Has anybody ridden all the way across the USA on a Uni?

General
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It just seems that somebody has probably already done it.
I wonder about records.

What is the greatest distance ever ridden in 24 hrs, on a Uni?

Surely there are records somewhere to be broken!

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One wheel many spokes

Lars Clausen did it and he even wrote a book on it called one wheel many spokes. I believe he holds the record for most miles travelled in 24 hours and duration spent in the saddle at a single go. Www.onewheel.org give it a go if you’re interested and remember records are meant to be broken. Happy riding. :slight_smile:

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I was recently searching the web about distance riding and came across his website, ended up buying the book. Hasn’t come yet, but I look forward to reading it for some inspiration as I get used to putting in just 2 or 3 hours in the saddle… Ouch :astonished: I don’t know how you guys do it.

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This page claims that the farthest distance traveled in 24 hours is 281.85 miles. Guinness also says that the farthest continuous ride is 105.57 miles

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Record for “the longest journey” (on a Coker)

And this is Lars’ record as recorded in Guinness:

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Many people have ridden unicycles across the US (and/or Canada), as early as 1933. Steve McPeak was on a cross-country ride in the late 60s when he established the 24-hour mark Lars Classen worked to beat on his own ride. I think Steve’s was 186 miles, and Lars was determined to break 200. I think one or two other guys have pushed the record out since then; Ken Looi and Sam Wakeling but not sure who did what. The 105-mile continuous ride (OUCH!) was done with the goal of surpassing Takayuki Koike’s 100-mile world record (6:44), which was done without a dismount. (DOUBLE OUCH!)

People have ridden across North America on everything from giraffes to home-made big wheels to 24" Schwinns. And multiple instances of each of those!

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Not what you asked, but the swede Jesper Lissmark Hult rode Europe from north to south (6500 km) last year. His website is in swedish, but it’s got a lot of pictures from his great ride: http://www.lissmark.com/projekt/unicycling-4-love-14410443

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Didn’t Gracie Sorbello do it twice…barefooted?

Edit: Oh. The other ride was the Continental Divide.

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I don’t think they would like pictures showing her barefoot.

Gracie must of had to wear shoes on the Continental Divide in some of the pictures because she was sponsored by a shoe manufacture.

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I just got my copy of One wheel many spokes by Lars Clausen in the mail today. It’s a 276pg paperback with some color pictures in the middle. Much more than I was thinking. Pleasant surprise. For you cheapies like me, I picked it up from Half.com (part of Ebay) for $1.99 and $3.99 shipping. Used in like new condition. And it looks brand new. Now I have some interesting reading for my lunch hours.

Hmmm, I’m not getting the question in order to post. Is it removed?

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