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Re: RTL: fastest speed reached

mscalisi · 2008-06-24T20:41:27+00:00

I'm sure I've broken the record for one mile, at probably at least 15 other people at RTL have too. Chuck's speed in the time-trial was over 17mph. I'm sure he shifted at least twice for hill-climbs. I wouldn't be at all surprised to see him maintain 18mph for an hour on flat terrain. Just to avoid any confusion: The 17.45 mph was mentioned by Kiwi in Vermont as the ONE-MILE record speed. I don't know where he got that but I don't dispute it. However, while it might be the official record, there are probably a hundred riders in the world who could break that. The speed of 27.18 km/h that I mentioned, OTOH, and that equates to about 16.89 mph, is the HOUR record. I'm sure there are riders who can beat that too now. One should realise however, that for setting/breaking an official world record, it is as much riding hard as it is arranging the paperwork, organising witnesses, a suitable track or course etc. -- mscalisi <> Unicycle for (reducing the) Buddha <>< ------------------------------------------------------------------------ mscalisi's Profile: http://www.unicyclist.com/profile/4961 View this thread: http://www.unicyclist.com/thread/70856 Posted Via Usenet.com Premium Usenet Newsgroup Services ---------------------------------------------------------- http://www.usenet.com

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mscalisi
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24 June 2008, 20:41 UTC #1

I'm sure I've broken the record for one mile, at probably at least 15
other people at RTL have too.
Chuck's speed in the time-trial was over 17mph. I'm sure he shifted at
least twice for hill-climbs. I wouldn't be at all surprised to see him
maintain 18mph for an hour on flat terrain.
Klaas Bil said:
Just to avoid any confusion: The 17.45 mph was mentioned by Kiwi in
Vermont as the ONE-MILE record speed. I don't know where he got that
but I don't dispute it. However, while it might be the official record,
there are probably a hundred riders in the world who could break that.
The speed of 27.18 km/h that I mentioned, OTOH, and that equates to
about 16.89 mph, is the HOUR record. I'm sure there are riders who can
beat that too now. One should realise however, that for
setting/breaking an official world record, it is as much riding hard as
it is arranging the paperwork, organising witnesses, a suitable track or
course etc.
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chuckaeronut
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24 June 2008, 22:13 UTC #2

Hey Mike, gotta correct you on the time trial there, sorry 🙂 - my
average speed was 16.7mph, and I definitely downshifted more than
twice... maybe three or four times.
I could see doing 18mph for an hour on flat terrain. I'd need to have a
very light headwind at worst, but preferably no wind at all. I think
I've beaten the hour record of 16.89 in the past sometime or another,
but I'm not sure because I never really "did it right" and pedaled for
a straight hour. The mile record, though, is easy to try out... just go
blast for a few minutes and see what your average is. I've done over 20
for a mile on flat ground without wind, but I don't think I could go
any faster.
Also, to whoever said they were averaging 19.1 miles per hour for 3
minutes... I don't think that's right. The fastest I ever hit in the
crit was maybe 19 or 20mph, but slowing for the turns eats the average
alive. I remember my time being somewhere in the 8-high minutes range,
though, and a 4.8k ride in 9 minutes is like a 20mph average, so it
couldn't have possibly been 4.8k total. I'll try to do some figuring
out on that to see what really happened with the numbers. I know nobody
could've averaged anywhere close to 19mph in the crit... the turns were
too slow.
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siafirede
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24 June 2008, 22:33 UTC #3

chuckaeronut said:
Also, to whoever said they were averaging 19.1 miles per hour for 3
minutes... I don't think that's right. The fastest I ever hit in the
crit was maybe 19 or 20mph, but slowing for the turns eats the average
alive. I remember my time being somewhere in the 8-high minutes range,
though, and a 4.8k ride in 9 minutes is like a 20mph average, so it
couldn't have possibly been 4.8k total. I'll try to do some figuring
out on that to see what really happened with the numbers. I know nobody
could've averaged anywhere close to 19mph in the crit... the turns were
too slow.
I am sure I did the math wrong then (it really didn't feel like I was
going that fast, so I wouldn't be surprised).
My time was 9:25 I think. I'll recalculate, it has been a long day =]
Edit: I am guessing the course wasn't 4.8km.
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harper
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24 June 2008, 22:37 UTC #4

I, for one, do not now, nor do I ever intend to, threaten the one hour
record on a unicycle.
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Klaas Bil
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24 June 2008, 22:40 UTC #5

harper said:
I, for one, do not now, nor do I ever intend to, threaten the one hour
record on a unicycle.
Phew! That must be a relief to quite a few people.
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