Mental: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jNtpEDnOn48

Scary. TBH I reckon the scariest bit would be the slowing down.

However, I'd like to know how folk come up with "official record" challenges like this. I mean, can you just invent any record challenge regardless of how many folk have / haven't tried it or even thought of it previously?

Sounds like a load of rubbish TBH. Our Guy (Martin) actually had a bike/frame modified by Rourke (I think that's who he went to) and a specific drivetrain to actually pedal at the higher speeds. Then when they let go of the truck he was slipstreaming he actually pedalled to gain the record.

Maybe it's time they just scrapped the whole Guinness thing...

Shaf' I think the difference is that this is a 'standard' bike?

Bearbonesnorm wrote: ↑Tue Jun 28, 2022 11:20 am Shaf' I think the difference is that this is a 'standard' bike?

Aha. Yes... I see (maybe ).

ScotRoutes wrote: ↑Tue Jun 28, 2022 10:44 am However, I'd like to know how folk come up with "official record" challenges like this. I mean, can you just invent any record challenge regardless of how many folk have / haven't tried it or even thought of it previously?

GWR set rules for things like this and will usually say to have to do it like an existing one if one exists. I have a GWR for..... Drum roll..... Organising the world's largest didgeridoo ensemble https://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/wo ... o-ensemble

GWR said it had to be done in certain ways, with scored music, certain length of time and to break the existing Austrian record. I can't remember what was suggested originally to them, but they came back saying it had to be done that way.

Back on topic; I thought Guy Martin's was a better record than just being dragged as fast as you dare, though I bet this one was bloody terrifying.

Moder-dye wrote: ↑Tue Jun 28, 2022 1:14 pm
GWR said it had to be done in certain ways, with scored music, certain length of time and to break the existing Austrian record. I can't remember what was suggested originally to them, but they came back saying it had to be done that way.

Breaking an existing record, I sort of get but who was the first to set that record and who decides what should and shouldn't be a new challenge?

Yeh, I know what you're saying, but the answer is basically GWR decide if they're interested and want your 'achievement' in 'thier club'. Some are obviously for impressive feats , some just quirky things.

Moder-dye wrote: ↑Tue Jun 28, 2022 1:14 pm I have a GWR for..... Drum roll..... Organising the world's largest didgeridoo ensemble https://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/wo ... o-ensemble

Thats far more impressive than getting dragged behind a motorbike at 130mph. I can't imagine the noise that must have made - maybe I can but I bet it was fab!

Yeh was quite a racket, but great fun for everyone involved. Had sections in the pitch of c, e and g, playing a rhythm seperately and then coming together with clap sticks, over and over for 5 minutes. Just a bit of fun for at the festival, but a GWR and unbroken still