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IS LACHLAN ATTEMPTING AROUND THE WORLD RECORD? | RIDER SUPPORT

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34:05·1 October 2024

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This week we're diving into the rumours surrounding Lachlan Morton's potential around-the-world record attempt, breaking down what it would take to beat Mark Beaumont's 78-day record. We'll also help you build a stronger racing team with practical tactical advice, explore the new under-23 world championship eligibility rules, and finish with essential fueling strategies for when the pace is too high to eat solid food.

Key Takeaways

Mark Beaumont's around-the-world record stands at 78 days, 14 hours and 40 minutes covering 29,000+ km—Lachlan's Australian circumnavigation and timing suggest an imminent announcement
Build team cohesion by assigning clear roles (climber, sprinter, breakaway rider) and practicing tactical drills like lead-outs in training, not just racing
When racing or doing hard group rides at high intensity, switch to high-carb sports drinks with varying concentrations (40-80g carbs per bottle) rather than trying to consume gels or solid food
The new under-23 world championship rule preventing World Tour pros from racing U23 events protects the pipeline for developing cyclists and keeps more young riders engaged in the sport
Tire wear indicators exist on modern road tires (Continental GP5000 etc.)—watch for puncture resistance loss and multiple flats in quick succession as signs to replace, typically at 4,000-7,000 km
Choose bike colors based on what makes your heart skip a beat, not what others recommend—the emotional connection to your bike matters more than aesthetic trends

Expert Quotes

"The public perception of Lachlan is very different to the killer that he is inside. I think he plays this laid-back Surfer Dude Aussie Beach Bum who just likes to ride his bike... but he's working as part of the EF-Education academy with one of the best coaches in the world."

"If you have one all-out team leader it's not going to work because where's the win in that for the domestiques? There has to be a case of what goes around comes around—if I'm happy to lead out the sprinter, then he helps position me in the climbs when we go to a hillier race."

"You can't have one hand on the bars trying to follow maps on your phone after doing 12 hours—just get sugar. All that balance with dates and natural sugars goes out the window when the pace is on; it's just about figuring out what you can tolerate and getting as much carbs in as possible."

KEY QUOTES

“The current world record was set in 2017 by Mark balmont the British endurance cyclist and it's 78 days 14 hours and 40 minutes he cycled an average of 386 kilm per day riding over 29,000 km.”
Anthony Walsh — Roadman Cycling podcast host

“He had one big day 588 km that's his biggest day he did a couple of days ago on the 19th of September and the day before that he did 489 km.”
Anthony Walsh — Roadman Cycling podcast host

“I think the public perception of lacklin is very different to the killer that he is inside I think he plays this laidback Surfer Dude Aussie Beach bomb who just likes to ride his bike and is very romantic about just listening to his body and how in keeping he is but he's working as part of the orange sale academy one of the best coaches in the world he won Unbound this year he's still a world tour Rider he's the 1% of the 1%.”
Anthony Walsh — Roadman Cycling podcast host

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EPISODE TRANSCRIPT3 SECTIONS

Lachlan Morton's Round the World Rumor

Welcome to this week's rer support this week we're going to talk about tire wear we're going to talk about style guides stay tuned to the end because we have some amazing fueling tips if you're doing hard group rides or races but first are the rumors true is laan Morton about to attempt Mark bont's around the world record let's dive in and find out okay first question Anthony word around the campfire is lackan Morton is set to announce an around the world record attemp attempt do you know if this is true I don't know if it's true but there has been a lot of Chats on forums about the round the world attempt I think it is true it seems like it's true it was kind of leaked last year by someone close to Lackland that he did want to have a go at it and given that we get in break down what he's doing right now his crazy mileage in Australia like a circum navigation of Australia but that and the timing and how serious he's taking the lifetime Grand Prix at the moment knowing that he's kind of wrapping up his gravelroad season the timing would seem perfect to attempt the rounder world record I won't be surprised if we hear shortly after he finishes Australia that he's going to just take a short break and dive into try this round the world record really soon yeah it's crazy isn't it I mean he really is made of different stuff I'd love to get into his brain and kind of figure out how it works the the mileage he does the lack of sleep and just this drive and motivation he has that to keep on going and the uh videos that EF do following around on these Adventures are really amazing insight into this is not easy for him this is this very dark times it's big mileage big big mileage yeah so the fastest circum navigation of the globe is held by Mark balmont who we had on the podcast and that's actually really or to you might remember I always forget the link but we might remember to link to Mark Bowmont episode below Mark Bowmont he kind of set out with this romantic jwes Vern idea of Around the World in 80 Days and he completed it so the current world record was set in 2017 by Mark balmont the British endurance cyclist and it's 78 days 14 hours and 40 minutes he cycled an average of 386 kilm per day riding over 29,000 km and that's one of the rules for the round the world which we'll get into in a minute you need to complete at least 29,000 kilometers for to be considered around the world he crossed four continents 16 countries and he ended up breaking that by quite a significant margin what was really interesting on Mark bont's interview was his pacing strategy so Mark Bowmont we talked last week about bike packing and how you can do this if you want to boost your endurance this idea of segmenting he used that really well so he had four 4our efforts per day so 16 hours a day riding but he segmented into four 4our time with very short little breaks between you have to be really strategic you can't just obviously you're not going to go on do an attempt like this and just wing it we had the amazing L Wilcox she just woke the broke the women's record for the same thing a couple of weeks ago she finished it in 108 days 12 hours and 12 minutes and again she is another absolute Beast you can check out loads of her content on YouTube as well and she uh one of the one of the key things that you seem to need for these Ultra endurance uh attempts is just a lack of sleep and you know being able to push through that M Chang them a little bit like they're great athletes oh no I'm not taking that away from them at all but it's definitely something that a factor for sure but if you look at like Mark Bowmont you know at 16 hours riding the day it's still leaving plenty of sleep time as well so it's not toal you can't do total sleep deprivation for 80 days it's not bad Lance where you can just push through for three days with Rob Britain 8 Minute naps I think it's primarily physical when we watched the T divide documentary with L Wilcox though she did say that she was riding for I think 20 hours but two of those hours every like while she was riding were going in getting food and eating and admin yeah basically anything that goes wrong with your bike so it's very very fullon be very interesting to see how lackan you know approaches it is he the same kind of personality at all as Mark laand I think Lackland too I don't know laand super well uh I don't really know him at all like we've you know hung out a little bit at ruler a couple years back but I think the public perception of lacklin is very different to the killer that he is inside I think he plays this laidback Surfer Dude Aussie Beach bomb who just likes to ride his bike and is very romantic about just listening to his body and how in keeping he is but he's working as part of the orange sale academy one of the best coaches in the world he won Unbound this year he's still a world tour Rider he's the 1% of the 1% I think lackan is a more strategic Beast than we give him credit for he had a there was a very interesting article that he wrote for rer about three or four months ago and he kind of said that he wanted to revisit his was brilliant actually yeah it was amazing and that he wanted to revisit his whole you know how he approached the bike how obsessive he was about it and I don't know it seems like he has completely thrown all of that out of the window if he's going for these still a public perception of I'm chill back and I'm laid out but yes he's geeking out on the marginal gains of you know closing off that Gap in the center of your chest to lower your coefficient of frontal drag using new Puck helmets you know as part of that homebound thing as well the distances he was doing today even in or this week in Australia were absolutely insane weren't they they make my eyes water even thinking about them it's like you R I know you have some of them there but they're like most of them nor to 400 km a day yeah he had one big day 588 km that's his biggest day he did a couple of days ago on the 19th of September and the day before that he did 489 km just I feel like I don't even know how I would drive that you know and just not be absolutely exhausted I remember I rode from Dublin to canil during the summer and I think that was 303 km something like that just over 300 I was wrecked in next I was fineing that day I could kept riding I could have done under 100 200k life permitting but I was ruin the next day I got up my joints were sore I felt like I had the flu and it was probably two days before I came around and felt the love for riding again so how he pushes himself to do his back to back stuff is before he move on from that what kind of a bike is laan doing the Australian Tri on it's a road bike okay so again with Arab bur so you're not going to be going and doing any off-road when you're going for an attempt like this you're just going to be on the smoothest roads that you can find okay very interesting it'd be cool to see him do wouldn't it yeah I think the political climate is slightly changed though since Mark Bowmont had done the record and Jenny gra had the female record as well and so it's kind of unfortunate that round the world doesn't have a defined route that there's not this is the route you have to do it has certain rules around like you need to ride 29,000 kilm at a minimum you need to start at a point and finish back at the same point if you zoom out and you look at a map on the globe you kind of want to trace a circular route that's pretty much the the fastest way but because of Wars political concerns economic instability some regions aren't possible like Mark Bowman's first route went through Ukraine Iran Pakistan and India his second attempt went through turkey Iran and Pakistan like none of them are going to be possible for Lackland to go through so he needs to figure out the logistics part of that as well yeah I hope to see him do it it would be such an amazing win for him if he you know if he achieved it yeah of course he's he's just so cool he makes uh uh he makes cycling cool he makes gravel riding cool back bike packing cool bike packing is not just like a a sport for middle-aged people that you see and you're like you know what are they doing with their somewhere he's made the whole thing look cool and made everybody kind of want to go out there and adventure and push themselves and have a couple of nights maybe sleeping in the side of a ditch in a bivvy he just made it look so cool okay we move on to the next question Anthony I've been part of a club for a few years and we have got a great group of racers and compete together throughout the year the problem is that although we compete in the same Jersey there's no cohesiveness as a team or all riding for the one goal I.E working together to get that one person a stage win or GC win I'm 31 and I guess I will be the most senior Rider so have kind of fallen into an unofficial role of manager for want of a better word this winter I want to help the team learn you WR in that more professional way any advice and that's from Tim Tim Knight yeah it's it's a difficult one because he's used the word team as a part as distinct from Club quite a bit which I think is important because if it's a club people have different motivations for joining the club some are Community Based some are you know building endurance everyone's motivation isn't always racing so as kind of a you know the facto manager coming into that situation you can end up in in your moral thought structure on the rest of the club which you know doesn't always rub everyone up the right way but when it's a team people tend to be on the same page and they're both all like okay we're part of something and we're on a collective Journey so I think that's important to establish at the outset and then if you have six seven guys in this team I think a good first step is to establish team roles like to figure out and this will be quite intuitive you'll know who the best climber is who the best Sprinter is who the best breakway lad is or kind of roller is so try and understand what role everyone plays in it because then you can start to formulate little tactical drils like you can plan lead outs and you can play around with that the thing for me is if you have one you can't have one out andout team leader it's not a we're a pro team and we're all going to pull for pogy all day long every day people aren't going to buy into that cuz where's the win in that sure you can create a culture to win when the team leader wins we all feel like we're winning but there ultimately has to be a case of what goes around comes around so if you say okay I'm happy to be a part of leading out the Sprinter but in return I also expect when we go to a Hillier race which doesn't suit the Sprinter that he helps position me into the climbs so I think that's why it's important to have different you know roles within the team that are clearly assigned and then you can practice that in training you can start practicing the Sprinter riding full gas into the base of the climb for the climber you can practice the roller sitting on the front of the group on a training spin you don't do a two off and you know saving other Lads for later in the training span practice the lead out where you know you reverse engineer at the last lead out man jumps at 400 to go brings your lead out Sprinter brings your Sprinter to 200 and Sprinter goes from there but if you reverse engineered all the way down where does manree start his effort where does Man four start his effort and you can have fun with it and when you start having fun with that as well you'll start to realize how hard communication is at speed like when you're doing 50 plus kilm an hour and the wind is you know changing direction as you come over corn and you're on the wrong side you know clear effective communication is heard at speed when there's wind noise and when your heart ratees 190 soort all needs to be practiced and the trust part of that needs to develop as well a good way I think to approach the season is to ask the Riders who's prioritizing which race and then you have maybe one target race per Rider and you get Buy in from everyone to help that Rider and maybe it's not he has a chance of winning it maybe it's he wants to race there cuz it's his hometown and he wants to put on a good shown and winning for him might be first Category 2 rer home and that can be where it's difficult where can you get a Buy in from a good cat one Rider to help a guy to get a cat 2 prize that can be difficult and the only way I found on teams to do this is where you build a group of friends where it's a group of buddies that feel like they're pulling for each other and like you know my teams that I've been a part of that are the best teams like no one's ever had to ask me to PLL no ever have to ask me to get a bottle it's just so clearly obvious that this is what you should do at this time cuz of your buddies I think that's team camps yeah team camps like everyone gets to know each other you suffer you might go out for a couple of beers as you said you actually get to know the person rather than just superficially you know if you're staying with somebody in the same room you got to hang out friends hang you know meet their partners and you know it's you're not Pros so it's important to build that friendship it's more than just well I'm doing the job so I'll get on with the guy beside me cuz it's I'm paid to do it like that's not the dynamic we have an amateur that was something that vilus who was Mark avantage coach who we had on the podcast a couple of weeks ago he was talking about altitude camp and how much training they did and basically laid out Mark's training day and a huge part of it was hanging out with the rest of the team so it was like a big focus on not just going to your room and sticking your headphones in and watching Netflix it was actually time team bonding time with the team because at the end of the day you're going to rely on these people to dig in when the time gets tough for you and I think for amateurs it's important to be inclusive with the whole family you know with some guys you know late 30s early 40s have families where other guys you know have girlfriends or boyfriends or whatever but being inclusive and bringing everyone together on occasion whether it's team dinners and nights out it's much easier then for athletes to get Buy in from their Partners when everyone feels like they're a parel is that what you were doing with me making me stand on the side of the road in the rain for all the years okay I think that's really good the very best of Lu with that next year I hope you have an amazing season okay the next question is Anthony what did you think of paga on Peter on the Peter AA podcast you haven't listened to it yet no I haven't heard it it only came out two days ago I think three days ago over the time this H it was good I thought it really difficult task for Peter AA because he's trying to tailor a conversation to two totally different audiences so your hardcore cycling fans want to tune in to hear Pacha they want to hear what's per kilogram they want to hear what it's V2 Max is is he going to go after you know I think currently he's won three of the five monuments is he going to go after San rbo and per Ru which are the two he hasn't won is he going to try attempt all three grand Tours in one year but Peter T's main audience is Hil enthusiasts so to balance those questions like I put myself in Peter's shoes how do you ask like we know exactly who our listener is to the podcast who our viewer is to the podcast so we can speak to their frustrations to what they want to hear but how does Peter T sit down to write those questions is he targeting the questions to you know user a or user B I thought he done a brilliant job of keeping it broad enough that your health Enthusiast could get some enjoyment out of it but specific enough that look it's not the best cycling interview I've ever heard because it's not deep enough for a cycling fan well I thought he did a good job but how did Tedy come across cuz he's quite a funny guy and P is quite he's can be a little bit you know serious yeah he's not very funny for sure he's not funny no i i p p was very interesting yeah you named drop the girlfriend more times than anything well fiance actually H yeah look it sounded like they have an amazing relationship and she seems like such a huge part of his training where she's you know everything from just making sure he gets out the door training to training Partners to little experiments to run get her around heart rate variability and stuff like that he seemed chill it was in between it was recorded in between GP Quebec and GP Montreal from what it could GA which is would have been at the time record one week out or 10 days out from Worlds so he was relaxed enough considering he's attempting for the first time since 1987 the Triple Crown so know and as as you know from being from Ireland we have a particular interest in if he takes that I still I I wouldn't mind him yeah same I I wouldn't mind him at all because I I was kind of too young for the Steven roach era so it would be good to see him take it okay hi Anthony and Sarah what do you make of the new rules about racing under 23 when you have a world tour contract already that's from Joyce do you just explain that a little bit because Joyce didn't go into very much detail yes so currently the world world championship's on last week finishing this weekend with the men's Elite road race on Sunday and currently if you are a world hor Rider like our very own Darren raferty riding for EF education and Darren can ride the under 23 time trial he could ride the under 23 Road Race even though he's a world tour professional so he's at the very top tier of cycling with his trade team but he can step down and race the non-top tier race because he's young enough to do so this made a lot of sense years ago because there not that many writers were under 23 and World Tour writers but increasingly for me is doesn't make that much sense I know there's been critics both sides you say Benji on lter Rouge wasn't a a fan of he's not a fan of the new I don't think yeah so my rational for liking it is you know so I've come up racing the Grassroots seeing in Ireland and typically the way Ireland has gone is we've anywhere from two to five Stand Out professional Riders we don't we're not like Denmark where we have 20 or 30 Riders we have two to five really good World Tour Riders and we normally have a limited number of places in the world championships so the limited number of places in the world championships if a rider 23 or a rider senior as long as they're World Tour they're getting those places and but now we're in a place where we do have slightly more World Tour Riders than we have places so the world tour Riders are occupying the spots we have in the elite road race and the spots we have in the U23 race and it's stifles the pipeline for other riters coming up because now the kid who's 22 and he's thinking oh will I go full-time this year will I train fulltime this year it's hard to justify living in France or Belgium making 50 Quid a week racing Division National races because I'm not really in the Limelight now he has an incentive to go actually the world T Lads can't occupy the U23 spaces for the world I might get picked because I'm the best under 20 trade it's not contracted I might get picked for the Irish team to ride the world championships and that can be a great incentive for keeping a reuer continuing racing this year and then who knows where to go from there I just think it's it keeps more lads engaged in the sport we are so excited to announce that we are partnering with whoop whoop are changing the game when it comes to wearable technology and health monitoring whoop is a 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When to Replace Your Tires

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question thanks Joyce okay hi Anthony and Sarah how often should I change my tires I'm newish to cycling I'm a covert Co convert and although I do drop my bike in for services I feel I should maybe learn some of the skills and knowledge around it myself am I right in saying there's no indicator on bike tires like there are on car tires no there's an indicator on them yet so well any depends on the tires I'm riding continent moments GP 5000 and they small round indicators in the tread when they're no longer visible that's definitely time to replace the tire you could track mileage there's where trackers out there I think straa have one integrated in where you can say your changing tires and it'll track the mileage you might get depending on road conditions way s 4,000 to 8,000 8,000 be a lot of kilometers 4,000 to 6 7,000 kilm out of a set of tires they probably will start giving you a little bit of as they wear down as the M are giving you a little bit more hassle anyway they kind of naturally will show like for when I change my tires grip is starting to going or before grip starts going I always feel like I start puncturing yeah cuz I've had tires before and if I've gotten a couple of punctures in a row and I you're just like let's whip them off and change them puncture resistance is always the one for me to goes first uh now if you're riding in rough roads like borines borderline gravel roads if you're riding wet roads that's going to those mileage recommendations are going to come way down I think P puncture resistance is the best kind of barometer of it if I get one puncture I go I'm unlucky if I start punction twice in a week I'm getting close to pressing the order Buton if I pun three times in a week they're gone yeah yeah and take care of your ties because they are the things that are take care of your tires and they'll take care of you you well it's true if you like your teeth that take care of your tires okay next question what's that should be the teline for Continental what's your latest best purchase for the bike we have a club member that is having a milestone birthday in a few weeks and we want to club together and get him some cool stuff I love this all right so I got Tail fan before I went away bike packing and it was rock and roll I got the carbon rack definitely don't need the carbon rack unless you just won the lotto actually probably more drawbacks than not for the carbon rack the aluminium one is brilliant the design from tail finan it's brilliant I'm sure they have some sort of patent on it if you're gone bike packing or even if you're not going bike packing I've been putting that on and getting the fish and riding out and fish and V and stuff the tail F on I love that the thing that I should have got which I didn't get cuz you told me it was Goofy when I was going bike packing I should have bought a quadlock for my bike cuz the quadlock is what holds your phone on the stem now they're goofy under 99% of circumstances but when we went bike packing what you'd find is okay so you your bags on tail Fin's on the back your bags here and then you get to the city you know you're staying in Split or something in Croatia you get to the city and you've booked an airb B and now you're going through traffic fatigued after doing 12 hours and you've one hand on the bars trying to follow maps on your phone because you know your waho or G you're not going to stop and Export a GPX to get to your hotels you're just following Google Maps for the short term quadlock all three of us to were bike packing we like oh my God why you up I will give a pass for quadlock if you are bike packing but even then I'd be I wouldn't be posting it all over social I just think they look so goofy plus this this uh listener didn't say that this chaff is a uh a bike packer let's is there anything I'm going make luck you in yourself you have a lot of faith need to bring lucky L if Lucky had a quad loock he he wouldn't even be able to make a CO so if you're thinking of something different as in for a road racer someone who is a a cyclist who likes to race or maybe do long sportifs or something we we were looking into just land this out gimly we're not sponsored spor not sponsored I haven't tried it gibli yeah so explain what gibli is cuz this is an investment now for you you'll have to really really love your H Club mate here for his birthday but you could all definitely get a lot of use out of this I think this could be something that depending when I test it and see if it actually does what it's meant to do which I'll explain in a second but I think it's a good idea maybe to club together and get it for the whole group I use it I totally agree so I've had loads of guests recently talking about aerodynamics you know from Matt botol to Dam Bingham there last week or the week before everyone's talking about aerodynamics wind tunnels are quite accessible inaccessible Vel drums are quite inaccessible so the solution that has emerged and a few companies are doing them is realtime aerodynamic sensors Co fishing the frontal drag sensors I had Larry warbus from AIT toer the catalon on the podcast haven't released it yet that's probably going to come next week or the week after and he's talking about how this is his big Focus now over the Winter is playing around with these types Cent to figure out his real time coefficient of frontal drag and then seeing can he improve himself so explain to us what CDA is for the the people down the back who don't have a clue what you're talking about there it's I was explaining to W videographer offer it's like air exerts a resistance on people so the barrier to you traveling faster it's the the pressure of the air it's like a fluid on front of you so the smaller you can make your surface area CDA the A is for area the smaller you can make your area the faster you're going to travel through that pocket of you know water in this example so this device measures your CDA you want your CDA to be as small as possible it measures that so you can tweak around what position is so you could go well if I go into the drops my CDA is.

Fueling at High Intensity

22 where if I go into the hoods my CDA is. 21 and then but I haven't used it yet so I don't know how user friendly it is I am going to do I'm going to get the founder on the podcast he's going to talk to about how to set it up and then I'll go and do a bunch of tests and then I'll report back and tell everyone find Andrew you will really have to love your Club mate cuz this is 878 but don't buy it till I test it yeah don't don't hold hold off hold off one suggestion that I think for a great present for your friend is a trip so I know where is that's more expensive well like if they they they're going to club together I don't know how many's in it but like I think five or each go out go on a weekl long cycling trip bring him out there make loads of memories get loads of photos get him tires I think a trip go to Jona go to meor or go do something kind of a little bit off the Beaten Track and that would be my advice for this gu uh big big birthday okay next question loads of questions today hey Roan seeking advice on ride fueling when riding a race or fast group ride heart rate is too high almost cons consistently to even swallow regular food down should I just try to consume gels alone to get through the whole ride a lot of times the pressure is on the pedals speed is so consistently high that even getting the gel out of my back pocket and tearing the package and swallowing is tough any thoughts and that's from Mr fuzz 6744 Mr fuzz 6744 I feel your pain that was a late edition I was literally just scrolling the YouTube comments just before we hit record and that came in it's a thing it's a thing fueling true fluid is your only way uh Pacha on the podcast uh something a lot of people do but it's just interesting hear in Pacha say it theyve two different concentration bottles inside UAE a lot of teams do this as standard now even amateur teams where you have one strong dilute one weak dilute a strong dilute could be 70 or 80 grams of carbohydrates per bottle a weak dilute could be 30 or 40 grams of carbohydrates per bottle when we were over at the T of France we saw in the EF their boot with all the team bottles and they had the exact same they had like a big X on the bottle for the higher dose and it was so just it was clear to everybody so I think that's just the easy answer because even yeah as you say that gel if you can't get a gel out of your pocket you're not getting Harry B out of your pocket you're not getting chewing no absolutely not be careful though I've uh recently tried one of the the high carb you tried b b gave me shits as well yeah I didn't I didn't want to made on you know on the podcast that that's what happen me but yeah it did really bad actually I think that Pacha did talk about that as well that his changed his F uh his nutrition he was getting really bad gaster problems directly after a Race So I think you got to just go with what will yeah what will work for me may not work for you so it's kind of difficult to the one I did try was Morton which is super strong tastes horrible but it didn't give me any gastro problems whereas the beta fuel from power bar which is super strong as well same concentrate I doubled over with without cramps my stomach so you got to just try it try everything yeah and I think so for my advice as somebody who has like often completely come apart because I haven't had the confidence because of the pace to reach around and get food is and I try and eat naturally we had Vel Forte as a sponsor for a long time the drink was good from the drink was amazing but for the food wise which was all natural really promoted it I used a conly when I was training but for those really fast training rides and the odd race that I did you just got to get sugar yeah and it's like all of that kind of the that stuff the the balance the the dates the natural sugars and stuff kind of goes out the window and it's just about figuring out what you can tolerate and get yeah get as much carbs in as possible also not to harp on this question but Mr F I can go back and watch last week's rer support think it's like the five golden rules for boosting your endurance pretty is going to be important as well like starting the ride with a full glycogen store and that starts the day before the ride the morning of the ride and in the part of the ride where the pressure is not on like it's unlikely unless it's a criterium that the flag drops and it goes full gas from the start there's normally es and flows in it so you can eat the more solid flu food during the easier Parts but then the r the pace on you just got to go with the balls hey Road man excuse the short Interruption I love riding the bike but on account of being so busy with the podcast at the moment I'm now what's called a time crunch Rider I never thought I'd see to day but I have a tool I'm using W bike to keep myself sharp and on point with specific sessions to maximize that available training time I have a w bike Adam right here in the recording studio beside me and when I have an hour in between interviews I jump on it's removing all the friction points from me there's no more 10 minute setup unfolding legs banging my knees off stuff getting my hands dirty usual connection issues it just works every single time the atom's perfect for virtual racing as well because it has crisp gear changes it has 1% accuracy and it has Max gradient capability of up to 25% if you're looking for an indoor trainer I honestly couldn't recommend this any higher I've been using a w bike since 2013 honestly it's the last indoor trainer that you're ever going to need if you head on over to W bike.com now and use code roadman 10 that's r o a m n te n and that's going to get you 10% off your W bike yeah you're so right just get some feed in with the L are on okay last question Anthony and Sarah somewhat of a style question here if you were buying a new bike what color would you get black yeah same black black I think it's cool some of the paint jobs are amazing so I just got home from seat in Jona and the the it's the custom paint jobs that bike companies are doing are not even the custom ones the two retail director retail ones are amazing the details like the paint job on the seat post even though they're doing it's just all so beautiful like you can get beautiful patterns and you can get the paints with kind of speckles in them things like that so black maybe with a a speckle in it buy the bike that you like most don't buy a bike that we're saying as a nice color or your Club mates like buy the one that's like I makes your heart skip a beat yeah yeah cuz when I I have the bike that I'm riding at the moment my road bik bike is black but my uh my gravel bike is bright orange and I absolutely love that the tractor I think it's a really epic and unusual color as well so yeah I don't know go go what your heart says ran thank you for tuning in to another episode of router support up here there's a podcast we done about the 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What is Mark Beaumont's around the world cycling record?+

Mark Beaumont set the current around-the-world cycling record in 2017, completing roughly 29,000 kilometres in 78 days, 14 hours, and 40 minutes. He achieved this using a structured pacing strategy built around four four-hour riding blocks per day, allowing consistent output across the entire attempt.

Is Lachlan Morton attempting an around the world cycling record?+

As of this episode, no official announcement has been made, but strong circumstantial evidence points to a preparation phase. Morton's recent Australian circumnavigation included a 588-kilometre single day, which the Rider Support hosts analyse as a clear signal he is stress-testing the mileage required to beat Beaumont's 78-day record.

What is the women's around the world cycling record?+

Lael Wilcox holds the women's around-the-world cycling record with a time of 108 days. This provides a useful comparison point when assessing what Lachlan Morton would need to sustain daily to bring the men's record below Beaumont's 78-day benchmark.

How does Lachlan Morton's training style compare to Mark Beaumont's?+

Beaumont's 2017 record attempt was built on a highly segmented, meticulously planned pacing structure. Morton is publicly associated with a more relaxed, free-riding image, but the Rider Support hosts argue this masks a highly strategic athlete who applies marginal gains thinking, making a direct stylistic comparison between the two more complex than it first appears.

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Key Takeaways

Mark Beaumont's around-the-world record stands at 78 days, 14 hours and 40 minutes covering 29,000+ km—Lachlan's Australian circumnavigation and timing suggest an imminent announcement

Build team cohesion by assigning clear roles (climber, sprinter, breakaway rider) and practicing tactical drills like lead-outs in training, not just racing

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"The public perception of Lachlan is very different to the killer that he is inside. I think he plays this laid-back Surfer Dude Aussie Beach Bum who just likes to ride his bike... but he's working as part of the EF-Education academy with one of the best coaches in the world."

"If you have one all-out team leader it's not going to work because where's the win in that for the domestiques? There has to be a case of what goes around comes around—if I'm happy to lead out the sprinter, then he helps position me in the climbs when we go to a hillier race."

"You can't have one hand on the bars trying to follow maps on your phone after doing 12 hours—just get sugar. All that balance with dates and natural sugars goes out the window when the pace is on; it's just about figuring out what you can tolerate and getting as much carbs in as possible."

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“The current world record was set in 2017 by Mark balmont the British endurance cyclist and it's 78 days 14 hours and 40 minutes he cycled an average of 386 kilm per day riding over 29,000 km.”
Anthony Walsh — Roadman Cycling podcast host

“He had one big day 588 km that's his biggest day he did a couple of days ago on the 19th of September and the day before that he did 489 km.”
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“I think the public perception of lacklin is very different to the killer that he is inside I think he plays this laidback Surfer Dude Aussie Beach bomb who just likes to ride his bike and is very romantic about just listening to his body and how in keeping he is but he's working as part of the orange sale academy one of the best coaches in the world he won Unbound this year he's still a world tour Rider he's the 1% of the 1%.”
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