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My giraffe distance record is 50 miles/75km, shared with Bradley Bradley. We did this in the March of Dimes SuperRide in 1980 at Detroit's Belle Isle. I say 50/75 because they listed the ride as 75km, but I think they had recently made the switch from miles (to get more sponsorship dollars) but I don't know if they actually changed the length of the route. Everybody called it 50 miles. We were on Schwinn Giraffes with 48:28 gear ratios. We were the first to start and the last to finish. And boy did our crotches hurt before they got numb! This was followed by painful urination. Oh the things you'll do when you're 18! After that we agreed not to do such a long ride again until we had big wheels... The geared-up Schwinns were kind of hard to ride, and very hard to freemount. Speed was good, but you were still on a little 20" wheel and 6' above the ground! -- johnfoss - More Moab Fun John Foss, the Uni-Cyclone "jfoss" at "unicycling.com" -- www.unicycling.com "Read the rules!" -- 'IUF Rulebook' (http://www.unicycling.org/iuf/rulebook/) -- 'USA Rulebook' (http://www.unicycling.org/usa/competition/) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ johnfoss's Profile: http://www.unicyclist.com/profile/832 View this thread: http://www.unicyclist.com/thread/42540 |
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Besides the bridges with low railings, another interesting obstacle is low overhead pedestrian bridges that the bike trail passes under. There is a low pedestrian bridge over a local Seattle bike path. The first time you come to it on a 6-foot giraffe you wonder if you can duck low enough to make it under. Then when you do duck low enough to make it under you realize that it would be very bad to have a UPD right then. It is possible to make it under that bridge on a 6-foot giraffe but I don't think I would try it if I had a Camelbak on my back unless I saw Greg Harper do it first while wearing a Camelbak. -- john_childs - Guinness Mojo john_childs (att) hotmail (dott) com Gallery: '' (http://gallery.unicyclist.com/john_childs) ' Unicycling Bookmark List' (http://backcountry.unicyclist.com/) :: 'World Clock' (http://tinyurl.com/a99y3) 'Click Me' (http://tinyurl.com/7lvbu) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ john_childs's Profile: http://www.unicyclist.com/profile/449 View this thread: http://www.unicyclist.com/thread/42540 |
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Besides the bridges with low railings, another interesting obstacle is low overhead pedestrian bridges that the bike trail passes under. There is a low pedestrian bridge over a local Seattle bike path. The first time you come to it on a 6-foot giraffe you wonder if you can duck low enough to make it under. Then when you do duck low enough to make it under you realize that it would be very bad to have a UPD right then. It is possible to make it under that bridge on a 6-foot giraffe but I don't think I would try it if I had a Camelbak on my back unless I saw Greg Harper do it first while wearing a Camelbak. -- john_childs - Guinness Mojo john_childs (att) hotmail (dott) com Gallery: '' (http://gallery.unicyclist.com/john_childs) ' Unicycling Bookmark List' (http://backcountry.unicyclist.com/) :: 'World Clock' (http://tinyurl.com/a99y3) 'Click Me' (http://tinyurl.com/7lvbu) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ john_childs's Profile: http://www.unicyclist.com/profile/449 View this thread: http://www.unicyclist.com/thread/42540 |
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