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Anyone tried the Death Ride?
We have a bike race here called the death ride: http://www.deathride.com I was wondering if anyone is crazy enough to do this on a Unicycle... (Not even sure they would let you...) Keldridge -- Keldridge ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Keldridge's Profile: http://www.unicyclist.com/profile/14019 View this thread: http://www.unicyclist.com/thread/58414 |
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Anyone tried the Death Ride?
Keldridge wrote: We have a bike race here called the death ride: http://www.deathride.com I was wondering if anyone is crazy enough to do this on a Unicycle... (Not even sure they would let you...) Keldridge They sure got the name right. If you weren't already you'd definitely feel like dieing after 129 miles and 15,000+ of virtical -- skilewis74 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ skilewis74's Profile: http://www.unicyclist.com/profile/12404 View this thread: http://www.unicyclist.com/thread/58414 |
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Anyone tried the Death Ride?
The Death Ride is an overhyped event designed for people who don't really like bike riding, so they can get tshirts with skeletons on them to show how studly they are. It's also really expensive. $90 entry for a one-day ride? Tahoe is $50 and a better ride anyway. The entire 129 miles, I think is completely infeasible for current unicycle technology within the time constraints. -- tholub ------------------------------------------------------------------------ tholub's Profile: http://www.unicyclist.com/profile/804 View this thread: http://www.unicyclist.com/thread/58414 |
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Anyone tried the Death Ride?
tholub wrote: The Death Ride is ...also really expensive. $90 entry for a one-day ride? $90 doesn't seem too bad for a well supported 129 mile race. thier website wrote: With your entry fee...more than 700 volunteers...7 full rest stops, all supplied with a great selection of food and drink, plus 4 additional water stops at key locations on the course...huge lunch during the ride, Saturday night dinner, massages... The Mt. Washington uphill in NH is $300, and this year it sold out all 600 spots in 2 hrs. I'd love to take a shot at that one, but 3 bills seems kinda steeper than the mountain itself. tholub wrote: The entire 129 miles, I think is completely infeasible for current unicycle technology within the time constraints. It does seem unlikely that anyone could manage it on a uni. Even if you started at 5AM and went until 8PM, you'd have to maintain over 8mph and with that much climbing it would kill even Gizmoduck or AspenMike. -- steveyo steveyo ...like having your own personal rollercoaster... Check out my 'uni race write-ups' (http://home.nycap.rr.com/rduhan/uni_race_writeups/) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ steveyo's Profile: http://www.unicyclist.com/profile/7228 View this thread: http://www.unicyclist.com/thread/58414 |
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Anyone tried the Death Ride?
steveyo wrote: It does seem unlikely that anyone could manage it on a uni. Even if you started at 5AM and went until 8PM, you'd have to maintain over 8mph and with that much climbing it would kill even Gizmoduck or AspenMike. Is that a challenge? If it's a road ride I don't see why you couldn't do it do it on a unicycle in 15hrs. Given that it's a very hilly ride, unicycles should actually do quite well. -- GizmoDuck 'The SINZ Unitour 2007' (http://www.sinzuni.org)...No Salvation Required 'The Laos Unicycle Tour 2006' (http://www.laosunitour.org)....An Adventure of Epic Proportions The Monguni Tour 2008....catchy slogan pending The Unifice 2009....Fire & Ice, One-Wheel Sacrifice The SISININZ Unitour 2010....How to get a sore butt ------------------------------------------------------------------------ GizmoDuck's Profile: http://www.unicyclist.com/profile/794 View this thread: http://www.unicyclist.com/thread/58414 |
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Anyone tried the Death Ride?
GizmoDuck wrote: Is that a challenge? If it's a road ride I don't see why you couldn't do it do it on a unicycle in 15hrs. Given that it's a very hilly ride, unicycles should actually do quite well. But what about the downhills? I'd think that would kill your advantage over the out of shape cyclists. Or are the steep assents enough? -- skilewis74 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ skilewis74's Profile: http://www.unicyclist.com/profile/12404 View this thread: http://www.unicyclist.com/thread/58414 |
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