Ryan Collins holds world records for sheer sustained output — riding 46.6km/h for six hours to set a velodrome distance mark. What makes him useful to amateurs isn't the number, it's the three tweaks that made it possible: a position he could hold aerodynamically for six hours, fuelling dialled to the gram, and pacing that never spiked. It's a clean demonstration that ultra-distance performance is an engineering and discipline problem stacked on top of fitness, not a test of how hard you can suffer.
The major positions Collins is known for in cycling and endurance sport.
Every appearance by Ryan Collins on The Roadman Cycling Podcast — 1 episode in total.
“I had full reconstructive surgery on my upper body I had bones that were not just broken but destroyed um liament gone or severed so they had be replaced and that surgery was the couple yeah was taking place when I was supposed to be flying out contesting for this Olympic bid.”
“I remember sitting back in 2023 trying to figure out what the heck am I going to do and thinking back to just my friends and the promise that I made to them that I was going to go after these records and it came together and I thought well I guess this is the plan we're going to go after the Outdoor World Record why not.”
“I always have a bicycle I will always ride and enjoy it and uh but what that competition will look like it's unknown at this time.”
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