Chris Paradysz, 47, set a 24-hour velodrome record of 416.09 miles (669.63km) at the Valley Preferred Cycling Center in Breinigsville, Pennsylvania, raising $40,000+ for lupus research and the S.L.E.* Lupus Foundation.

Chris who’s  19-year-old daughter Allie suffers from the disease broke the 28 year old record, set in 1980, of 391.29 miles (629.72km).

“I wanted to do something that required mental toughness and physical endurance,” Paradysz said, “because that is what it takes to live with lupus every day. I did this to honour my daughter and the other brave people with lupus.”

Paradysz cycled as a teenager. But, until he began training for the 24-hour ride attempt last summer, he had rarely ridden a bike in 25 years.

“This was an amazing accomplishment and a testament to a father’s love for his daughter,” said Margaret G. Dowd, executive director of the S.L.E. Lupus Foundation. “Lupus is a young women’s disease that often goes undiagnosed. It has been over 50 years since a new treatment was approved for lupus. Research money is urgently needed.

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Some quick highlights from an article on fitness training, original article by:

By Mat Brett and Joe Beer for BikeRadar.com

If your sportive isn’t until later on in the summer you can still complete this training schedule, then adapt it so that it’s 10 percent more demanding and run through it again, continuing to focus on your areas of weakness until four weeks before your event. Only then should you move on to the final four-week programme to get you at your start line ready to rock.

Avoiding Injury

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Some quick highlights from an article on fitness training, original article by:

By Mat Brett and Joe Beer for BikeRadar.com

If you’re going to clock the best time possible in your sportive, you need to get your food and drink sorted – and that starts now. Getting it spot on can take several weeks because your needs won’t be exactly the same as anyone else’s.

How to stay properly hydrated

You might have read that you should drink 400-900ml of fluid an hour while riding – but that’s a big old band. You can work out more precisely what you need at varying intensities and in different weather conditions by following this simple process over several rides:

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Some quick highlights from an article on fitness training, original article by:

By Mat Brett and Joe Beer for BikeRadar.com

Get it wrong and there’s a whole world of pain coming your way. The difference between the two is in the preparation. As the wise old man says, “Proper planning prevents poor performance.”

Set Your Goal

• 1. Choose your event
• 2. What you want to achieve
• 3. Write it down

Know your SWOT and work to it

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This is an acoustic cover of the song ‘Handlebars’ from the Flobots which you can watch here

Upload on 29 April 2008 by InCurrentStanding (Lauren)

As this site is to do with a HPV project and I finish writing the next post yet that I thought I would add some cycling based songs. Handlebars is a great song and Lauren does a fantastic job with this cover.

If you what to see another of Laurens acoustic cover then have a look at this post on SteveintheUK.com

Here’s some light bedtime reading for all those interested in the aerodynamics of cycling.

These are just summary’s of the chapters so please be sure to click on the chapters titles to be taken to the full chapter over at eFluids

1. Introduction: Aerodynamics and Friction Losses

AERODYNAMICS have preoccupied bicycle designers since the early part of this century. The most advanced bicycles today are deployed in track racing. The recently unveiled SB II, or Superbike II, has a lightweight carbon-fiber frame. It also has a range of aerodynamic design elements. Similar features are incorporated into bicycles for some road-racing events in which Lance Armstrong competes.

As the bicycle and its rider move along the road, the air exerts a force that increases sharply with speed. The force is due to friction between the air and the exposed surfaces of the rider and bicycle. At high speed, this drag force can be the most importance source of resistance, and with a wind blowing, it can also lead to significant side forces.

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