*also raises hand*
I got my start riding bikes, and that's pretty much where I got all my
training and exercise until I got my geared 36 up and running. Now I
can use just as much power pushing my uni as I use to push my bike, so
I can get a good workout from both... but I've done maybe 6 or 7 bike
races in the past two years. I'm really a n00b bike racer when it comes
to it... I think I fit in with the stronger end of the Cat 4 group, but
I haven't raced enough to upgrade from cat 5.
I think the geared hubs (i.e. bigger gear ratios, longer cranks, and
more power) really shift the advantage of road unicycling to those who
spend a lot of time on bikes, because the power output and pedaling
motions are now so much more like those on a bike shifted into a good
gear. I think that even longer cranks and even bigger gears would be
desirable. (Like 1.75-1 or 2-1 and 175mm cranks. On my road bike I
usually cruise in a 70-80-inch gear with 175mm cranks. With gearing
like that, a three-speed would be a necessity. It'll probably be some
years, if ever. It's feasible, but would result in a really wide hub
that would be quite a lot more expensive.)
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chuckaeronut
Uni to work, work to eat, eat to live, live to uni. 🙂
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