You have been vindicated!
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So while I was reading some older threads here, I stumbled upon a tidbit of information: At the end of “No Training Wheel Required”, supposedly there is a clip of somebody riding a 36er with 40mm cranks… 
Do with that information what you will
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This is very interesting. Where exactly did you find this information? Where can I see this video? Some searching on the forum implies some old video available on DVD, if you know where to look.
Can anyone confirm this? 
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I was unable to find any video links still up 
Link to the old 2007 post
I was doing some reading on the Torker TX and this post just happened to be close by for viewing 
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This probably belongs here.
I wasn’t in too great shape so i couldn’t really achieve quite the spin that i wanted and thus neither did i really get the proper win.
Jokes aside, this was by far my toughest ride yet.
Halfway through i stopped by my grandpa to try his new handlebar design. It was quite amazing, once i get some 60 mm cranks i could probably do the ~530 km Trondheim-Oslo ride in 2026 (as i will do it on my 36" this summer) Although that might be some very wishful thinking
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Congratulations @SirCranky with this amazing feat!! A 
on a Micro Machine. Unbelievable! 
Shorter cranks? Perhaps, but I still think you need a longer seat post, and a handlebar would probably be a very good idea indeed. That looks awesome. (I would recommend padding, like a tennis ball or something, on the middle thing on the seat post).
Just absolutely fantastic. And inspiring! I hope everyone takes their Micro Machines out for a longer ride now! I actually planned to do a longer ride on my 16" myself today, but it started snowing 
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A metric century on a 19"… If it were me I’d be nearly in tears with saddle soreness halfway through Congratulations!
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Thanks, i actually got a longer seatpost and tried it out yesterday but it felt wrong somehow and was considerably slower although that might come down to practice. For that reason i decided against it on this ride as it is really not the time to try some new experimental parts.
Yet again the horrible weather on the “sentrale østlandet” destroyed your happiness and dreams!! Meanwhile i’m out here enjoying the “tropical” Nordmørs-weather 
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Thanks, i was really feeling it towards the end, tears was not very far away! There was certainly some primitive screams at parts 
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Apologies for the atrocious quality, apparently 176x144@10 fps is all you get with mms. 
This was ffmpeg’ed to keep ruari happy
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That is terrible quality! However I will admit it still brought a smile to my face anyway.
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That is just silly fast. 
Do the handlebars allow you to go even faster, even if they only fit loosely?
On such a small wheel it probably doesnt really make much of a difference, if anything it is probably detrimental to “extreme” top speed like above 25 kmt. But for low speeds like here it would be more comfortable on big distances.
Ofc all of this is speculative as it was so loose as to rotate even with small forces. I only did a couple of laps of the driveway. Might go back and pick it up on the weekend.
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Not 100% on topic, but it appears that “high speed” micromachine training transfers pretty well to a larger wheel…
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Impressive!! For me, high cadence is a barrier I struggle to overcome. This is the main issue with micromachines, especially going downhill in my case.
You really should put your schlumpf on your 19", and have a portable mean machine for traveling, as you are using that uni for long distance shenanigans and not trick riding anyways. You clearly don’t need a geared 36er!!
Schlumpf is for suckers who can’t handle high frequency
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Simply pedal at 200 rpm if you want to go fast 
simply
Oh yeah, earlier today I tried riding my 16" wheel after riding 26 and up for a couple months… When I first mounted the uni I couldn’t stop myself from standing up on the pedals with each crank 
I think my legs are more “tuned” to the bigger wheels at the moment. Nothing a bit of time on some smaller wheels wouldn’t fix though
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It’s not that hard… I held 200+ RPM for 20 minutes during last unicon (on a 29/75).
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Love it! 
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I’m not used to operate with RPM, so I had to crack some numbers. It seems I am chilling around at 100 RPM and can push my machines to 140 RPM with some effort and quite some horror. 200 RPM is just ridiculous. In terms of km/h:
| RPM | 36 | 29 | 24 | 20 | 16 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 100 | 17 | 14 | 11 | 10 | 8 |
| 150 | 26 | 21 | 17 | 14 | 11 |
| 200 | 34 | 28 | 23 | 19 | 15 |
Highly inspired by the last ride of @SirCranky I finally pushed my 36er to consistent speeds of above 20 km/t today on 127s, which is a meek 120 RPM, and after pushing both my 29er and 24" to 140 RPM this actually didn’t feel that crazy, although its the fastest ride I ever did. I think I can push it to 140 RPM as well, maybe with 114 or 100 mm cranks. But 200 RPM. Haha! That said, I am quite sure @SirCranky did push both his 19/75mm and my 16/45mm to that frequency. At least not far from it.
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