29" speed record (well, sort of)

And here`s a picture of the whole speed machine. It`s a Pichler frame .

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i've just got a 29r with a big apple tyre!
tomorrow i'm trying it out for the first time! i can't wait!

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My riding partner hit a max speed of 367.9 km/hour (228.6 m/h) on a
Coker. That explains why he kept passing me. I think that max recorded
speed was due to bad connections in the wire for his cycle computer, but
he seems to think the max speed was accurate. Hmmm...

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gee, and the highest i've hit on my 700c racer is 12.7 mph... looks like
i'm in for a run for my money if I ever go to a race... 😉

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How do you secure the cycle computers? I was told at a bike store that
it would be hard to mount it on a unicycle without handles (GB handles
or something).

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juergen_brauckmann said:

*I can proudly say that I am as fast with my unicycle as with our car,
because my computer told me yesterday that I hit 174.5 km/h (~110mph?)
with my Big Apple 29er.

Don't know why it took me 1 hour 10 minutes for 17km, though.

Regards,
Juergen *

That's fine in Germany, because you can go as fast as you like on the
Autobahn, unfortunately in Britain we are restricted to only doing 70
mph on our unicycles, how I envy you living in Germany.

Matt

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Matt.P.Herbert said:

That's fine in Germany, because you can go as fast as you like on the
Autobahn, unfortunately in Britain we are restricted to only doing 70
mph on our unicycles, how I envy you living in Germany.

Actually speed limits in the UK apply only to motor vehicles, so you can
go as fast as you like on your unicycle. Of course, you might still be
liable to a charge of furious cycling, and you're still not allowed on
the motorway.

:-P

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Danny Colyer said:

*Actually speed limits in the UK apply only to motor vehicles, so you
can
go as fast as you like on your unicycle. Of course, you might still
be
liable to a charge of furious cycling, and you're still not allowed
on
the motorway.
*

That's a pity. Whenever I ride faster than 100 kph on my unicycle I
like to be on a high speed roadway.

It seems to me that beating a furious cycling rap would be easy. How
are the cops going to prove you were furious? Just fake a road-runner
smile when you whoosh past... Beep Beep!

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treepotato said:

*i've just got a 29r with a big apple tyre!
tomorrow i'm trying it out for the first time! i can't wait! *

Congratulations Liz. Why wait until tomorrow? If I got one I would try
it out immediately. Do you have to cut down the seatpost or something?
Have fun trying to beat 174.5 or 367.9 kph on your new unicycle! Have
you named it yet?

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siafirede said:

*How do you secure the cycle computers? I was told at a bike store
that it would be hard to mount it on a unicycle without handles (GB
handles or something). *

I just mount mine to the seat tube since you can't watch it while you're
riding anyway

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john_childs said:

*My riding partner hit a max speed of 367.9 km/hour (228.6 m/h) on a
Coker. That explains why he kept passing me. I think that max
recorded speed was due to bad connections in the wire for his cycle
computer, but he seems to think the max speed was accurate. Hmmm... *

I should add that my riding partner was Tom Jackson (goes by iunicycle
here on the forum). I didn't mean to leave out the credit for that high
speed record.

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I take it these wonderous speeds aren't maintained for long. I don't
know much about speeds like that, but I know when I start going fast it
gets really choppy and a bounce around. Maybe my seat is too low.

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Oh yeah, juergen_brauckmann, I like your kitchen.

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john_childs said:

* bad connections in the wire for his cycle computer, but he seems to
think the max speed was accurate. *

Nah, computers never fail. "Bad connections in the wire", ts.
;-)

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Krashin'Kenny said:

*

I just mount mine to the seat tube since you can't watch it while
you're riding anyway *

The only problem with this is you might break some plastic mounts (I've
broken about 5). Sigma Sport makes computers with o-ring type mounts
which won't break on the seatpost. I don't use them any more because
it's not an issue on my Wyganowski handle.

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Danny Colyer said:

*

Actually speed limits in the UK apply only to motor vehicles, so you
can
go as fast as you like on your unicycle. Of course, you might still
be
liable to a charge of furious cycling, and you're still not allowed
on
the motorway.

*

That's interesting, I didn't know that you couldn't get done for
speeding on a pedal bike, I know that the police aren't allowed to
breathalise a cyclist.
I know that cycling on a motorway is illegal and so it should be, but
some A road dual-carriageways aren't alot different to a motorway with
fast ajoining slip roads and the speed limit the same, I rode along one
once (on a bicycle) never again, being between traffic each side of me
going very fast was no fun.

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Matt.P.Herbert said:

That's interesting, I didn't know that you couldn't get done for
speeding on a pedal bike, I know that the police aren't allowed to
breathalise a cyclist.

AIUI there's nothing to stop them breathalysing a cyclist, but the
result wouldn't be admissible as evidence in court because there is no
set alcohol limit for cyclists. There *is* an offence of being drunk in
charge of a bicycle (I've no idea whether it applies specifically to
bicycles, or whether unicyclists and tricyclists could be charged), but
it's really down to a policeman's judgement as to whether you're fit to
ride. And from all I've read (and IME), if you're capable of riding a
unicycle then they'll judge you not to be drunk.

I've had friendly comments from the police on a couple of occasions when
I've been yiking home from the pub after a few pints. On one of those
occasions, a WPC said: "I bet you couldn't do that after a few pints." :-)

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