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5 guni's on yesterday's ride
Yesterday, we did a great 50 km ride out in the Bay area, to celebrate Geoff's birthday. We had five schumpfs on the ride! 3 geared KH 29'ers, 1 Nimbus 36 with the old Schlumpf hub, and 1 Nimbus 36 with the KH schlumpf hub (my uni). Man...the guni's are fast! I hit a record speed for myself (more by accident than anything else); 24.9 MPH. Tom W took some pictures and posted them online: http://flickr.com/photos/tomwphotos/...7604648367869/ corbin -- corbin http://www.corbinstreehouse.com ------------------------------------------------------------------------ corbin's Profile: http://www.unicyclist.com/profile/7561 View this thread: http://www.unicyclist.com/thread/69381 Posted Via Usenet.com Premium Usenet Newsgroup Services ---------------------------------------------------------- http://www.usenet.com |
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corbin wrote: Man...the guni's are fast! I hit a record speed for myself (more by accident than anything else); 24.9 MPH. Tom W took some pictures and posted them online: http://flickr.com/photos/tomwphotos/...7604648367869/ corbin That is scary fast on one wheel, shortly after I got mine I went down going just shy of 20mph and it was not very forgiving. -- Daytripper63 The Dictionary is the only place where "Success" comes before "Working" ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Daytripper63's Profile: http://www.unicyclist.com/profile/10789 View this thread: http://www.unicyclist.com/thread/69381 Posted Via Usenet.com Premium Usenet Newsgroup Services ---------------------------------------------------------- http://www.usenet.com |
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Daytripper63 wrote: That is scary fast on one wheel, shortly after I got mine I went down going just shy of 20mph and it was not very forgiving. Your right; I think I'm going to invest in some knee pads, just in case. I've found I can actually cruise at 20-21mph if there is a slight downhill. corbin -- corbin http://www.corbinstreehouse.com ------------------------------------------------------------------------ corbin's Profile: http://www.unicyclist.com/profile/7561 View this thread: http://www.unicyclist.com/thread/69381 Posted Via Usenet.com Premium Usenet Newsgroup Services ---------------------------------------------------------- http://www.usenet.com |
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corbin wrote: Tom W took some pictures and posted them online: http://flickr.com/photos/tomwphotos/...7604648367869/ Question: Why is this guy holding a small bicycle in his hands? http://tinyurl.com/3mkatc STM -- semach.the.monkey ------------------------------------------------------------------------ semach.the.monkey's Profile: http://www.unicyclist.com/profile/12078 View this thread: http://www.unicyclist.com/thread/69381 Posted Via Usenet.com Premium Usenet Newsgroup Services ---------------------------------------------------------- http://www.usenet.com |
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corbin wrote: Your right; I think I'm going to invest in some knee pads, just in case. I've found I can actually cruise at 20-21mph if there is a slight downhill. corbin I also think I am going to invest in some pads for RTL purposes. I find that with my geared 29 on the slight downhills I am going crazy fast and I get really scared of what would happen if I were to fall. -- siafirede 'DCuni' (http://www.dcuni.com/blog) - my blog about Unicycling in Washington DC, Virginia, Maryland James = my name 'This' (http://www.myspace.com/clawsout) = my myspace ------------------------------------------------------------------------ siafirede's Profile: http://www.unicyclist.com/profile/6057 View this thread: http://www.unicyclist.com/thread/69381 Posted Via Usenet.com Premium Usenet Newsgroup Services ---------------------------------------------------------- http://www.usenet.com |
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siafirede wrote: I also think I am going to invest in some pads for RTL purposes. I find that with my geared 29 on the slight downhills I am going crazy fast and I get really scared of what would happen if I were to fall. I haven't fallen off at my top speeds, but I have had to roll out of falls on occasion. Based on my experiences with "lower" high speed falls, I think my hips and elbows would be at least as important to pad as my knees, if not more. I usually only land on my knees on weird low speed MUni or trials type falls. -- phlegm ------------------------------------------------------------------------ phlegm's Profile: http://www.unicyclist.com/profile/8382 View this thread: http://www.unicyclist.com/thread/69381 Posted Via Usenet.com Premium Usenet Newsgroup Services ---------------------------------------------------------- http://www.usenet.com |
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My photos from the same ride: http://www.flickr.com/gp/83189681@N00/o7D235 '[image: http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3194/2431865654_96c4abcab9.jpg]' (http://www.flickr.com/photos/tholub/2431865654/) '[image: http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2370/2431034577_29911bfa40.jpg]' (http://www.flickr.com/photos/tholub/2431034577/) Thanks to Geoff for organizing it; it was a lot of fun! I think we had 14 unicyclists for at least parts of the ride, along with Geoff and a handful of rollerbladers, and a couple of bikes. -- tholub ------------------------------------------------------------------------ tholub's Profile: http://www.unicyclist.com/profile/804 View this thread: http://www.unicyclist.com/thread/69381 Posted Via Usenet.com Premium Usenet Newsgroup Services ---------------------------------------------------------- http://www.usenet.com |
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semach.the.monkey wrote: Question: Why is this guy holding a small bicycle in his hands? http://tinyurl.com/3mkatc STM Hah! that's quite a funny picture. And that guy is me. corbin -- corbin http://www.corbinstreehouse.com ------------------------------------------------------------------------ corbin's Profile: http://www.unicyclist.com/profile/7561 View this thread: http://www.unicyclist.com/thread/69381 Posted Via Usenet.com Premium Usenet Newsgroup Services ---------------------------------------------------------- http://www.usenet.com |
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I had a bit of a crash yesterday. It was at the end, I was tired, and trying to catch up with team Yellow Line Fever. I wasn't going that fast, Maybe 15mph when I came off the front. I can't recall exactly how I landed, but I didn't run out of it, and I wound up doing a bit of a sommersault. I lost a little bit of skin on my left elbow, and a little bruise on the same hip. My knees were completely unscathed. -- mscalisi Unicycle for (reducing the) Buddha ------------------------------------------------------------------------ mscalisi's Profile: http://www.unicyclist.com/profile/4961 View this thread: http://www.unicyclist.com/thread/69381 Posted Via Usenet.com Premium Usenet Newsgroup Services ---------------------------------------------------------- http://www.usenet.com |
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mscalisi wrote: I wasn't going that fast, Maybe 15mph when I came off the front. I was going about 15 mph when I broke my collar bone. Of course it helps a lot to not have your foot tied to the pedal when you fall off. Keep those shoelaces controlled! Speaking of which, I just, finally ordered a pair of "proper" road riding shoes for unicycles, the 'Sam Hill from Five Ten' (http://tinyurl.com/45ra8a). Until now I've been still using the damaged shoes I was wearing the day of the crash... Since then, and with the bone still in the healing process, I've had absolutely no interest in pushing the limits on speed. Problem is, even riding at "cruising" speed it's now in the 15 mph range, and will hopefully be faster. But I guess I'll just keep concentrating on long-term consistency. I'm not worried about my knees either, though they got 'scraped up pretty good' (http://unicycling.smugmug.com/galler..._kTSst#P-10-15) in the collar bone crash. Sorry I couldn't make the Geoff Birthday Ride, that could have brought the Schlumpf total to 6! -- johnfoss John Foss Email: "jfoss" at "unicycling.com" -- www.unicycling.com ----------------------------------------------- Man with broken collar bone say: "Have you checked your shoelaces lately?" ------------------------------------------------------------------------ johnfoss's Profile: http://www.unicyclist.com/profile/832 View this thread: http://www.unicyclist.com/thread/69381 Posted Via Usenet.com Premium Usenet Newsgroup Services ---------------------------------------------------------- http://www.usenet.com |
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