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Well, the official results aren't up yet, so I won't comment at all on
that..

However, for some comic relief till that time, check out this video I
took at 40km's (approx) into the 60km race.

'This Video' (http://www.unicyclist.com/gallery/albums/LUC/p2a.mov)shows
me passing 4 bikers...one was on a SantaCruz Superlight ($3000cdn+)
They certainly 'looked' like mountainbikers!

You'll not only note how fast I (on a unicycle), blow by them (on bikes)
but due to some poor race logistics, Me and another Cokeur were 2 of
about 15 who's bike trailer never showed up at the startline. They had
another start for us about 30 mins later.

A subpar start though, no mass start, and all the spectators were gone.
Me and Joel were the last people for about 5km's, then, we continued to
pass more and more people...and when you start dead last (on unicycles),
passing people (on bikes) is awesome!


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Ha ha!!!

Great race sample Sofa!

I'm curious about your time-result for a 60km. You looked to be spinning
good!

> passing people (on bikes) is awesome!


Yeah! I just did a 70+km ride this afternoon, in a little more than 5
hours. I passed a lot of tourists, and two road bikers.:D OK....they
were probably 40 years old.... but it was so funny to see the look of
their faces when they noticed the Big wheel!!


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Here are the results:

Brian MacKenzie: Coker/127's
3:53.34 (beat 170 bikers)

Ryan Atkins: 29/102's
3:58.21 (beat 155 bikers)

Joel Burgess: Coker 127's
4:19.54 (beat 73 bikers)

Jeff Groves: 29/102's
4:51.49 (beat 26 bikers)

There were about 1000 people in our 60km event. Unfortunately, Jeff had
himself a flat tire (so he says when we passed him, anyways ;) )


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I forgot about the funny part!

You can picture me riding along, thinking to myself...how many bikes am
I going to see with broken chains, brakes, drive train components,
etc...that as unicyclists, we don't need to worry about. I figured
those type of break downs were my main source of not finishing last

After I passed my first cyclist (I started last, remember) that was
about 5km's into it.

The very next biker I saw was walking along side his bike, holding his
left crank arm and pedal in his hand, because it's crank got loose and
fell off!


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Wow, those are pretty good times for a long ride, especially given it's
a proper time including stops and the like. Did you go at a pretty
constant speed or did you find yourself slowing towards the end?

Any of you have thoughts on how the micro-crank 29er compares to the
coker?

Joe


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I kept a very constant speed for about 40-45km (the speed you see me
riding in the video clip was about how steady i was going)

Nearing the last section, The bottoms of my quads were burning, and if I
were to stand up and get my legs near locked position...they would lock
into place and shoot pain up my entire legs...because they were both
like that. I had to stop and strech out my quads...not really caring
too much on my time at that point! (although, i figured the more
stretching I got done, the better it would help my time anyways)After I
got that settled out, I was pretty tired...those last 10-15 km's were
poor (in relation to the first ones)

There were several washed out parts (it rained HEAVILY immediately
before the race) (like, 100 m of the trail was complete soup...deep
enough that parts of it looked smooth!)

I think in this type of race, it comes down to rider ability...and by
ability I mean preference of unicycle, and how in tune you are with the
strengths and weakness of each ride. I would make up time on the flat,
where he would most likey make up time on the off road. This is a race
where most people were on mountain bikes, there were some cyclocross
bikes, there were even road bikes who would run through the off road
parts. There were several large climbs, some road, some trail...with
the last 500 meters or so being the longest, steepest hill of the race.
With the finish line at the very top


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That was a cool video. It's always nice when I pass the rare bike as
well. Mine is during commuting, so most of the people out there are
doing pretty good speeds.

From your video I can see you have a KH seat, and big quads. :)


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Ryan and Jeff at the start:


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Me on the very last steep climb...looking UP to the finish line on the
top of the hill

note the mud buildup on my wheel


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'An action shot of m_extreme_uni' (http://tinyurl.com/2l53m) (too bad
you can't see the bikers faces)

Hey Jeff, can you send me the photos your mom and dad took please?


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