The “Three Days in Sweden” penny farthing races start on June 28th. I looked through the list of registered riders and see three unicyclists—yes I am counting myself. The other two being Mattias Nordström and @rogeratunicycledotcom. But maybe I missed more of you? Anyone here going? How big will the “also a unicyclist” subgroup be? And if you are are going please find me and say Hi! 
P.S. The promo video if anyone is interested:
Also, looking at the top 4 last year
THE TROPHY (total of 4 races)
Damn… now I feel the pressure.
@rogeratunicycledotcom can you beat Mattias this year? 
OMG - I really want to see this. I’ve been to Lund many times, but never when this race is happening! 
Thanks @ruari I will do my best, but I have been ill most of the winter and have not been able to train. I will do my best to beat him. 
There are a lot of unicyclists who ride penny farthings, I estimate almost 1/3 of the UK penny farthing riders in races can/do ride unicycles.
The reason we are good in races is we can spin fast, traditional cyclists can not push the short cranks at the speed we can. In Sweden I have either 100 or 89mm cranks on my 50" wheel!
Well I will be there too but have no chance against Mattias or you. So I will be rooting for you as a fellow Brit, even though I am registered for Ireland, part of “Team Norway” and Mattias is part of the Nordics unicycle club I created on Strava. 
@rogeratunicycledotcom looking so relaxed in race 1 just before he decimated the competition by being 2 minutes faster than everyone else over a 10km race.
He said he was nervous… but I’m not sure I believed him. 
Later the same day. A very different kind of race but podium again (this time, narrowly second). And first, Mattias (shown here with his eyes closed, basking in the sun) is also a unicyclist.
Even with two more days of racing, I’m pretty sure we’ll have a unicyclist as a winner again!
The second race result does not show the unicycle dominance of the race. Eric Daguin came 4th and was the real hero of that race, he pull the lead group in to the brutal wind on the course. He was pipped to 4th place on the sprint for the line. Me and Mattias had good battle at the front with a final sprint of over 50 kph!
50km/h 
You guys are pretty insane! Congrats, Roger and all the best for the rest of the race.
Ok, you got me, there 
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Just proves that I was about correct with my assessment, though
@rogeratunicycledotcom with 89mm cranks on his penny!
He actually used those just for qualifying and went back to his “long” option (100mm) for the race. Oh and won it. Of course!
I came 5th of 28 riders in this one and I’ll take it!
Today will be interesting as it is a two hour race in wind 
and rain 
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