Unicyclist breaks world height record - Detroit News article

This is a excellent article about Sem's 35 meter high ride:

http://www.detnews.com/2004/nnlivoni.../j03-53153.htm

Sincerely,

Ken Fuchs

Be sure to check out Sem's website and watch the video. It was great.
http://semcycle.biz/record/
Barb K.

(Barb K) writes:

Be sure to check out Sem's website and watch the video. It was great.
http://semcycle.biz/record/

Yes, check out the picture gallery via the link:

picture gallery
submit your own pictures
and video of the event

There are dozens of pictures there about the big day and Sem's ride
itself and two quicktime videos of two TV station's coverage of the
ride.

Check out the video link (again):

Sem Abrahams 115 ft (2004)

It now shows a different, longer video of the record breaking ride!

Sincerely,

Ken Fuchs

Did sem have control for the ride?

After watching the video's of Sem's ride I'm not so sure that it should
count as a credible ride. It doesnt seem that he had control, maybe its
impossible to demonstrait control over a uni that tall but riding as
fast as you can untill you run out of chain and the cable harness that
you have catches you from plumiting to your doom, that doesnt really
seem like a ride to me. If this was to scale so to speak sem's 28 foot
ride its like riding a 5 foot giraffe 1.2 feet and falling off. Now I
for one would not count that as a ride.

Still it was a cool attempt to beat a so called record.

Mike


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Checkernuts wrote:
DID SEM HAVE CONTROL FOR THE RIDE?

AFTER WATCHING THE VIDEO'S OF SEM'S RIDE I'M NOT SO SURE THAT IT
SHOULD COUNT AS A CREDIBLE RIDE. IT DOESNT SEEM THAT HE HAD CONTROL,

Hey, Chex, I've ridden with you. Isn't this not in control issue like
the pot calling the kettle black or living in a glass house and
throwing stones kinda thing? Control is for sissies.



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Hey Harper...I've ridden with -you- and having only more control than
Jamie doesn't count for much!




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I think the whole thing is kind of stupid because he isn't balancing the
unicycle at all it's hanging from a crane and he's just pedaling the
thing forward the unicycle weighs thousands of pounds which he couldn't
possibly ballance so whats the point.

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Tellurider wrote:
*I think the whole thing is kind of stupid because he isn't balancing
the unicycle at all it's hanging from a crane and he's just pedaling
the thing forward the unicycle weighs thousands of pounds which he
couldn't possibly ballance so whats the point.

Dan *

Actually, that is exactly the point. The ropes suspending the unicycle
are slack. He really is balancing on the uni. The previous record was
held by someone who had a unicycle that was being suspended by a crane,
with the lines taut. This is the real thing. The support lines are a
safety precaution. And the uni only weighs 208 pounds.


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Oop Sorry my bad I thought it was the ride that we saw a video of at the
cal muni weekend, I can't seem to get most videos to play.


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Yea,

after thinking about it I really dont care, it was cool that he even
built a unicycle that big and sat on the thing and pedaled 28 feet. Its
alot further than I probably could have done concidering that I would
pooped my pants getting out of the crane's cherry picker.

Mike


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