Has anybody actually put a cadence measurer on their uni to verify their
max cadence? I only just put a new Sigma computer on my bike, but for
another $15AUS I can get a cadence plug in. Maybe it’s worth it just to
see how fast I can spin my legs. THe only problem is that it is a
continuous readout and won’t record the maximum cadence. Looking under
the seat while going at 20kph might be a little dangerous. I guess I
could always fork out another $60 for the wireless plugin and just strap
it to my wrist.
nic
pricen01@tartarus.uwa.edu.au writes:
>Has anybody actually put a cadence measurer on their uni to verify their
>max cadence? I only just put a new Sigma computer on my bike, but for
>another $15AUS I can get a cadence plug in. Maybe it’s worth it just to
>see how fast I can spin my legs. THe only problem is that it is a
>continuous readout and won’t record the maximum cadence. Looking under
>the seat while going at 20kph might be a little dangerous. I guess I
>could always fork out another $60 for the wireless plugin and just strap
>it to my wrist.
- You are right that you wouldn’t want to look down while also trying to
hit max speed – real dangerous.
- I’ve heard from a few ppl that the wireless ones don’t work well
for unis bc the distance from wheel to wrist is too great for
current machines.
David
On 2 Jul 2001 18:19:07 -0700, pricen01@tartarus.uwa.edu.au (Nicholas
Price) wrote:
>Has anybody actually put a cadence measurer on their uni to verify their
>max cadence? I only just put a new Sigma computer on my bike, but for
>another $15AUS I can get a cadence plug in. Maybe it’s worth it just to
>see how fast I can spin my legs. THe only problem is that it is a
>continuous readout and won’t record the maximum cadence. Looking under
>the seat while going at 20kph might be a little dangerous. I guess I
>could always fork out another $60 for the wireless plugin and just strap
>it to my wrist.
>
>nic
>
>
If your Sigma records max speed for later readout, and you have a value
for wheel circumference, it’s just a little bit of calculus to work out
your cadence.
Klaas Bil
“To trigger/fool/saturate/overload Echelon, the following has been picked
automagically from a database:” “Dick Cheney, Ebola, Iraq”
I just put a Cateye Wireless 2 cyclometer on my mountain bike. It is rated
for 45cm distance between the transmitter and the receiver. That is really
a short distance. I measured mine, and although it seems to work solidly,
it is about 50cm (I have a shock so can’t put the transmitter at the top
of the fork.) This technology might improve later, but for now, I don’t
think wireless to your wrist is practical.
I’ve taken quick looks under the seat on my Coker, but this is especially
bad feeling at high speed - just when you want to look the most! Not
recommend - I figure this is the reason for the Max Speed feature.
—Nathan
“David Stone” <dstone@packer.edu> wrote in message
news:fc.000f4e670052cfb23b9aca00d084eb0a.52cfb3@packer.edu…
> pricen01@tartarus.uwa.edu.au writes:
> >Has anybody actually put a cadence measurer on their uni to verify
> >their max cadence? I only just put a new Sigma computer on my bike,
> >but for another $15AUS I can get a cadence plug in. Maybe it’s worth
> >it just to see how fast I can spin my legs. THe only problem is that
> >it is a continuous readout and won’t record the maximum cadence.
> >Looking under
the
> >seat while going at 20kph might be a little dangerous. I guess I could
> >always fork out another $60 for the wireless plugin and just strap it
> >to my wrist.
> 1. You are right that you wouldn’t want to look down while also trying
> to hit max speed – real dangerous.
> 2. I’ve heard from a few ppl that the wireless ones don’t work well for
> unis bc the distance from wheel to wrist is too great for current
> machines.
>
> David
— Klaas Bil <klaasbil_remove_the_spamkiller_@xs4all.nl> wrote:
> >Has anybody actually put a cadence measurer on their uni to verify
> >their max cadence?
Funny, on my trials ride last night I think I was moving at zero RPM for
about 2 hours, and I moved about 5 meters.
-Kris.
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On 3 Jul 2001 16:20:51 -0700, danger_uni@yahoo.com (Kris Holm) wrote:
>Funny, on my trials ride last night I think I was moving at zero RPM for
>about 2 hours, and I moved about 5 meters.
>
>-Kris.
Sounds like a throw at the minimum speed record.
Klaas Bil
“To trigger/fool/saturate/overload Echelon, the following has been picked
automagically from a database:” “Mossad, Anthrax, Robert Hanssen”
On 3 Jul 2001 16:20:51 -0700, danger_uni@yahoo.com (Kris Holm) wrote:
>Funny, on my trials ride last night I think I was moving at zero RPM for
>about 2 hours, and I moved about 5 meters.
>
>-Kris.
Sounds like a throw at the minimum speed record.
Klaas Bil
“To trigger/fool/saturate/overload Echelon, the following has been picked
automagically from a database:” “Mossad, Anthrax, Robert Hanssen”
> >Funny, on my trials ride last night I think I was moving at
> zero RPM for about 2 hours, and I
> >moved about 5 meters.
> >
> >-Kris.
>
> Sounds like a throw at the minimum speed record.
In the 1970’s and 80’s, contests were held for the longest time rocking
or hopping on a unicycle. I know the rocking record is over six hours
(read about one such in the Unicycle Book by Jack Wiley). For hopping,
we had a competition at the 1983 National Unicycle Meet, but put a 15
minute time limit on it because we knew people could go indefinitely.
Most of the competitors were smart enough to either fall off or simply
exit before that time, leaving only two competitors. One was me, and the
other guy was from Japan. I think his name was Noboru Sugiyama. He was
declared the winner because he used more hops. We were both sweating
like pigs, so I got lazy and would only hop once every few seconds, just
balancing in between.
Glad that contest wasn’t for two hours!
Stay on top, John Foss, the Uni-Cyclone jfoss@unicycling.com
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reality-check for unicyclists