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kington99 · 2007-08-07T10:17:37+00:00

Hey guys, i just received an email about the unicycle races which will be running again in Warwick this year. Last year was a brilliant day and i got a funky trophy to boot, so I highly reccomend it. They have made the changes we reccomended last year, of making the 'big wheel' race 10km and spacing the two races apart so people can enter both without being exhausted. For those interested I've copied the email below. Entries are now open for this years Unicycle Races at Warwick, on Sunday 16th September. The "Big Wheel" event this year is planned to be the final "open entry" event before the professionals Bicycle race. This means we have a prime spot for the race, with loads of spectators. This race should start around 4:00pm and this year is 10 kilometers, that is 10 laps of the Warwick town centre. The "Fun" unicycle event will be starting earlier at 11:30 in the morning, and will again be 2 laps of the course, suitable for all shapes and sizes, and the whackier the better !!! This gives time for the "Big Wheel" entrants to recover before "going for it" later on. In between we will have Unicycle Games, Juggling, and Hula Hooping, so come and join in the fun !!! Please check out www.uniquest.co.uk for full details, and for an entry form. Please also help us spread the word around the unicycle community, so if you subscribe to any unicycle forums, or other unicycle groups please let everyone know that this event is growing. This is the second year Warwick have allowed us to organise Unicycle races, and it looks as though this will continue to be an annual event. I look forward to hearing from you soon. Best Regards, John Parnell www.johnthejuggler.co.uk www.hoopguy.com -- kington99 Dave - what a thoroughly post-modern subversion of the cycling genre - ------------------------------------------------------------------------ kington99's Profile: http://www.unicyclist.com/profile/9417 View this thread: http://www.unicyclist.com/thread/63245 Posted Via Usenet.com Premium Usenet Newsgroup Services ---------------------------------------------------------- ** SPEED ** RETENTION ** COMPLETION ** ANONYMITY ** ---------------------------------------------------------- http://www.usenet.com

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kington99
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7 August 2007, 10:17 UTC #1

Hey guys, i just received an email about the unicycle races which will
be running again in Warwick this year. Last year was a brilliant day
and i got a funky trophy to boot, so I highly reccomend it. They have
made the changes we reccomended last year, of making the 'big wheel'
race 10km and spacing the two races apart so people can enter both
without being exhausted. For those interested I've copied the email
below.
Entries are now open for this years Unicycle Races at Warwick, on
Sunday
16th September.
The "Big Wheel" event this year is planned to be the final "open
entry"
event before the professionals Bicycle race. This means we have a
prime
spot for the race, with loads of spectators.
This race should start around 4:00pm and this year is 10 kilometers,
that is
10 laps of the Warwick town centre.
The "Fun" unicycle event will be starting earlier at 11:30 in the
morning,
and will again be 2 laps of the course, suitable for all shapes and
sizes,
and the whackier the better !!! This gives time for the "Big Wheel"
entrants
to recover before "going for it" later on.
In between we will have Unicycle Games, Juggling, and Hula Hooping, so
come
and join in the fun !!!
Please check out www.uniquest.co.uk for full details, and for an entry
form.
Please also help us spread the word around the unicycle community, so
if you
subscribe to any unicycle forums, or other unicycle groups please let
everyone know that this event is growing. This is the second year
Warwick
have allowed us to organise Unicycle races, and it looks as though this
will
continue to be an annual event.
I look forward to hearing from you soon.
Best Regards,
John Parnell
www.johnthejuggler.co.uk
www.hoopguy.com
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domesticated ape
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7 August 2007, 14:01 UTC #2

I'm definitely going to be up for this, I wanted to do it last year but
didn't have a Coker.
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domesticated ape
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9 September 2007, 16:38 UTC #3

Sooo one week to go and all the threads about this event have sunk
without trace! Is anyone actually going to be there?
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semach.the.monkey
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9 September 2007, 17:57 UTC #4

I was planning on going, however, I've just looked at the entry form,
and I'm not sure if I will qualify.
Quoted message said:

The first race will be purely for "Large Wheel Unicycles (over 30
inches)
I guess this is the *physical *size of wheel, but hope that the
*effective *size of a Schlumpf in high gear of 43 inches will count. I
no longer have a 36" wheel, but would love to go. Does anyone know how
the ruling will go on this?
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domesticated ape
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9 September 2007, 18:15 UTC #5

semach.the.monkey said:
I was planning on going, however, I've just looked at the entry form,
and I'm not sure if I will qualify.
I guess this is the *physical *size of wheel, but hope that the
*effective *size of a Schlumpf in high gear of 43 inches will count. I
no longer have a 36" wheel, but would love to go. Does anyone know how
the ruling will go on this?
STM
I saw that too, I'm pretty sure it must mean that 29ers are ok because
that is the next size down from 36" commercially available. Schlumpfs
should definitely be allowed!
What is the actual diameter of a Big Apple anyway?
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9 September 2007, 18:29 UTC #6

domesticated ape said:
I saw that too, I'm pretty sure it must mean that 29ers are ok because
that is the next size down from 36" commercially available. Schlumpfs
should definitely be allowed!
Well, I took that as meaning that 29" wheels were excluded, otherwise
saying "above 30" seems a bit odd. But it would be nice if there was
something to say that gunis were allowed.
domesticated ape said:

What is the actual diameter of a Big Apple anyway?
pretty much exactly 29" (for both widths of it)
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domesticated ape
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9 September 2007, 20:47 UTC #7

I just checked the post in News and Announcements, it actually says "The
"Big Wheel" event is only really suitable for 36 inch wheels, but, if
you think you are up to it we will allow 30 inch entries.". That's got
to mean 29ers hasn't it, since there is no such thing a a 30"!
I reckon you should PM or email the organisers, or just turn up and
ride! It doesn't look like they're going to be snowed under with
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domesticated ape
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9 September 2007, 20:47 UTC #8

I just checked the post in News and Announcements, it actually says "The
"Big Wheel" event is only really suitable for 36 inch wheels, but, if
you think you are up to it we will allow 30 inch entries.". That's got
to mean 29ers hasn't it, since there is no such thing a a 30"!
I reckon you should PM or email the organisers, or just turn up and
ride! It doesn't look like they're going to be snowed under with
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keg
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9 September 2007, 21:08 UTC #9

DA - Read the entry form, I think they need to be posted this week.
As a 29er Slumpf has an effective wheel size > 36" it should be OK,
unless the rules state direct drive only?
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semach.the.monkey
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9 September 2007, 22:05 UTC #10

keg said:
As a 29er Slumpf has an effective wheel size > 36" it should be OK,
unless the rules state direct drive only?
Well, as the link on http://www.uniquest.co.uk/ seems to be broken,
I'll have to email the organisers to make sure.
I know the Schlumpf should be competitive, but if the Big Wheel race is
organised more for spectators, then a 29" wheel just doesn't look that
impressive.
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redwelly
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10 September 2007, 13:54 UTC #11

At the last minute as ever, I've remembered about this - just asked for
an entry form.
Hopefully I'll be there then. The webpage says that Roger plans to go
again, so I'll try not to fall off, and give the Old Master a good race
this time. 🙂
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10 September 2007, 14:49 UTC #12

semach.the.monkey said:
Well, as the link on http://www.uniquest.co.uk/ seems to be broken, I'll
have to email the organisers to make sure.
I know the Schlumpf should be competitive, but if the Big Wheel race is
organised more for spectators, then a 29" wheel just doesn't look that
impressive.
STM
The link didn't work in Firefox, another browser did work.
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semach.the.monkey
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10 September 2007, 20:10 UTC #13

i emailed the organiser last night about the guni issue, and he replied
saying;
Quoted message said:
This is not a problem, as long as you don't mind starting at the back
of
the grid. *I will need to keep "pole" position for the 36inch guys.
*Of
course once you are round the first bend you can overtake as many as
you
want to
so it looks like there'll be a couple of monkeys there at least 🙂
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kington99
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11 September 2007, 20:43 UTC #14

Right, im going to be there on the 36, anyone needs putting up before or
after the event i can accomodate as i live only a few miles away. I
certainly won't be running near the front but if you wave as you lap me
that would be nice.
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11 September 2007, 22:43 UTC #15

Right, my entry is in the post. Me? Cutting it fine? Naaah. See you all
there. Once I work out how to get to Warwick.
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semach.the.monkey
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12 September 2007, 06:56 UTC #16

johnhimsworth said:
. See you all there. Once I work out how to get to Warwick.
that's the easy bit. all you need to do is email me and let me know
what time you want picking up 🙂
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16 September 2007, 17:37 UTC #17

A great day had by all I think, with some tight racing. For those
following this thread who weren't there Roger held off Sam for a
victory, with John Himsworth coming in third. I've got 74 photos and a
few videos so once I've put them up somewhere I will let you all know.
Thanks for all turning up and making it an exciting race.
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16 September 2007, 18:13 UTC #18

OK I've put all the photos and video on my facebook. Feel free to add
me. I can try and get them on somewhere more easily accesible if anyone
has any suggestions. The gallery on here takes an incredibly long time
to load large numbers of photos.
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16 September 2007, 20:37 UTC #19

kington99 said:
OK I've put all the photos and video on my facebook. Feel free to add
me. I can try and get them on somewhere more easily accesible if anyone
has any suggestions.
'photobucket' (http://photobucket.com/) seems to be a popular choice
amongst many of the users here.
It would be quite nice to see your photos without having to sacrifice
my DNA sample to an otherwise-closed-off website, where others can just
as easily find out enough about you to get hold of things at your
expense...
What's special about facebook, anyway?
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16 September 2007, 20:42 UTC #20

gkmac said:

What's special about facebook, anyway?
Well in this case, uploading 60 photos takes less than 15 seconds of my
time, compared to 6 photos taking a few minutes on the gallery.
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