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.

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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!

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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.

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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.

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domesticated ape said:

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.

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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?

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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

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one wheely said:

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.

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I thought Pete Perron's record was broken.http://tinyurl.com/jkfw6

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okay. thanks guys. i might start planning this. not that i'm that fast
but i have a friend.

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Klaas Bil said:

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.

Surely some mistake. That's only 10.25% better than my best ever
(assuming my measuring equipment to be accurate). I am not and never
was that good.

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That thing is a beast...45 inches....geez
What's the biggest unicycle ever created and ridden?

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What size are those cranks?? They look super short; like maybe only 89's
or less!

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I am absolutely amazed by the possibility of someone riding 27+ km in an
hour. The concentration required is certainly beyond me. I can only
imagine how difficult it would be to 'run-out' a UPD at that kind of
speed when your too tired and too focused. I hope he can repeat his
attempt and make his goal.

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Mikefule said:

Surely some mistake. That's only 10.25% better than my best ever
(assuming my measuring equipment to be accurate). I am not and never
was that good.

That's cos the previous record was done on a 26", so was there for the
breaking by anyone who bothered to organise the timing, rather than a
hard challenge for a fast rider on a 36", let alone on a geared 36".
Pete was obviously the first person to do so, followed by whoever did
the 15.87 mile record, who must be a pretty nifty rider, given they
presumably weren't geared up.

Joe

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Hmm, I think it would be fair to separate the record into geared and
ungeared.

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joemarshall said:

That's cos the previous record was done on a 26", so was there for the
breaking by anyone who bothered to organise the timing, rather than a
hard challenge for a fast rider on a 36", let alone on a geared 36".
Pete was obviously the first person to do so, followed by whoever did
the 15.87 mile record, who must be a pretty nifty rider, given they
presumably weren't geared up.

Joe

If I recall, the record was not set on a 26. The original Guiness
record was done on a 24" and was quite impressive. Last year, the
record was broken by someone who simply followed the Guiness rules and
regs and rode a geared Coker fairly quick. But the record that he set
was something several of us had already accomplished earlier-- just not
officially. I've ridden over 16 miles in an hour on an ungeared Coker,
and I could easily break that record now on my 29" Schlumpf guni. But
taking the time and organization (and finding the velodrome) to break
the record is sth I simply can't do now and don't care enough about.

I think the realistic goal for this record will be set by a fully
recovered Ken Looi when he gets on his updated Schlumpf and rides 20
miles in an hour. That's my guess for now.

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monkey man i believe the largest wheel eevr built and ridden was the
48incher of sem abrahms.

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There's a place called Rideable Bicycle Replicas that sells a 52". I
don't know if the 48" from Sem Abrahms was a pneumatic tire though.
The 52" from RBR is a hard tire (ouch).

I don't know about separating the categories into geared vs.
non-geared. It's really about effective wheel diameter. As an extreme
example, if rider "A" does 15 miles in one hour on a 24" and rider "B"
does 15 miles in one hour on a 36", then rider "A" has completed a MUCH
more impressive feat. Seems to me it'd make more sense to do
categories based on effective wheel diameter. IOW, a 24" geared uni,
geared to an effective 36" would compete directly against an non-geared
36".

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