skate4flip said:*Sort of a threadjack: I was riding my 20" unicycle and i put a
speedometer/odometer on it and i tried to see how fast i could ride.
I reached 14.2 mph for about a second or so. Does this seem accurate
or is my speedometer wrong?I rode the 20" on a 3 mile loop when my dad clocked it in the car (i
wasnt with him so i dont know it was exactly 3 but that is what he
said), and it said i went 3.75 miles. Is it because my wheel swirves
back in forth sometimes or is it just wrong? *
I'm going to go with, the speedometer was wrong.
Some things that could have happened:
The measurement (wheel size) was not accurate.
You idled the magnet back and forth.
I think my max on a 24" was something like 12mph - completely
unsustainable, but with careful attention to not make the 2 errors
above.
It's just extremely tough to get speed out of a 20"
Somebody mention how the uphill, downhill, and cross-country muni races
were won on a 20" . . . 😕
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