Originally Posted by
kingston
I was overnight captain on the second night so I had a chance to talk to both of them. The fast guy said he was 3-4 mph faster in his velo than a DF on a rolling course like the Mac & Cheese, which makes some sense. I know a lot of people who can average 16-17 on a DF for a 1,200k but very few who could maintain 20. The slow guy had a lot of mechanical problems and suffered from lack of sleep so while he would have been faster on a DF, it's not really a fair comparison. I was the SAG on the third day and it was painful just watching him. Can't imagine how much he was suffering on the last day.
I saw that Iron Porcupine banned velomobiles. It has been theorized that the velo rider on Mac 'n' Cheese that was totally unprepared to ride / had bad mechanicals was the impetus for that because of the trouble he caused. Makes me feel bad for Bill Russell who I think was the fast velo rider you mention.