to cycling. Great effort
280 watts for 3 hours in an aero position is so beyond average lol
@@supernoodles908 go on and get that record Hero
Insane effort. An inspiration for sure!
Incredible! Knowing how hard it is to keep that kind of average speed on a bike myself, I am very impressed!
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Well done...
Wow, thatâs impressive. Would like to see my old math teacher do that đ
Do u mean Micheal Broadwith
#awsome! I'm old and inspired by this and love his comments...no wonder I find the cycling community as adopted fam . Congrats on that effort mate , great clip again GCN crew ...
Really impressive! Congrats!! Many many congrats!
what an amazing feat, especially considering that he did this without disc brakes!
How can disc help him ?
@@Lord_Alhaitham that was a sarcastic statement regarding the disc brakes. Manufacturers and these sponsored CZcams channels keep pushing MTB brakes on road bikes just to make more money. To me this is a heavier and more complicated tech that is not needed on road bikes.
@@hansschotterradler3772 yeah same thoughts regarding the brakes , i also think that there's no use of disc brakes on a road bike đ
@@Lord_Alhaitham There's enough crap on the roads where I live that I'd much prefer disc brakes on my road bike to the horrible noise of dirty pads gouging chunks out of my rims. Wouldn't say no to brakes that work fully in the wet, either, though I agree that rim brakes work decently enough even when wet.
I thought I did good wow I did 110 miles in 6 hours. What a incredible men!!
Incredible achievement. Congratulations Jonathan. Inspirational stuff đ€©
Very inspiring video, thanks for posting. Such determination and athletic ability.
Today I did 100km in 3.5 hrs with 28.4km/h avg speed and i was so happy.....
Which bike do you have?
Try in a big tailwind. A 30 mph tailwing changes a lot your speed.
Canât even avg 33mph for a minute let alone 3 hrs
I hit 33 for about 45 seconds whilst being chased by a dog..
@@renegadetenor gotta start somewhere right?
can't even reach 33 mph
you can't because you don't have a 30mph tailwind....
Sills71 oh come on it can't just be the tailwind. that guy was so fast
It's such a relief to see a bike that's not top of the line (like GCN likes to promote over everything else) and basically a home garage project. Excellent effort!
Astonishing! You're a legend, Jonathan!
Amazing job! I can't help but think there's a better course to do this on.
Theres not really any 150+ mile stretches of flat empty road in England like there is in the states.
I bet He could shave off a couple minutes if he didnt ride in traffic, but I dont think he could justify the travel costs for just a WR attempt.
they said they spent ages planning the route .. so no i don't think there was a better course
Glad Hank didn't jinx the WR attempt this time đđđ»
This is a staggering achievement! Really staggering!.. Brilliant effort Johnathon đŽđđŽ
probably the best cycling video i have ever seen. our sprinting speed in the 70s!!!! so great to see an "average" bloke zooming along. i would have love to have tried that when i was young and fit.
Could've saved 3 hours off his time without the lights
You should be as light as possible without sacrificing safety
English car with MPH as the big number? I expected Kilometers to be the big number and miles to be the small number.
Congrats even a chain drop wasn't gonna stop him from breaking the 3 hour mark
The English use miles for speed/distance.
@@jamiegracie2458 I didnt know that thanks
Was the same in Australia for a while in the first few decades post metric change over. Big miles with small k's, then it was big k's and small miles, now just k's
Congrats Jonathan!!!! What a tremendous accomplishment!!!
Great to see an amateur rider smash that mark. Nobody can ever take that away from him. Being the first under 3 hours. British TT scene is fabulous. Still old school and still reliant on so many volunteers. Good video Hank.