29" speed record (well, sort of)

I can proudly say that I am as fast with my unicycle as with our car,
because my computer told me yesterday that I hit 174.5 km/h (~110mph?)
with my Big Apple 29er.

Don't know why it took me 1 hour 10 minutes for 17km, though.

Regards,
Juergen


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And here`s a picture of the whole speed machine. It`s a Pichler frame .


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i've just got a 29r with a big apple tyre!
tomorrow i'm trying it out for the first time! i can't wait!


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My riding partner hit a max speed of 367.9 km/hour (228.6 m/h) on a
Coker. That explains why he kept passing me. I think that max recorded
speed was due to bad connections in the wire for his cycle computer, but
he seems to think the max speed was accurate. Hmmm...


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gee, and the highest i've hit on my 700c racer is 12.7 mph... looks like
i'm in for a run for my money if I ever go to a race...


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How do you secure the cycle computers? I was told at a bike store that
it would be hard to mount it on a unicycle without handles (GB handles
or something).


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juergen_brauckmann wrote:
*I can proudly say that I am as fast with my unicycle as with our car,
because my computer told me yesterday that I hit 174.5 km/h (~110mph?)
with my Big Apple 29er.

Don't know why it took me 1 hour 10 minutes for 17km, though.

Regards,
Juergen *


That's fine in Germany, because you can go as fast as you like on the
Autobahn, unfortunately in Britain we are restricted to only doing 70
mph on our unicycles, how I envy you living in Germany.

Matt


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Matt.P.Herbert wrote:
That's fine in Germany, because you can go as fast as you like on the
Autobahn, unfortunately in Britain we are restricted to only doing 70
mph on our unicycles, how I envy you living in Germany.

Actually speed limits in the UK apply only to motor vehicles, so you can
go as fast as you like on your unicycle. Of course, you might still be
liable to a charge of furious cycling, and you're still not allowed on
the motorway.

:-P

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Danny Colyer wrote:
*Actually speed limits in the UK apply only to motor vehicles, so you
can
go as fast as you like on your unicycle. Of course, you might still
be
liable to a charge of furious cycling, and you're still not allowed
on
the motorway.
*

That's a pity. Whenever I ride faster than 100 kph on my unicycle I
like to be on a high speed roadway.

It seems to me that beating a furious cycling rap would be easy. How
are the cops going to prove you were furious? Just fake a road-runner
smile when you whoosh past... Beep Beep!


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treepotato wrote:
*i've just got a 29r with a big apple tyre!
tomorrow i'm trying it out for the first time! i can't wait! *
Congratulations Liz. Why wait until tomorrow? If I got one I would try
it out immediately. Do you have to cut down the seatpost or something?
Have fun trying to beat 174.5 or 367.9 kph on your new unicycle! Have
you named it yet?


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