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Published 5 November 2006
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Original post dunawan
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5 November 2006, 08:24 UTC
#1
*ok so ive heard that 18 mph is the record speed on a uncicycle... i wouldve thought that it would be like 50 or somthing with all the crazy people in the world today. I can imagine it must be hard to go pretty fast because unicycles dont have free wheel soyou could never stop. i was riding down my street and it felt like i was going pretty fast maybe 8-10 mph i was riding fast or at least i thought i was well... i was flying down the sidewalk at what seemed to be about 10 mph and i leaned forward a little to much and jumped off and the momentum sent me running about 20 feet in front of my unicycle uncontrolably *
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5 November 2006, 09:07 UTC
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i dont think 18mph is anywhere near the record
im not sure what it is though
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5 November 2006, 09:09 UTC
#3
The hour record is over 18mph, so people have ridden at that speed for 18 miles constantly. I seem to remeber talk of a guy hitting around 30mph, but that was from eye witness estimates rather than a speedo. I think people have been clocked in the high twenties certainly.
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5 November 2006, 09:34 UTC
#4
Might pay to hit the 'search' button....it's been discussed many times.
But the same answer again is: Christian Hoverath 48km/hr in a Downhill sprint (Coker and 125mm cranks)
Not many documented max speeds on the flat...but I would imagine the top riders can do between 32-36km/hr in short bursts.
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maximus unius
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5 November 2006, 13:36 UTC
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Or coasting on a coker....
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skianduniaddict
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5 November 2006, 14:08 UTC
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i near 29mph(37kph?) on a sclumf uni
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tomblackwood
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5 November 2006, 18:03 UTC
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skianduniaddict said: i near 29mph(37kph?) on a sclumf uni
29 mph would be 46.67 kph, which would put you up there near record territory.
48 kph is 29.83 mph.
How were you clocked?
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5 November 2006, 22:41 UTC
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GizmoDuck said: Not many documented max speeds on the flat...but I would imagine the top riders can do between 32-36km/hr in short bursts./QUOTE]
Here's Dustin Schaap showing his recorded max speed of 39.3 km/h during the 10 km race at Unicon XIII.
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DustinSchaap
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6 November 2006, 16:31 UTC
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Not exactly my favourite photo, as it doesn't show me like the sexy beast I am, but 39.3km/h is a pretty fast time in my opinion, if you're really trying to set a speed record you could go much faster than that... If you look at Christian Hoverath's supposed speed and his time at the marathon, I think there might be some inaccuracy in it, even though these small bursts of speed can be quite high. I know Sam is very fast, I heard him say he went above 40km/h on a downhill once, so that's pretty fast. You've got to realise that cyclocomputers and especially GPS systems have a slight inaccuracy, it could be interesting to test it officialy sometime.
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