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Mount Equinox Uphill Race Writeup

steveyo · 2007-08-06T16:27:27+00:00

Hey everybody! Rolandisimo, Mark P (from VT) and myself raced in the Mt. Equinox Uphill Bike Race last Saturday, August 4th. Short version: My old record, and only previous ascent by a uni, was 1:50:17 and we all crushed it. There was trash-talking, fun, pain, food, and fun. ' C l i c k h e r e f o r l o n g w r i t e u p . ' ( h t t p : / / h o m e . n y c a p . r r . c o m / r d u h a n / e q u i 2 0 0 7 / ) Warning, there's a lot of words. +-------------------------------------------------------------------+ |Filename: Equinox2007_1.jpg | |Download: http://www.unicyclist.com/attachment/21536 | +-------------------------------------------------------------------+ -- steveyo steveyo ...like having your own personal rollercoaster... - a few 'uni race write-ups' (http://home.nycap.rr.com/rduhan/uni_race_writeups/) - muni and kokopelli uni 't-shirts, mugs and stickers' (http://www.cafepress.com/steveyo) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ steveyo's Profile: http://www.unicyclist.com/profile/7228 View this thread: http://www.unicyclist.com/thread/63220 Posted Via Usenet.com Premium Usenet Newsgroup Services ---------------------------------------------------------- ** SPEED ** RETENTION ** COMPLETION ** ANONYMITY ** ---------------------------------------------------------- http://www.usenet.com

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steveyo
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6 August 2007, 16:27 UTC #1

Hey everybody!
Rolandisimo, Mark P (from VT) and myself raced in the Mt. Equinox
Uphill Bike Race last Saturday, August 4th.
Short version: My old record, and only previous ascent by a uni, was
1:50:17 and we all crushed it. There was trash-talking, fun, pain,
food, and fun.
' C l i c k h e r e f o r l o n g w r i t e u p . ' ( h t t
p : / / h o m e . n y c a p . r r . c o m / r d u h a n / e q u i 2 0 0
7 / ) Warning, there's a lot of words.
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6 August 2007, 16:52 UTC #2

Good show! Everyone beat the old record.
What crank length did you use on the 29er?
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steveyo
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6 August 2007, 17:04 UTC #3

john_childs said:
Good show! Everyone beat the old record.
What crank length did you use on the 29er?
Gah! I can't believe I forgot that in the write-up again!
Our unis:
Roland: KH24 (slick tire), 150mm cranks
Mark: Sun 700c tire, 170mm cranks
Me: KH29 (BA2.0 tire), 165 mm cranks
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6 August 2007, 17:14 UTC #4

wow you were probably about till you got to the top.:eek:
Sometime I should come join you.
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steveyo
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6 August 2007, 17:26 UTC #5

unicycle nut said:
wow you were probably about till you got to the top.:eek:
Sometime I should come join you.
Not sure what you're saying, but yes, you should join us!
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6 August 2007, 19:24 UTC #6

Bravo to all of you hillclimbing lunatics. Can you say fast, wow. Nice
to have others to ride with as well. Much respect !!!!!!!!
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6 August 2007, 20:11 UTC #7

Congratulations and great write up. I especially liked, “We don’t need
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6 August 2007, 20:26 UTC #8

One on one said:
Congratulations and great write up. I especially liked, “We don’t need
the training wheel anymore.”
Wow, I guess you actually read to the end! Thanks!
aspenmike said:
Bravo to all of you hillclimbing lunatics. Can you say fast, wow. Nice
to have others to ride with as well. Much respect !!!!!!!!
Thanks, Mike. That's weighty coming from you, my climbing guru. Oh,
and you're a bigger lunatic! 😄
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6 August 2007, 20:34 UTC #9

Awesome - loved the writeup. I wish it weren't so far away as that
sounds like a fantastic place to race (and beat) bikes!
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6 August 2007, 20:45 UTC #10

nathan said:
Awesome - loved the writeup. I wish it weren't so far away as that
sounds like a fantastic place to race (and beat) bikes!
---Nathan
Wow another "big dog" weighing in. Thanks, Nathan.
It's true, the NE US doesn't have huge mtns, but we have a good series
of hardcore hillclimbs every summer: Whiteface, Ascutney, Equinox, and
the big kahuna, Mt. Washington. All sustained and steep. We'd love to
have you attend one or two. I bet we could push each other to log some
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bmerry
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7 August 2007, 00:15 UTC #11

Great job Steve, it sounds like the grade was brutal! I've done
Smuggler's Notch in Stowe VT quite a number of times on my roadbike,
and have had the experience of looking just 25 feet up the road &
around the switchback to find it way above my head - a vertigo
experience! I guess I'll have to start riding Smuggler's on my uni if
I'm going to join you on Equinox next year.😄
There are two more short hillclimb races in VT this fall, the Burke Mt.
bike race, http://news.alpinezone.com/17008/, and a race up Appalacian
Gap near the the Mad River Glen ski area, http://www.achillclimb.org/
. Mark P. and I will be doing the Ap Gap, and since I can't afford to
go ride the passes in Colorado with AspenMike, I hope to do Whiteface
NY again in September!
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steveyo
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7 August 2007, 00:32 UTC #12

bmerry said:
Great job Steve, it sounds like the grade was brutal! I've done
Smuggler's Notch in Stowe VT quite a number of times on my roadbike,
and have had the experience of looking just 25 feet up the road &
around the switchback to find it way above my head - a vertigo
experience! I guess I'll have to start riding Smuggler's on my uni if
I'm going to join you on Equinox next year.😄
There are two more short hillclimb races in VT this fall, the Burke Mt.
bike race, http://news.alpinezone.com/17008/, and a race up Appalacian
Gap near the the Mad River Glen ski area, http://www.achillclimb.org/
. Mark P. and I will be doing the Ap Gap, and since I can't afford to
go ride the passes in Colorado with AspenMike, I hope to do Whiteface
NY again in September!
Thanks, Bill. Yeah, Equinox has some very steep sections.
I can't make the ApGap and Burke is just too far away (and $100 - WTF?)
but they both look fun. I think I may be up for Whiteface in Sept.
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7 August 2007, 01:32 UTC #13

That's awesome! Great write-up. Very inspiring! Up until now, I'd
only really wanted to MUni, seeing things like this opens it up a bit.
Congratulations to all of you guys, very nice!
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7 August 2007, 04:07 UTC #14

Thanks for writing that up Steve, it was a really nice read.
In fact, thanks for doing the ride! It's good to have unicyclists out
there doing visibly cool stuff. Whatsmore, it's always nice to see
unicycles not finishing last in a bike race! That's a good tradition
to maintain too 😉
Awesome that you got some riding buddies and that you all smashed the
record! I'm not sure I could hack a hill climb like that; certainly
not at those times. We don't have an awful lot of hills round these
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7 August 2007, 04:48 UTC #15

Truly inspiring! I'm sorry I didn't make it over there. I got tied up
in Ludlow that morning. Thanks for sharing the narrative. What you
guys accomplished is truly mind boggling. I'm in awe!
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7 August 2007, 08:02 UTC #16

Impressive😄
Well, you met two of your three initial goals (sort of). No rest
breaks and beating your old record.
Nathan, have you (or anyone else here) ever done the 'race up Mt.
Diablo ' (http://www.savemountdiablo.org/Mount_Diablo_Challenge.htm)in
the East Bay? (10.8 mi, 3,249 vert) I think there are several riders
who do it just about every year.
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7 August 2007, 08:18 UTC #17

nathan said:
Mt Diablo is -way -easier.
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7 August 2007, 08:43 UTC #18

Steve many thanks for such a great write-up. Just the right length to
read over a morning coffee.
Congratulations to all three of you for some very impressive climbing
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7 August 2007, 13:45 UTC #19

Nice writeup Steve, I enjoyed reading that. Good to see you guys
beating a few two wheelers along the way :p
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7 August 2007, 14:28 UTC #20

Wow! What an exciting race! I wish I were there. Great job all of
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