John 'O' Groats To Lands End - Our Story & Potential Record?
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CONVOIEXCEPTIONNEL said:
Vaud said:
In the second photo (which is a bit blurry) are you on the A55 (squinting at the Satnav)? Or was this from another trip just to show the set up?
I believe it was the on the A9 somewhere on the way to JOG the day before. Sorry just looked again, it was the A55 by Chester. Sharp eyes my friend.
thegreenhell said:
To do it properly you need revolving numberplates. You should also paint the car in white emulsion, assuming you're doing the run in dry weather, that you can then wash off during your fuel stop for a complete colour change. Thus you will now be in a red Lamborghini while the police are all looking for a white Lamborghini.
Suppose you leave your white Lamborghini at the service station and jump into a fully fueled red one for the rest of the journey. Would that still count?these people achieved this:
The official Road Records Association record for rider on a conventional bicycle is 44 hours, 4 minutes and 20 seconds, set by Gethin Butler in 2001.[6] The record for cycling from Land's End to John o' Groats is held by Andy Wilkinson, who completed the journey in 41 hours, 4 minutes and 22 seconds on a Windcheetah recumbent tricycle.[7]
now that's impressive. Driving a car somewhere, much less impressive.
The official Road Records Association record for rider on a conventional bicycle is 44 hours, 4 minutes and 20 seconds, set by Gethin Butler in 2001.[6] The record for cycling from Land's End to John o' Groats is held by Andy Wilkinson, who completed the journey in 41 hours, 4 minutes and 22 seconds on a Windcheetah recumbent tricycle.[7]
now that's impressive. Driving a car somewhere, much less impressive.
I'm very interested in what equipment was used, detectors, jammers, gps, the works. DOn't suppose i'll get much of an answer though, considering the repercussions (jammers)
austinsmirk said:
these people achieved this:
The official Road Records Association record for rider on a conventional bicycle is 44 hours, 4 minutes and 20 seconds, set by Gethin Butler in 2001.[6] The record for cycling from Land's End to John o' Groats is held by Andy Wilkinson, who completed the journey in 41 hours, 4 minutes and 22 seconds on a Windcheetah recumbent tricycle.[7]
now that's impressive. Driving a car somewhere, much less impressive.
here you go, start a thread https://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/forum.asp?h=0&...The official Road Records Association record for rider on a conventional bicycle is 44 hours, 4 minutes and 20 seconds, set by Gethin Butler in 2001.[6] The record for cycling from Land's End to John o' Groats is held by Andy Wilkinson, who completed the journey in 41 hours, 4 minutes and 22 seconds on a Windcheetah recumbent tricycle.[7]
now that's impressive. Driving a car somewhere, much less impressive.
Edited by rampageturke on Wednesday 11th April 13:26
austinsmirk said:
these people achieved this:
The official Road Records Association record for rider on a conventional bicycle is 44 hours, 4 minutes and 20 seconds, set by Gethin Butler in 2001.[6] The record for cycling from Land's End to John o' Groats is held by Andy Wilkinson, who completed the journey in 41 hours, 4 minutes and 22 seconds on a Windcheetah recumbent tricycle.[7]
now that's impressive. Driving a car somewhere, much less impressive.
zzzThe official Road Records Association record for rider on a conventional bicycle is 44 hours, 4 minutes and 20 seconds, set by Gethin Butler in 2001.[6] The record for cycling from Land's End to John o' Groats is held by Andy Wilkinson, who completed the journey in 41 hours, 4 minutes and 22 seconds on a Windcheetah recumbent tricycle.[7]
now that's impressive. Driving a car somewhere, much less impressive.
CONVOIEXCEPTIONNEL said:
I plotted there timings on my map and tried to work out there strategy and tried tirelessly to try and contact the OP, I wanted to know everything,
Very sadly neither of them are still alive and haven't been for a number of years which is why you didn't have much success. I'll send you a message.
.... or not as your accounts too new to receive them.
poppopbangbang said:
Very sadly neither of them are still alive and haven't been for a number of years which is why you didn't have much success.
I'll send you a message.
.... or not as your accounts too new to receive them.
I was going to say that that from all my research the only thing that a stood out, was that maybe a certain Porsche that had a the right sort of 'mods' may know something about it missingk story. How do we get in touch Mr Poppopbangbang?I'll send you a message.
.... or not as your accounts too new to receive them.
I can't vouch for the times or similar but technical bits about the car I can probably answer as back in the dim and distant (pre F1) past we built it. There are some things in the first post that I don't remember being the case but I suppose everyone is entitled to a bit of artistic license for the sake of the story.
We've built a few 996s over the years for all sorts of things so it's fair to say some things on mine started out on these cars or were inspired by them as mine was the last we built. Won't be something I'll be trying though as the risk/reward ratio is more than a bit on the wrong side for me.
We've built a few 996s over the years for all sorts of things so it's fair to say some things on mine started out on these cars or were inspired by them as mine was the last we built. Won't be something I'll be trying though as the risk/reward ratio is more than a bit on the wrong side for me.
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