Found this on an old message I posted from a World Records calendar I had.
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> FASTEST 100 MILES ON A UNICYCLE Takayuki Koike of Kanagawa, Japan, set
> the record for the fastest 100 miles on a unicycle at 6 hours 44 minutes
> 21.84 seconds on August 9, 1987 (average speed 14.83 mph).
>
Dusty Galbraith
RE: Speed Record
> > FASTEST 100 MILES ON A UNICYCLE Takayuki Koike of Kanagawa, Japan, set
> > the record for the
> fastest 100
> > miles on a unicycle at 6 hours 44 minutes 21.84 seconds on
> August 9, 1987 (average speed 14.83 mph).
Interestingly, one week earlier, also in Japan, Floyd Crandall’s old record of
14.89 (seconds) fell to a new Guinness-accepted record of 13.71.
Also, the most amazing part about Takayuki’s ride was that (according to him) he
did the whole ride without a dismount. Now that’s a record in itself!
Stay on top,
John Foss, the Uni-Cyclone http://www.unicycling.com
RE: Speed Record
> You are perhaps forgetting Steve McPeaks 2000 mile ride?
Forgetting? No. I’m just assuming he got off at least once along the way.
I do seem to remember something, though, about Steve McPeak, in the early 70’s,
probably on the same ride, trying to set a one day record. I don’t remember if I
read this somewhere, or if I heard it from John Jenack, but he supposedly rode
186 miles in 23 1/2 hours or something like that. The following day he rode 0
miles, and who can blame him?
If those numbers are true that’s probably a 24 hour record for unicycles. But I
don’t believe the ride was documented, in other words tracked and verified by a
third party like Takayuki’s 100 mile ride.
Stay on top,
John Foss, the Uni-Cyclone http://www.unicycling.com
Re: Speed Record
Greetings
In message “RE: Speed Record”, Foss, JohnX wrote…
>> > FASTEST 100 MILES ON A UNICYCLE Takayuki Koike of Kanagawa, Japan,
>> > set the record for the
>> fastest 100
>> > miles on a unicycle at 6 hours 44 minutes 21.84 seconds on
>> August 9, 1987 (average speed 14.83 mph).
>
>Interestingly, one week earlier, also in Japan, Floyd Crandall’s old record of
>14.89 (seconds) fell to a new Guinness-accepted record of 13.71.
>
>Also, the most amazing part about Takayuki’s ride was that (according to him)
>he did the whole ride without a dismount. Now that’s a record in itself!
I was there. He did it on my 42" big wheel, and I had the “pleasure” to see my
record broken fo rthe third? time. I did it in 1980 in 11:26 minutes, I think,
faster than the Guinnes record at the time…
>Stay on top,
>
>John Foss, the Uni-Cyclone http://www.unicycling.com
>
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Re: Speed Record
Greetings
In message “RE: Speed Record”, Foss, JohnX wrote…
>> > FASTEST 100 MILES ON A UNICYCLE Takayuki Koike of Kanagawa, Japan,
>> > set the record for the
>> fastest 100
>> > miles on a unicycle at 6 hours 44 minutes 21.84 seconds on
>> August 9, 1987 (average speed 14.83 mph).
>
>Interestingly, one week earlier, also in Japan, Floyd Crandall’s old record of
>14.89 (seconds) fell to a new Guinness-accepted record of 13.71.
>
>Also, the most amazing part about Takayuki’s ride was that (according to him)
>he did the whole ride without a dismount. Now that’s a record in itself!
You are perhaps forgetting Steve McPeaks 2000 mile ride?
>Stay on top,
>
>John Foss, the Uni-Cyclone http://www.unicycling.com
>
Regards, Jack Halpern Kanji Dictionary Publishing Society, http://www.kanji.org
Voice: +81-048-481-3103 Fax: +81-048-479-1323
Re: Speed Record
Greetings
In message “RE: Speed Record”, Foss, JohnX wrote…
>> You are perhaps forgetting Steve McPeaks 2000 mile ride?
>
>Forgetting? No. I’m just assuming he got off at least once along the way.
>
>I do seem to remember something, though, about Steve McPeak, in the early
>70’s, probably on the same ride, trying to set a one day record. I don’t
>remember if I read this somewhere, or if I heard it from John Jenack, but he
I am quite sure that this info is in Jack Wiley7s Unicycle Book.
>supposedly rode 186 miles in 23 1/2 hours or something like that. The
>following day he rode 0 miles, and who can blame him?
>
>If those numbers are true that’s probably a 24 hour record for unicycles. But
>I don’t believe the ride was documented, in other words tracked and verified
>by a third party like Takayuki’s 100 mile ride.
>
>Stay on top,
>
>John Foss, the Uni-Cyclone http://www.unicycling.com
>
Stay on top, Jack Halpern, IUF Vice President Website: http://www.kanji.org