Fanylion records
A selection of the latest Fanylion records.
First Rider to complete Ewok Village, GT
Downhill Maniac : fully completed from start to finish, including the difficult little tight bend. Awesome.
Heaviest Bike
Eco Panzer : 34lbs (Nicolai Helius FR with Marzocchi coil forks)
Most Laps at the 2004 SSMM 24hr
Boy Band : 6 (the rest of the Elite Team managed 3 laps each), at Eastnor Castle Deer Park
Most Damage Suffered in a Crash
10 Ton Kona : Snapped handlebar stem, bent handlebars, bent large chainring, bent rear triangle of frame (bike totally written off), at Le Pleney Downhill Course, Morzine
Fastest Climb to Loriaz, French Alps
Shortbread : 58 mins (Hodgson a dismayed second place in 1hr 10mins)
Fastest FanyLion rider in the AfanEnduro
Techno : 4hrs 33mins, with Hodgson 2nd (4hrs 42mins), Mastiles 3rd (5hrs) and Kona taking his time enjoying the scenery (6hrs 56mins)
Longest Drive Home after a Ride
Shortbread : 9hrs, home to Northern Scotland from Brecon, South Wales.
Fastest Speed On-Road
Hodgson : 51.3mph (from Penistone Hill Country Park to Lower Laithe Reservoir)
More Team T shirts than rides attended
Showbiz : 2 T-shirts, 1 ride
Fastest crash
G Force : 33mph (onto rock and gravel in Grizedale Forest)
Maximum speed attained during free fall
Starkey : 143mph
Height jumped out of a plane
Shack, Starkey, Hodgson (& Jeff) : 15,000ft (Hibaldstow Airfield, Lincolnshire)
Distance fallen off a cliff
Cliff Diver : 26 feet, with full somersault (Karrimor route, CyB)
Ride all 3 routes at Glentress in 1 day
Hodgson : black, then red then blue
Most expensive bike in Team FanyLion
Hodgson : £3760 (Turner 5 Spot, Chris King hubs and headset, Fox Vanilla forks, Middleburn cranks)
Most words spoken in 1 minute
Mastiles : 1623 (of which only 126 made any sense, and of those, only 29 were relevant to the topic being discussed)
Fastest speed off-road
Hodgson : 44mph (on fire road from foot of Black Hambleton into Silton Forest, North Yorkshire)
Fastest lap of Red Bull, CyB
Hodgson : 51 minutes
Most Mileage Covered in 1 day
Shortbread : 71 miles (from Glenfiddich to Glenlivet, via Cairn Daimh. Total ride time 7.5hrs. Ridden SOLO!)