moondoggy Posted March 28, 2016 Report Share Posted March 28, 2016 Just watched it. I never realised that it was taking place about 300 yards from my house. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
V8 90 Posted March 28, 2016 Report Share Posted March 28, 2016 He'll have upped that 78mph to 80mph+ now he live show is finished Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fabhui Posted March 28, 2016 Report Share Posted March 28, 2016 Great stuff and nerves of steel! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
figgy Posted March 28, 2016 Report Share Posted March 28, 2016 Blokes a nutter. When you have pushed your luck as many times as he has and had four vertebra pinned and screwed you'd thank your lucky stars and take things easy. Enjoy watching his exploits but where will it end for him and his challenges? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wymondley Posted March 28, 2016 Report Share Posted March 28, 2016 I think he is a Dibnah for the 21st Century. Spot on. Both accidental "celebrities" that people took to because they had genuine personality. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TONY R Posted March 28, 2016 Report Share Posted March 28, 2016 Thought it was great , he did a proper job of it. Was it just me or anybody else get the impression the Indian was the more stable of the two bikes, still it was slower too i supose. . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
figgy Posted March 28, 2016 Report Share Posted March 28, 2016 The Indian had a lower centre of gravity. I don't think that record will stand for long an American will probably break it as a longer wall with same g's and you have a faster speed. Guy was limited to the size of the hangar. Fair play to guy for doing it though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Remimax Posted March 28, 2016 Report Share Posted March 28, 2016 world record job done now were's me brew lol is he doin the TT this year,read somewhere he took the time off to do this record attempt. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
James1983 Posted March 28, 2016 Report Share Posted March 28, 2016 No he doing a 24hr mountain bike race and missing the TT this year. He still doing the Irish roads I believe. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ShootingEgg Posted March 28, 2016 Report Share Posted March 28, 2016 Fair play to the nutter.... He is more metal than man and the way he is going he is only going to add more metal.. And think given the chance he would have gone for another run on the wall live... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KFC Posted March 29, 2016 Report Share Posted March 29, 2016 No doubt he'll start building an anti-G suit so he can smash that record Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deker Posted March 29, 2016 Report Share Posted March 29, 2016 Blokes a nutter. When you have pushed your luck as many times as he has and had four vertebra pinned and screwed you'd thank your lucky stars and take things easy. Enjoy watching his exploits but where will it end for him and his challenges? I think he'll end up doing more endurance mountain bike stuff, he's already doing the Tour Divide instead of the TT and has suggested he'd like to do Fort William downhill but it clashed with the IOM TT previously, that and he's already sponsored by Orange, Hope and FiveTen. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigmcg Posted March 29, 2016 Report Share Posted March 29, 2016 Since he has set the record, it would be good if anyone trying to break it had to use the same diameter wall. He was well up for another go at the end, I thought he was just going to bang open the throttle and go, pretending he hadn't heard the out of time instruction! Personally I would have liked more detail on the building of the wall, bikes and training rather than live waffle to pad out he show. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
figgy Posted March 29, 2016 Report Share Posted March 29, 2016 (edited) I too would have liked to have seen more of the build. Shipping containers on end bolted to the floor then a frame of scaffolding with a framing of timber, and the best bit specially selected load bearing flexible timber boards or some waffle along those lines. In layman's terms scaffold planks. The track looked a bit bumpy in places which unsettled the bike a few times, with a smoother track wall he may have broke 80mph. Can't see how Guiness World Records could en force the same size wall on other record attempts as the govering factor was the hangar size. The record was for the fastest ride on a wall of death. Wish that mathematician had said the maximum possible size of wall you could ride as it needs at least 2.5 g to stick to it. Edited March 29, 2016 by figgy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Danger-Mouse Posted March 29, 2016 Report Share Posted March 29, 2016 I`ve just finished watching it. Firstly congrats to Guy on yet another world record. Enjoyable as always although on the whole I think I prefer the pre-recorded shows he`s done. I`m not really sure why they felt the need to broadcast the attempt live. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ShootingEgg Posted March 30, 2016 Report Share Posted March 30, 2016 (edited) I`ve just finished watching it. Firstly congrats to Guy on yet another world record. Enjoyable as always although on the whole I think I prefer the pre-recorded shows he`s done. I`m not really sure why they felt the need to broadcast the attempt live. Wall of death!!!! Says it in the name as to why they did it live. They could of halved the program length by doing it pre recorded though which wouldn't of been bad in my opinion. Edited March 30, 2016 by ShootingEgg Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sandspider Posted March 30, 2016 Report Share Posted March 30, 2016 I thought David Coulthard came across well on the F1 car vs bike program. Quick with a witty response and a decent bloke. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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