{"id":670736,"date":"2026-07-03T00:20:19","date_gmt":"2026-07-03T00:20:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/670736\/"},"modified":"2026-07-03T00:20:19","modified_gmt":"2026-07-03T00:20:19","slug":"jan-heine-sets-new-ocva-fkt","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/670736\/","title":{"rendered":"Jan Heine Sets New OCVA FKT"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Just a year after establishing the OCVA FKT benchmark, Jan Heine of Rene Herse has bettered his time on the 400+ mile route. With over 31,000 feet of elevation gain, a missing bridge, and plenty of other obstacles, Jan\u2019s latest FKT might be his most impressive yet. Learn more about his monster ride below\u2026<\/p>\n<p>Last May, we published a new <a href=\"https:\/\/bikepacking.com\/routes\/oregon-cascades-volcanic-arc-ocva\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"> 410-mile route in Oregon<\/a>, the Oregon Cascades Volcanic Arc (OCVA), which takes riders across some of the most spectacular terrain in the Pacific Northwest. Not long after, Jan Heine of Rene Herse Cycles set the fastest known time of just 49 hours and 58 minutes. A few days ago, he once again took to the route to improve his time. After 419 miles with 31,500 feet of elevation gain, he\u2019s done exactly that. <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/jan-heine-sets-new-ocva-fkt_2.jpeg\" class=\"media-img\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/jan-heine-sets-new-ocva-fkt_2.jpeg\" alt=\"Jan Heine Sets New OCVA FKT\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-261044\"  \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Jan\u2019s new time on the OCVA route has been confirmed by route creator Ryan Francesconi at 41 hours and 13 minutes, improving on last year\u2019s effort by roughly 8 hours. In a new post on the Rene Herse blog, Jan details his long, arduous journey and how he felt he could shave time off his time due to the lack of snow in sections that had slowed him down significantly during last year\u2019s run. He also speaks to the challenges presented by a necessary re-route, a massive downed tree, and the reality of riding for nearly two days straight. While any ride of this kind on any bike is astonishing, it should be noted that Jan is doing so on his Rene Herse randonneuring bike with a Nivex derailleur. Despite the terrain, he\u2019s navigating it all on something that wouldn\u2019t be out of place half a century ago. <\/p>\n<p>From everyone here at BIKEPACKING.com, we want to congratulate Jan on a massive effort. Chapeau, Jan! What a ride. For more on new FKT, visit <a href=\"https:\/\/www.renehersecycles.com\/new-fkt-on-oregon-cascades-volcanic-arc-400\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">ReneHerseCycles.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Further Reading<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin:0;padding:0;\">Make sure to dig into these related articles for more info&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a name=\"comments\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"conversation-policy\">Please keep the conversation civil, constructive, and inclusive, or your comment will be removed.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Just a year after establishing the OCVA FKT benchmark, Jan Heine of Rene Herse has bettered his time&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":670737,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[37],"tags":[173302,173298,173299,173303,50635,173300,50634,4985,101,173305,173301,387,56,54,55,173304],"class_list":["post-670736","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-cycling","tag-adventure-cycling","tag-bicycle-touring","tag-bike-touring","tag-bike-tours","tag-bike-packing","tag-bikepacking","tag-cycle-touring","tag-cycling","tag-sports","tag-stealth-camping","tag-touring-bikes","tag-travel","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom","tag-world-travel"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/670736","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=670736"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/670736\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/670737"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=670736"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=670736"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=670736"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}