i don’t know of any records on the net but i have the 1999 guinness book of
records in front of me, would you like to see some unicycle records from
there…i thought so. The longest unicycle ride, Akira
Matsushima(Japan),unicycled 3,261 miles across the US from Newport, Oregon to
Washington, DC between july 10 and august 22, 1992. Fastest unicycle sprint,
Peter Rosendahl set a 100-m sprint record of 12.11 seconds (18.47mph) from a
standing start in las vegas, nevada on march 25, 1994.
>i don’t know of any records on the net but i have the 1999 guinness book of >records in front of me, would you like to see some unicycle records from >there…i thought so. The longest unicycle ride, Akira >Matsushima(Japan),unicycled 3,261 miles across the US from Newport, Oregon to >Washington, DC between july 10 and august 22, 1992.
I wonder if Tyler was trying for an official record… about two years ago Tyler
Bechtel of Portland, OR unicycled from Oregon to Florida to raise money for
Shriners’ Children’s Hospitals. Sounds like it would have been further.
> I wonder if Tyler was trying for an official record… about two years ago > Tyler Bechtel of Portland, OR unicycled from Oregon to Florida to raise money > for Shriners’ Children’s Hospitals. Sounds like it would have been further. > > -Ben > –
Hmm… perhaps the Japanese guy kept riding those 3,000 miles without ever
falling off and Tyler did. It did say the longest ride, not the longest trip you
know…
> Is there a definitive list of current world / national unicycling records (for > speeds & distances) anywhere on the net ?
No, there is no official world race records available on the web. But there
should be - we are still waiting for a volunteer to do all the work.
A lot of the details about past races have been kept by the IUF and USA
(i.e. Andy Cotter) but they haven’t been made available on the web. I think the
USA site still has recent results available on it.
Non-definitive distance records, as well as a number of other weird things that
have been done on unicycles, are available on the Been There, Done That page - http://www.unicycling.org/unicycling/btdt/btdt.html
I am always looking for more additions to that page, although I admit I have a
few dozen outstanding changes to make. It has almost reached my “time for
another version” threshold.
At 07:27 PM 06/01/1999 +1000, Orbach, Julian wrote:
The winners of the 100 dash at UNICONs broke the 14 seconds way back in 1992
(UNICON VI). Javier made in the 13.50s in UNICON VI at Minnesota and did not
break the UNICON V record. I am not sure if KATO broke the 13 second mark in
UNICON VII or VIII. In Japan, they do in the 12 seconds all the time. Some
things we have to be careful. One of them is the running start. Another is the
equipment. Size of wheel, size of cranks, etc. At UNICONs, these are regulated
and monitored. Finally, who certifies the distance? At UNICON III, in Japan,
most people that that there had been a mistake while measuring distances. They
seeemed to be shorter that they were supposed to be.
Alberto Ruiz
>Blaine (jojotimes2@aol.com) wrote, on Friday, 14 May 1999: > >> i don’t know of any records on the net but i have the 1999 guinness book of >> records in front of me > ><snip> > >> Fastest unicycle sprint, Peter Rosendahl set a 100-m sprint record of >> 12.11 seconds (18.47mph) from a standing start in las vegas, nevada on >> march 25, 1994. > >I understood that there was some doubt about whether Peter Rosendahl used a >“standing start”. > >Does anyone want to challenge or clarify the Guiness Book’s account? Is Peter >Rosendahl contactable? > >For the record (no pun intended), the Unicycle Society of America’s record is >14.10 seconds from Andy Schwarz of Minnesota. > >Julian > > >
Alberto Ruiz ruizb@coqui.net
> i don’t know of any records on the net but i have the 1999 guinness book of > records in front of me
<snip>
> Fastest unicycle sprint, Peter Rosendahl set a 100-m sprint record of > 12.11 seconds (18.47mph) from a standing start in las vegas, nevada on > march 25, 1994.
I understood that there was some doubt about whether Peter Rosendahl used a
“standing start”.
Does anyone want to challenge or clarify the Guiness Book’s account? Is Peter
Rosendahl contactable?
For the record (no pun intended), the Unicycle Society of America’s record is
14.10 seconds from Andy Schwarz of Minnesota.
> Finally, who certifies the distance? At UNICON III, in Japan, most people that > that there had been a mistake while measuring distances. They seeemed to be > shorter that they were supposed to be.
I never heard this before. This would concern me, because it relates to my
own breaking of the 13 second barrier, 13.71 in Japan, which was in the
Guinness Book. I’m pretty sure we were using painted lines, at both ends of
the 100, so the next nearest distance we could have been riding would be 90.
We definitely weren’t doing that, the times were consistent with all my
training (at that time), and it was the 10th All Japan Meet, so they were
very familiar with the track.
There was however some tailwind…
> >> Fastest unicycle sprint, Peter Rosendahl set a 100-m sprint record of 12.11 > >> seconds (18.47mph) from a standing start in las vegas, nevada on march 25, > >> 1994. > > > >I understood that there was some doubt about whether Peter > Rosendahl used a “standing start”.
According to a phone conversation I had with Peter a few years ago, that record
was done on a 24" Miyata with standard rim & tire, the 5" “IDOL” cranks, and a
standing start. Since this record was being done for a promotional event, it was
important to the organizers that it be successful. Peter told me they spent a
month working with him in training, with a coach, special diet, and videotape
analysis of his riding. Wow. I just went out and rode fast…
> For the record (no pun intended), the Unicycle Society of America’s record is > 14.10 seconds from Andy Schwarz of Minnesota.
All, please note that the speed records listed on the USA web site are for USA
events only. Many faster times have been done (some by Americans) at UNICONs
also, but Andy’s listings are for USA records.
