For anyone who can’t make it to the Unithon in NJ on June 2nd (or for those really hardcore) there is another great ride the following day for an excellent cause in Boston, MA. Bikes Not Bombs is having their 20th annual bike-a-thon. They do great things localy for the community of Boston and around the country as well as around the world.
There are three rides, 65, 25 and 15 miles. To enter you have to have collected at least $80 in donations. I haven’t confirmed that they don’t mind unicyclists but I have no reason to believe that we wouldn’t be allowed. I’m really torn between attending this or the Unithon, however the Unithon is almost 8 hours away from me and early in the morning making it rather difficult. I’d really love to be able to find at least one other rider to coker it up with me on either the 65 or 25 mile ride. I think it would be pretty hardcore to be able to pull off both this and the Unithon if possible. More info here: http://www.bikesnotbombs.org/bat-2007.htm
I can’t make it to the LBI Unithon so I’ll be riding the 25 mile route on this Bike-A-Thon as a single unicyclist. I’ve been training like crazy because I’ve only had my coker for a few weeks and for me this ride is really intimidating, I’ve never done something of this length. If you want to help out and make an online donation that would be amazing (I need to reach at least the minimum of $80) but please don’t feel obligated to… I don’t want to sound as if I’m scrounging for your money.
Thanks! I just went for my first 25 mile ride yesterday to train. I was able to go the distance but it seems like for me the limiting factor is saddle soreness. Every few miles I’d have to get off for 30 seconds to so. I think I’m going to be putting 125mm cranks on today so hopefully that should help with stability and speed assuming I can adjust to them before the ride this coming weekend. I just have to hope that its not too incredibly hilly.
I’ve continued my training each night and now following the advice of Nathan Hoover in a different thread rather than going really far distance to train I’ve just been doing a lot of climbing. I’ve switched to 125mm cranks from 150s and it has improved all aspects of my riding. At first it was harder to climb hills but now I’ve gained strength and the shorter cranks allow for a better pedaling rhythm letting me zoom up hills I once struggled with on 150s.
Advice for those of you with T7 handles and rail adapter when adjusting the angle of the adapter on the post make sure you loosen and tighten both bolts evenly, if you change the angle and tighten one bolt more than the other you can bend the rails… like me and I’m sure you don’t want that. Luckily it doesn’t affect my riding and isn’t that bad at all I just hope it stays strong enough.
I’d like to personally thank One on one for so far being the only one to make an online donation, it was greatly appreciated!
Heres a shot of the bent rails, wish me luck on my ride, I’ve only been cokering for three weeks or so.
