Fastest speed on a unicycle

General
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My top speed was recorded on gps and reed switch computer several times, I guess its an “average” top speed for me. I haven’t recorded on downhills as I usually use gps, and don’t trust the accuracy on steep grades. There’s a good possibility I’ve done better on pavement.

16.8, Austin Ritz, Conewago Trail (gravel rail-trail), ungeared kh 29, 125mm

Speed (mph), Name, Location, Unicycle, Crank size

29-ish, Christian Hoverath, ungeared Coker, 125mm
28.8 mph, Chuck Edwall, Laguna Beach, CA, Geared KH36, 150mm (downhill)
28.0 mph, Madison Johnston, Portland Oregon, Ungeared Nimbus 36 114mm cranks(downhill)
27.0 mph, Corbin Dunn, Los Gatos CA USA, Geared KH36, 150mm
26.8 mph, Jan Logemann, Remscheid, Germany, Geard KH36, 125mm
26.7 mph Sam Wakeling, Wales, UK, Ungeared 36, 114mm
25.9 mph, (41.7 kph), turtle on “turtle’s V”, Gearded 29", 125mm
24.2 mph, Lars Lottrup, Nivå Denmark, Nimbus 36, 114mm
24.2 mph, John Moriarty, Sarasota FL, 24" Schlumpf muni, 125mm
24.1 mph, Roland Kays, Albany NY, Geared KH36, 165mm
23.5 mph, David Stone, Lobster, 29" Schlumpf, 125mm
22.5 mph Madison Johnston, Portland Oregon, ungeared Nimbus 36 125mm cranks(flat ground)
22.9 mph, Scott Wilton, Madison WI USA, Nimbus 36, 114mm
22.74 mph(36.6kph) Jacob Flansberry Gatineau, Quebec, Canada. KH26 Schlumpf, 137mm
22.6 mph, Spencer Owen, Nottingham UK, Schlumpf 29, 127mm
22.1 mph Tyler Nail, California, ungeared UDC 36er, 125mm
22-ish, John Foss, 45" Unicycle Factory Big Wheel (28 pounds), 6.5" cranks
21.75 mph (35.0 kph) Geoff Houghton, Ashland, Oregon, USA Florian Green 36" with Schlumpf, 165mm
21.43 mph (34.5 kph) Jacob Flansberry, Gatineau, Quebec, Canada. Nimbus Night Rider 36", 137mm.
21.43 mph (34.5 kph) Nathan Hoover, Kenya, Schlumpf KH 36, 150mm
21.1 mph, Øivind Stuan, Trondheim Norway, Nimbus 36, 125mm
20.8 mph, Steve Relles, Delmar NY US, KH36/Schumpf, 165mm
20.8 mph, Nathan Hoover, Norway, Hunter 36, 125mm
20.2 mph, Samuel Farmer, West Sussex England, Qu-ax 36, 114mm
19.9 mph, Peripatet, Jacksonville FL USA, KH36, 125mm
19.0 mph, Joe Sowul, Anaheim CA USA, Nimbus Nightrider 36, 125mm
17.5 mph, John Foss, Max. indicated speed on 24" with 125mm (multiple repeats)
17.5 mph, Rob Northcott, Warwick cycle races, UK, Mongrel 36er, 145mm
17.5 mph, Rees Clissold, general riding in Lutterworth, UK, Qu-Ax 24" Cross, 125mm
15.9 mph (25.4 kph), Blacky Burny (haha Joey), Millbank, ON, Nimbus/Semcycle 29er, 125 mm
15.5mph, Bob Griffiths, Shrewsbury Cycle Track,UK, Coker 36, 150s
12.8 mph BrianP, Ocala FL US, KH24 w 150s
16.8, Austin Ritz, Conewago Trail, ungeared KH 29, 125s

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I have a slight problem with that list.

Of course I respect that everyone who reached his individual top speed is proud of that. I am also proud of my top speed, which is currently at 28 km/h (17.5 mph).

But I don’t think that such speeds are worth to be put on the list. In my opinion, that starts at 25 mph (40 km/h).

It is just my own opinion, so please don’t feel offended when you are slower than that.

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Or at least sort it by wheelsize and geared or not, that would make it interesting info.

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Pages 5 and 10 of this thread address the wheel size and presence/absence of gears. There are even some graphs of the results of this organization. Check 'em out.

Geoff

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It would make a lot more sense to do this as a Google Doc spreadsheet, where you could sort on different categories and do calculations as needed.

But you can’t fix bad data.

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Thanks! sifting through 20 pages can take a while.

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Why does everyone reference these threads by pages when our personal settings show different #s of posts per page? Please note that there is a post number on every response, in the upper right-hand corner. Reference the post numbers for a measurement that’s the same for everybody.

Yes, it’s hard to break down the list completely, but at least doing wheel size would help give more meaning to the wide range of numbers.

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I never bother changing the settings, specifically for that reason, because people reference page numbers. But yes, it would be easier to reference the post number.

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I don’t understand why there are ‘pages’ in the first place. It would only make sense if a page would fit on your screen. But now that you have to scroll anyway, displaying a thread as one single “page” would make more sense. Still, like Dane I leave the page setting untouched in order to understand other people’s references to page numbers. It seems that hardly anyone has changed the number-of-posts-per-page setting. Besides, if you jump to a specific numbered post, you don’t see the surrounding posts, do you? John, you could easily calculate the approximate post number from the quoted page reference: just multiply by 20 (and for good measure subtract 10).

I think that the parts of the discussion that naturequack ‘conveniently’ referred to, adress this issue quite well.

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I agree

Happy loading when a thread has 20000 posts. :astonished:

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I’ve created an Excel spreadsheed (attached). Feel free to download and filter etc…

Here is the CSV version from it:

Speed (mph);Speed (km/h);Name;Location;Unicycle;Wheel size (inches);Geared;Crank size (mm);Comment
29,0;46,7;Christian Hoverath;;ungeared Coker;36;;125;
28,8;46,3;Chuck Edwall;Laguna Beach CA;Geared KH36;36;Yes;150;downhill
28,0;45,1;Madison Johnston;Portland Oregon;Ungeared Nimbus 36;36;;114;downhill
27,0;43,5;Corbin Dunn;Los Gatos CA USA;Geared KH36;36;Yes;150;
26,8;43,1;Jan Logemann;Remscheid Germany;Geard KH36;36;Yes;125;
26,7;43,0;Sam Wakeling;Wales UK;Ungeared 36;36;;114;
25,9;41,7;“turtle on ““turtle’s V”””;;“Gearded 29"”";29;Yes;125;
24,2;38,9;Lars Lottrup;Nivå Denmark;Nimbus 36;36;;114;
24,2;38,9;John Moriarty;Sarasota FL;“24"” Schlumpf muni";24;Yes;125;
24,1;38,8;Roland Kays;Albany NY;Geared KH36;36;Yes;165;
23,5;37,8;David Stone;Lobster;“29"” Schlumpf";29;Yes;125;
22,5;36,2;Madison Johnston;Portland Oregon;ungeared Nimbus 36;36;;125;flat ground
22,9;36,9;Scott Wilton;Madison WI USA;Nimbus 36;36;;114;
22,7;36,6;Jacob Flansberry Gatineau;Quebec Canada;KH26 Schlumpf;26;Yes;137;
22,6;36,4;Spencer Owen;Nottingham UK;Schlumpf 29;29;Yes;127;
22,1;35,6;Tyler Nail;California;ungeared UDC 36er;36;;125;
22,0;35,4;John Foss;;“45"” Unicycle Factory Big Wheel (28 pounds)";45;;165;“6.5"” cranks"
21,8;35,0;Geoff Houghton;Ashland Oregon USA;“Florian Green 36"” with Schlumpf";36;Yes;165;
21,4;34,5;Jacob Flansberry;Gatineau Quebec Canada;“Nimbus Night Rider 36"”";36;;137;
21,4;34,5;Nathan Hoover;Kenya;Schlumpf KH 36;36;Yes;150;
21,1;34,0;Øivind Stuan;Trondheim Norway;Nimbus 36;36;;125;
20,8;33,5;Steve Relles;Delmar NY US;KH36/Schumpf;36;Yes;165;
20,8;33,5;Nathan Hoover;Norway;Hunter 36;36;;125;
20,2;32,5;Samuel Farmer;West Sussex England;Qu-ax 36;36;;114;
19,9;32,0;Peripatet;Jacksonville FL USA;KH36;36;;125;
19,0;30,6;Joe Sowul;Anaheim CA USA;Nimbus Nightrider 36;36;;125;
17,5;28,2;John Foss;;“Max. indicated speed on 24"” “;24;;125;multiple repeats
17,5;28,2;Rob Northcott;Warwick cycle races UK;Mongrel 36er;36;;145;
17,5;28,2;Rees Clissold;general riding in Lutterworth UK;“Qu-Ax 24"” Cross”;24;;125;
15,9;25,6;Blacky Burny (haha Joey);Millbank ON;Nimbus/Semcycle 29er;29;;125;
15,5;24,9;Bob Griffiths;Shrewsbury Cycle Track UK;Coker 36;36;;150;
12,8;20,6;BrianP;Ocala FL US;KH24;24;;150;
16,8;27,0;Austin Ritz;Conewago Trail;ungeared KH 29;29;;125;

UniSpeeds.zip (11 KB)

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John,
Because I had absolutely no clue that you could change the number of posts per page. That’s news to me, but hey, I’ve only been frequenting this website for 3+ years. So next time someone gives you a page number, multiply it by 15 and that will put you in the post number ballpark.

Hugo,
Nice work. Now who wants to take it to the next step and graph out the results like what was done earlier in this thread, say around pages 5 and 10?:stuck_out_tongue:
Although I highly respect unicycle nerdery, I rarely engage in it myself. I’m a free loader, basically.

Geoff

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Likewise, I lack the attention span. I absolutely love it though, I too would appreciate another graph :slight_smile:

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Short answer: MR :astonished:

I think that’s true, but I don’t do that. For the purpose we’re talking about, it just means listing that number. Then people can find it by scrolling up and down the thread.

Yah.

15 or 20? Which is the default? And why multiply pages by an unknown number (if the users don’t know how many posts per page they’re seeing), only to arrive, if you’ve done it right, at the number that’s already labeling each post? C’mon you guys…

BTW, this is post #294.

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15 puts you in the ballpark as naturequack correctly states. My formula, while slightly more complicated, is more accurate for higher page numbers. The default number of posts per page is 20.

You can’t blame any user to leave the default as it is and then quote page numbers which are so conveniently displayed. It’s the easy way. If one chooses to change the number of posts per page and prefers to look up post numbers rather than page numbers, it’s useful to know how to convert one to the other. It’s an approximate conversion though, since a (default) page contains several posts.

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Why don’t you just reference the exact post, using a link.

For example, this goes directly to the post containing my excel file and you see the surrounding posts.

BTW, this is a bit OT.

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Or…

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add to the list if you feel inclined…

21.53 Mph, Kaycee Stevens, Orono Maine, KH 29 Guni, 150mm

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I’m surprised most of these aren’t faster… the fastest speed ive recorded, and the only, was when i was going next 2 a bike on a KH 20’ and the bike rider was going 16km/h. is that even possible i was going as fast as i could pretty much

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Yours is a good speed on a 20" but not exceptional. Mind you that the table states miles per hour.