next year’s NAUCC: Brookings, SD?
Oh, I should mention that my guess is that the NAUCC 008 is being held in Brookings, SD. I’m not sure about the city, but it’s an educated guess. It’s supposedly going to happen from July 5-12, with time included for sight-seeing since there is so much cool Americana in the area.
I’m hoping it’s in Brookings bc that city is “only” 23 hours from NYC by car. If it’s further west than that, it ain’t gonna happen for my family.
Hey I just got back from NAUCC, they won’t announce Street Results until tomorrow, but for expert trials its:
I’m not too sure about anything after that though.
(Jon and Brent did a tie breaker for 2nd place and Brent one. Sorry if I spelled any of the above names wrong, I’m pretty tired.)
What was the turn out for street, any one we might know taking part?
Jas
I don’t know who you know. Many of the Street competitors were among the top Trials riders, though some were more Street specialists. Spencer Hochberg was among them. It got dark during the competition so it was a little strange toward the end, when it was hard to see what the last few riders were doing.
If you wanted to see some totally exhausted riders, that was the place to be. About an hour after a long Trials session, many of the same riders had to compete again! Fortunately the temperature was dropping at that point, as the high was around 91, with decent humidity.
The judges couldn’t see what they were writing at the end. They used a newer judging system, which I believe was borrowed from BUC? We may change the IUF rules to that system as it was made up by riders with more Street experience.
Obstacle Course:
My wife Jacquie did her traditional role of timing the whole thing, with a little help from me and others while we went to lunch. She’s asleep now, but I’m pretty sure the winning time was 21.02 by me, a pretty amazing time considering my lack of practice. Also better than all my practice runs, which never happens! I think second place overall would be Pele Schramm, at 22 point something. Most other times were 23 seconds and up.
I didn’t feel the track was slow, but I don’t ride tracks that much anymore. I think it was more a case of the riders not being as fast this year. I don’t think we can blame the weather compared to the last two years (Memphis and Salt Lake City). Both were pretty hot and/or humid, though we did get some rain on the racing last year to help cool things down. I just don’t think there was as much race training going on this year.
Next year we’ll have at least a 100 and 1500m race for 700c wheels (29"). Hopefully that will turn graduallly into a move to that wheel size for the track, while keeping the smaller wheels for the kids. We won’t race 36" wheels on the track because they don’t work well there. Try it if you don’t believe me.
The riders in the street comp were:
Jon Atwell
Jeff Liechti
Forrest Rackard
Pele Schramm
Brent Gerrett
Jordan Spera
Jacob Spera
me
Everyone was really exhausted, the people who did sport trials had more time to rest between events.
I have all the runs on video and I will post all of them when we get the results. Jordan’s last run was so dark I can barely tell someone is riding around and my tape ran out 1 minute before the end.
Kkkkkkkkkk
The 10k was held today. So were the muni event and the uphill/downhill rides. I only attended the 10k (and also the nearby water park!).
I heard that the affianced couple, Andy Cotter and Irene Genelin, came in 1st and 2nd in the muni. That’s cool – they’re both excellent riders – but they both said they were surprised by the 1-2 finish.
The 10k was excellent. The track was about a mile long and was NOT a flat oval, so it took some skills to negotiate certain curves and some stamina to make it up the hills (especially the curvy uphills near the finish – DANG, that was a tough finish!). Three of us rode gunis (Schlumpf 29"), and the other fast finishers were on Cokers with various crank sizes (one dude had 3 1/2" cranks – I couldn’t even mount his Coker, and I bet he was dying on the uphills!).
I got off to a great start and led for a minute, but then this young fellow Rob Something caught me on a straightaway and I never saw him again till he was standing at the finish line. Gilby (Kevin Gilbertson, that is) and Irene were with me for awhile, but they never caught up. The person who was on my tail on-and-off for the whole race was none other than the ageless Dave White (well, his actual age is 52, but he’s amazing). He has a guni, too, so 2nd place was a battle of the gunis for most of the time. Suddenly at the end of the final lap, out of nowhere comes Canadian Jeff Groves. He passed Dave and then took me on a curvy section where I almost went off the pavement. I take it back – I DID go off the pavement, but to my surprise, I didn’t go off my guni. I should note that Jeff didn’t cause me to do this by edging me over or anything – I just took the turn too fast while attempting to forestall the inevitable.
The finish was:
Great race, everyone!!! I now have respect for Jeff Groves’s riding. He’s fast in the short races and in the marathon, beating in both the 100m and the 10k. Watch out for Jeff!
Take care, everyone. Your reporter, signing off…
Wow! That does seem kinda slow. Was the race done on cokers, 24’s or 29ers, and what size cranks? Since 1,500 meters is about 400 feet shy of 1 mile, that would put Justin at just under a 5 minute mile. That’s still pretty fast for a 24" though. Congrats!
The equipment allowed for track racing at NAUCC is governed by Section 2.3 of the USA Official Competition Rulebook:
2.3 UNICYCLES FOR RACING*: Only standard unicycles may be used. A standard unicycle has only one wheel, is driven by crank arms directly attached to the axle, and is propelled only by human force. Riders may use any number of unicycles, as long as all fit within the applicable restrictions for events in which they are entered.
2.3.1 WHEEL SIZE: This is the maximum allowable tire diameter. Smaller sizes may be used. Some manufactured tires are marked with sizes larger than they actually are, but may be within the allowable size limit and vice versa.
For 24" wheels, the outside diameter of the tire may not be larger than 24.333" (61.8 cm).
For 20" wheels, the outside diameter of the tire may not be larger than 20.333" (51.6 cm).
For 16" wheels, the outside diameter of the tire may not be larger than 16.333" (41.5 cm).
If a tire is in question, or has no size marked by its manufacturer, its outside diameter must be accurately measured.
2.3.2 CRANK ARM LENGTH*: This is the minimum allowable length, measured from the center of the wheel axle to the center of the pedal axle. Longer sizes may be used.
For 24” wheels, crank arms may be no shorter than 5” (125mm).
For 20” and 16” wheels, crank arms may be no shorter than 4½” (114mm).
For 16” wheels, crank arms may be no shorter than 100 mm (4”).
just because i can… i’d like to say that the canadians have consistantly had the loudest cheering section of any grouping of people. and i would know because my throat is killing me after the amount of cheering and honking i’ve done over the past 4 days 
Hey guys. I’m at the hotel in Ann Arbor
Street results:
Spencer Hochberg-First
Jon Atwell-Second
Forrest Rackard (me)-Third
Brent Gerret-Fourth
Jeff Liechti-Fifth
I had a great time with everyone and can’t wait till next year.
Muellerleile
All in all it was a well-run competition. The only real complaints I heard were about the heat and not about anything that the host club did.
I know that the system could be improved upon. John Foss has some ideas. I look forward to discussing those here and seeing some of them implemented before the Black Hills NAUCC.
AS always, it was good to spend time with so many of you.
Yeh, go me and Kevin!!!
Just a few quick notes and corrections…
Full results will be posted on the USA website (unicycling.org/usa) and possibly on the NAUCC website - but it will take about a week. Some results were incorrect (mostly racing) and I want to get the corrections done first. I also have to drive back to MN.
Street Rules: Initially developed by Jason Auld and used at BUC. Suggestions and discussion by the judges and then Kevin McMullin made an update which was used at FLUCK. I made some very small modifications for the rules that were used at NAUCC.
10k Unlimited: Winner was Rob Muellerleile from TCUC. Time of 24:22:67
Top riders:
24:22.67 277 Muellerleile, Rob
25:25.82 208 Groves, Jeff
25:25.90 027 Stone, David
25:39.00 033 White, Dave
26:31.00 300 Gilbertson, Kevin
26:34.45 109 Genelin, Irene
A note about rules and competitions - we will be making modifications to the USA Rulebook. Anybody interested? There are some qualifications to be on the rulebook, but we are looking for new input. Please email me - if you don’t have my email, then PM will work, but I don’t check very often.
Connie Cotter
USA President (Until Oct 1, 2007)
Forgot to say a few things:
Thanks to Wendy Grzych and her team of organizers for a great convention!
It was great meeting old friends and making new friends. Hope to see you at a convention again soon.
Connie
Showed up to my first NAUCC ad hoc for only a day–should’ve taken another day off work, and actually competed in trials on Tuesday, BUT, when I woke up Tuesday morning my body felt haggard. Literally everything seemed stiff and sore, and still does a little now.
It was worth it, though. I’ve never ridden amongst so many unicyclists (a ‘gang of unicyclists’ Darren tells me, as we’re riding in the parade) before. It was a great feeling not being alone. I jammed around on the trials course, met some really cool and talented people (pretty much everyone in the street comp). I fit right in, despite the age difference. Word on the street is that I could look as if I’m 15, 16, or no more than 18, even though I’m really 21.
The reports about it being hot are correct. I had about 1/2 a gallon of water for dinner.
Apparently Spencer’s uni tire is ‘like a walrus.’
I think now I’ll get my ass in gear, and prepare for UNICON next summer.
cheers,
evan
I’ve always called a large group of unicyclists a gaggle.
And the entire trip I think I ate about 500 calories in total (over 5 days) but drank about 3 bathtubs of water.
And I absoloutly <3’ed the fact that beginner trials riders were allowed to have a hand on the course because everything was off the ground.
Next year’s NAUCC:
July 5-10 in Rapid City, SD.
Organized by Shawn Hayford with help from the Rapid City YMCA.
The MUni and Trials will be incredible - they have great trails and those two things are what that club really loves to do.
The YMCA is where the artistic events will be held - I remember at least 2 gyms, possibly 3, within one building.
Connie
To anyone who’s interested… PICTURES!
http://www.flickr.com/gp/88663965@N00/357D42
This is why I shouldn’t be a photographer. I took over 200. I only liked 30… And I do apologize for missing out on attempting to take pictures of most people. I kind of hung out with only the Torontoians, the Bedford team and the Honkers pretty well the entire trip. Next time I promise to run around with my camera more!!
Oh, and if anyone can help me with names of people in the pics feel free.
I broke my KH frame at naucc. ill have pictures when i get back home.
jon A
So… still thinking about selling it? 