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One hour Guinness distance record attempt
Last Sunday, Zach Warren made an attempt at breaking the Guinness one-hour distance record on a unicycle. The attempt failed, due to a mechanical problem: 33 minutes into the ride, 3 minutes ahead of world record pace (averaging between 16-17 mph), he took a spill from atop the wheel and a bolt connecting the hub to the fork snapped off. Took 5 minutes to temporarily fix the problem, putting him two minutes behind world record pace. The wheel, still loose, flip-flopped back and forth in the fork -- a loose wheel doth a nervous rider make! Zach pedalled like a banchee but couldn't catch up. Zach feels, however, that the world record is within reach for the next trial - he's not yet done with this. On the pictures you see Zach revving up on the long stretch, and (in the second post) at the turning point. The unicycle is a 45" custom machine, built by Sem Abrahams. +-------------------------------------------------------------------+ |Filename: Fargo April 2 WR trial_DCE.jpg | |Download: http://www.unicyclist.com/attachment/12830 | +-------------------------------------------------------------------+ -- Klaas Bil ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Klaas Bil's Profile: http://www.unicyclist.com/profile/3442 View this thread: http://www.unicyclist.com/thread/48349 |
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One hour Guinness distance record attempt
I like seeing attempts at the current 1 hour record. It is certainly within reach and needs to be bettered to advance the sport. The current crop of geared unicycles like the Schlumpf and 'Pete Perron's Purple Phaze' (http://www.livewireunicycles.com/Outta%20Phaze.htm) make the record well within reach of the better riders. I hope he has better luck on the next attempt and is able to beat the record. -- john_childs 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) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ john_childs's Profile: http://www.unicyclist.com/profile/449 View this thread: http://www.unicyclist.com/thread/48349 |
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One hour Guinness distance record attempt
Was it Pete Perron's record from last year that he was trying to beat, or was that one not official? It sucks that he failed because of a broken uni, not because he wasn't fast enough. That doesn't look like a particularly stong unicycle, but I suppose it wouldn't be it it was built for speed alone. Hopefully it won't be too long before he can organise another attempt at the record! -- domesticated ape i like bananas, monkey nuts and grapes ------------------------------------------------------------------------ domesticated ape's Profile: http://www.unicyclist.com/profile/8599 View this thread: http://www.unicyclist.com/thread/48349 |
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One hour Guinness distance record attempt
No longer a question of if Zach will break the record, it's a question of by-how-much. I'd say it will be around the 27-28km mark. -- GizmoDuck 'www.adventureunicyclist.com' (http://www.adventureunicyclist.com/) 'Laos Unicycle Tour' (http://www.laosunitour.org) 'New Zealand Unicycle Federation' (http://www.unicycle.org.nz) The SINZ Unitour- coming soon...... ------------------------------------------------------------------------ GizmoDuck's Profile: http://www.unicyclist.com/profile/794 View this thread: http://www.unicyclist.com/thread/48349 |
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One hour Guinness distance record attempt
What a beautiful machine. I worked hard at my own hour record on a Coker a couple of years back. Pedalling absolutely flat out for an hour on a uni is hard work requiring commitment and concentration. To fall at maximum speed in those conditions is worse than most other UPDs, because you have no margin for error, and BANG! it just happens. My record (Coker, 150 mm cranks, 1 hour) was 20.83 km. -- Mikefule Farewell tomorrow, ever was it so. Absence of flowers, But choked by weeds. Farewell tomorrow, ever was this so. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Mikefule's Profile: http://www.unicyclist.com/profile/879 View this thread: http://www.unicyclist.com/thread/48349 |
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One hour Guinness distance record attempt
domesticated ape wrote: Was it Pete Perron's record from last year that he was trying to beat, or was that one not official? Yes, that's the one. Pete Perron broke the Guinness World Record for distance in One Hour on a unicycle on February 26, 2005, using his geared 36" (I think it was called either 'purple phaze' or 'outta phaze' by that time). The distance was 14.278 miles. -- Klaas Bil ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Klaas Bil's Profile: http://www.unicyclist.com/profile/3442 View this thread: http://www.unicyclist.com/thread/48349 |
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One hour Guinness distance record attempt
what is involved in getting such a thing set up to be official? i know a rider who could possibly give the hour and 100 mile records a go. how would we go about making his efforts official? -- markf stuck in iowa and gainfully employed. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ markf's Profile: http://www.unicyclist.com/profile/8102 View this thread: http://www.unicyclist.com/thread/48349 |
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One hour Guinness distance record attempt
Absolutely everthing you need to know is on the guiness web site- in particular how to make a record attempt (more details are at)http://tinyurl.com/r4ps8 -- one wheely ------------------------------------------------------------------------ one wheely's Profile: http://www.unicyclist.com/profile/11955 View this thread: http://www.unicyclist.com/thread/48349 |
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One hour Guinness distance record attempt
one wheely wrote: Absolutely everthing you need to know is on the guiness web site- in particular how to make a record attempt (more details are at)http://tinyurl.com/r4ps8 Except what standards Guinness wants for the record attempt. General standards would be similar to the UCI one hour time trial methods for bicycles. A short closed course in a loop. Carefully measured. You ride for an hour. When the hour ends you complete the lap you were on. The distance on the last lap is then calculated by extrapolation assuming a constant speed for that lap. Add up all the laps. Add on the calculated distance for the last lap and you have your result. An experienced track (UCI) official to officiate would be a bonus. -- john_childs 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) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ john_childs's Profile: http://www.unicyclist.com/profile/449 View this thread: http://www.unicyclist.com/thread/48349 |
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One hour Guinness distance record attempt
I thought Pete Perron's record was broken.http://tinyurl.com/jkfw6 -- Denali ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Denali's Profile: http://www.unicyclist.com/profile/9085 View this thread: http://www.unicyclist.com/thread/48349 |
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