Story
So, initially myself, Ewan Dowes, Sam Taylor and Paul Verity we’re
supposed to be riding from Headingley to Toulouse on May 26 to May 30th,
900 miles in 5 days in time for the kick off between Leeds Rhinos and
Catalans Dragons. All of this in aid of MND following the diagnosis of
Rob Burrow.
Of course, due to current circumstances this got
cancelled so we looked for an alternative. This was going to be a
virtual cycle using Zwift where the 4 of us would ride in our own homes 1000 miles in 5 days, on the same dates we originally set out to.
Whilst putting the wheels in motion I was curious as to how we could
market it and raise as much money as possible and had another brain wave
with the help of Google.
As it stands, the current Guinness
World Record for the longest group static cycle is held by 25 people who
cycled in a spin studio for 28 hours in December 2019. Now, whilst we
cannot cycle in the same room I figured through Zwift we could create a
group of riders (minimum 25) who would be willing to ride for 29 hours
to break the record.
I’ve already emailed GWR to which I’ve not
had a reply yet to see whether they would accept this as verification
but when it’s on Zwift and traceable I don’t see how it can’t be. Either
way, even if it wasn’t I would personally take satisfaction on us
completing it and knowing we had beaten the current world record,
official or not!!