Jim Rees, the man who rode 3000 miles across America in 10 days and 20 hours, has set himself a challenge of completing 1000miles on a Wattbike during next week’s Cycle Show, as well as breaking the world record for 24hours of continuous cycling.
Rees, who was featured on an ITV4 documentary about his participation in the Race Across America (RAAM) event, will attempt to complete his target mileage during the Earl’s Court show, which opens to trade next Thursday (8 October) and lasts until Sunday (11 October). He’ll need to rack up around 250miles a day.
Rees, who is a motivational speaker and plans to tackle RAAM again in 2011, started training on a Wattbike at home last month. He said: "I enjoy being a normal guy who achieves things that people think aren’t possible. If you have the right mindset you can achieve anything, and through the things I do and say, I hope I can influence people positively, particularly children.
"I am a big supporter of the Cycle Show and I wanted to have a go at a tough challenge to also help benefit the Wallace and Gromit Foundation, which helps very sick children.
"I’m impressed with the Wattbike, it’s really easy to set up into the correct position and I’m not one for getting really cold and wet in the winter! The power meter is interesting too."
Cycle Show 2009 will take place at Earl's Court 1 London. It will open for trade only on the 8th October before opening to the public between the 9th and 11th October. Tickets are on sale now and are available online at www.cycleshow.co.uk.
Cycle Show visitors can guess how long it will take Rees to complete 1000miles, and will have a chance of winning prizes. He will be located in the entrance walkway of the show and there are more opportunities to win with Wattbike through the indoor time trial.
Any visitor entering the 500m time trial can win a trip for two to Club La Santa in Lanzarote or a trip to the Tour Downunder with Sports Tours International. Prizes will be drawn from all participants and there are bonus prizes for the fastest riders. The bar is currently set at 27.29seconds, the current 500m world record on the Wattbike.
