100km ride

Congratulations, Max! That's quite an achievement.

It sounds like it's time for a new set of cranks.

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Well done Max- it's always satisfying to hit that century mark 🙂

I was over in Melbourne late last year- would have been good to meet
some other Coker riders but didn't manage to get hold of any. I spent
most of it riding up and down the (?)Murray River.

There is a 106km race over in Brisbane which I did a month ago- perhaps
you might like to join me next year? It is the only race in Oz I'm
aware of with it's own unicycle category:
www.cycleepic.com.au

Another good race if you feel like joining us Kiwis is the Lake Taupo
Cycle Challenge happening in about 5wks time. Should be fun as there
are about 10,000 riders every year (and a handful of unicyclists). You
should join us! Airfares are cheap 😉
www.cyclechallenge.com
There will be two Unicyclists soloing (Tony Melton and Peter Bier), and
a 2 person team (80km each), and I'm undecided whether I'm doing a 2
lapper (320km) or joining Tony and Peter for the 160k.
http://www.unicycle.org.nz/bb/viewtopic.php?t=113

Loose crank-what sort of cranks/hub were you using? I find the UDC
hubs have a tendency to loosen up cranks because they don't mesh to
cranks as well as other square taper hubs.

Ken

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Well done on cracking the century, Max! The next challenge you might
like to do is an imperial century (160km) such as the Lake Taupo Cycle
Challenge as Ken mentioned.

Ken omitted to say that he holds the 'world record for greatest
distance unicycled in 24 hours ' (http://tinyurl.com/at4mt)- 378.7km

Most long distance Coker riders use 125mm cranks, as this is a pretty
versatile crank length - pretty fast on the flat and OK for hill
climbing. I am considering using 125mm cranks for the first hilly 90km
of the Lake Taupo century, then swapping to 114mm cranks for the
remaining flat 70km.

I (and many other riders) have had the constantly loose crank syndrome.
It happens because either the axle hole in the crank has become rounded
or the hub itself has deformed around the axle flats. Cranks getting
rounded out is the more common of the two, especially if you have
aluminium cranks. The easiest fix to this is to get a new pair of
cranks. You -can -fit an aluminium shim cut from a soft drink can
around the flats of the axle to improve the crank's fit. -However-,
this fix usually doesn't last very long and soon your crank will be
loose again. If cranks become loose even just a little bit on the axle
they can round out easily (or very easily in the case of some aluminium
cranks). So if you ever feel movement from your cranks stop immediately
and tighten it. Don't ignore it, or you risk destroying the cranks or
worse, the axle.

Is that Roz Beste riding with you in the photo?

Tony

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ken- i might look into that brisbane ride, it sounds like fun. Also,
378km! You must be mad!

Tony- yes, that is roz beste. she deserves all the credit for
organising the ride and all of the training.

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max_pfeifer said:

Hey,

Two friends and i have just ridden our cokers in Melbourne, Australia's
"Round the bay in a day".

Is that Roz in the middle, or have you found another girlie coker head
in Aus?
Sarah

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