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25-06.-2008, 07:22 AM
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Re: RTL Former Bike Racers?
*also raises hand* I got my start riding bikes, and that's pretty much where I got all my training and exercise until I got my geared 36 up and running. Now I can use just as much power pushing my uni as I use to push my bike, so I can get a good workout from both... but I've done maybe 6 or 7 bike races in the past two years. I'm really a n00b bike racer when it comes to it... I think I fit in with the stronger end of the Cat 4 group, but I haven't raced enough to upgrade from cat 5. I think the geared hubs (i.e. bigger gear ratios, longer cranks, and more power) really shift the advantage of road unicycling to those who spend a lot of time on bikes, because the power output and pedaling motions are now so much more like those on a bike shifted into a good gear. I think that even longer cranks and even bigger gears would be desirable. (Like 1.75-1 or 2-1 and 175mm cranks. On my road bike I usually cruise in a 70-80-inch gear with 175mm cranks. With gearing like that, a three-speed would be a necessity. It'll probably be some years, if ever. It's feasible, but would result in a really wide hub that would be quite a lot more expensive.) -- chuckaeronut Uni to work, work to eat, eat to live, live to uni.  ------------------------------------------------------------------------ chuckaeronut's Profile: http://www.unicyclist.com/profile/14677 View this thread: http://www.unicyclist.com/thread/70904 Posted Via Usenet.com Premium Usenet Newsgroup Services ---------------------------------------------------------- http://www.usenet.com |
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25-06.-2008, 07:37 AM
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Re: RTL Former Bike Racers?
chuckaeronut wrote: > > I think the geared hubs (i.e. bigger gear ratios, longer cranks, and > more power) really shift the advantage of road unicycling to those who > spend a lot of time on bikes, because the power output and pedaling > motions are now so much more like those on a bike shifted into a good > gear. I agree. I know lot's of very fast spinners who absolutely suck at biking (hence my earlier comment), because they're no good at pushing big gears. I think the 36" Schlumpf definitely make a unicycle more bike-like. Previously, unicycling is more about how fast you can spin, rather than power. If you looked at the earlier unicon races, some of the fastest times are by 12yr old kids on 24" Uni's. I raced in the Expert category as an U23 rider, one down from Pro-Elite. -- GizmoDuck The Uninam Tour 2008.....Hanoi to Saigon!!! www.uninam.net The SINZ Unicycle Tour 2007....South Island, New Zealand www.sinzuni.org The Induni Unicycle Tour 2009. Unicycle Tour of India. Email me for details. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ GizmoDuck's Profile: http://www.unicyclist.com/profile/794 View this thread: http://www.unicyclist.com/thread/70904 Posted Via Usenet.com Premium Usenet Newsgroup Services ---------------------------------------------------------- http://www.usenet.com |
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