Yeah, good luck! It would be fun to have a competitive 24 hour scene.
I’ll be attempting a ~500+ km road ride in June. It will certainly take more than 24 hours but perhaps the 24 hour distance will be decent. 
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…like Global Municycling Network?
Like Grischa Muni Challenge
Ah, ok.
Hi Aurelien,
I hope you can beat my 24hr record distance one day…records are made to be broken. I think 500km is achievable. Be careful about doing it in a race though- it might not satisfy IUF or Guinness requirements for a world record.
If you’re in my part of the world, we have some great racing events here too!
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My next attempt will be in a race, and will not be able to be homologated. But if I am good enough (at least 400 km with room for improvement), I will do all I can to get a proper attempt at it.
And I am not in your part of the world, I am in France, basically the opposite side of the worl.
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I know! But if you ever fancy a unipacking trip on the other side of the world…
I didn’t click the link at first, it seems really nice. I might come at some point (but I would need money and time, I have not enough of those).
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Today I built a freggin wheel!! 
Okay, it was a Bike wheel, and I managed to cheat it a bit by fixing the spoke position (the rim was replaced), but still. My only prior experience is truing. This gives me confidence to build myself a new wheel for my 29er!
Whoopsie…
Taking the rim from one wheel over to the tacoed one (hit by a car).
A friend once showed me how to use a spare spoke in order not to lose any nipples inside your rim
I dropped my spoke key. Now where the heck dit it land?!
Oh.
There we go!! No, wait…
That just looks wrong
Who needs a trueing stand anyways…
Mission Accomplished. 
Not the best wheel in town, but at least I can ride my bike now. I learned a LOT. Mostly what not to do, and I ruined at least 10 spoke nipples in the process… Now I know when to use screwdriver VS spoke key, and how to handle really stuck spokes.
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Congratulations on your first wheel build! 
My first few wheel builds were unicycle wheels. I have a few builds planned myself soon
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It’s a good work. Practice, practice. I can lace, but I learned it because I sometimes need it for work. I’ve relaced or completely relaced 6 out of 10 unicycles myself.
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Today I had the balls to move from 100mm cranks back to 114mm cranks on my 20er 
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Before that I went out to practice SIF backwards. All in all it wasn’t one of those sessions where everything just magically seems to fall in place. Yet, I bettered my PR from 11 revolutions to 15 revolutions. AND - that’s my favourite part - I mounted diectly to one foot. This happened almost by accident: a couple times I mounted so slowly and in such a controlled way that I even had the time to hesitate and wonder whether I should put the second foot on the pedal or just wait another moment. That lead to the idea to try and directly mount one foot, which worked at the first attempt, if I remember correctly. Could do that with either foot, to my delight.
While changing cranks I deliberately didn’t place them at a 180° angle, but more at a 140-ish° angle. I’ve seen pictures from unis with cranks like this and wanted to test what it feels like. The answer is: funny! As if the hub wasn’t in the center of the wheel and the whole uni were to move up and down (which of course it wasn’t). Did only an ultrashort ride on a parking lot like that, but that was enough to make me smile.
Curious how the switch back to 114s will work out. Idling with the longer cranks for some strange reason felt more difficult while at the same time I had the impression that my moves were more controlled. The second part makes sense, given the greater leverage of the longer cranks. But why it still felt harder to idle is beyond me.
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Yeah this is quite something! I think it kinda feels like constantly riding over a bump, or along a sinual wave. Since you can ride one-footed, you should try the kangaroo position: Both cranks in the exact same direction! Especially if you are still setup at a weird angle.
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That’s a surprisingly mild reaction of yours. I was expecting far worse and was mentally already preparing an exposé about the importance of withstanding peer pressure. 
Since you’re in such a generous mood, I might as well inform you that I will probably switch back from 140mm to 145mm on the 36er. Those 5mm make mounting quite a bit harder for me, they make hill climbing harder, but they don’t make me going any faster. I guess I’m just not made for short cranks, since my “base” cadence is too low for that.
Am pretty sure to give them shorter cranks a second try somewhen down the road, though.
Was pondering about that, too - will probably give it a try someday. The easiest way to start is possibly indeed one-footed. Then drop the second foot and pray to not fall on the tailbone…
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Today, I learned how to hop! 
I think last time I had tried learning to hop was sometime last year, though I didn’t really spend much time at all doing dedicated hopping practice (I was instead nailing down how to idle). Earlier today as I was killing time on my 16" wheel, however, I decided to give it another try and it almost just clicked right away. I know I’ve made a lot of progress in general “maneuvering” in the last year which likely helped. I’m pretty stoked that I was able to just do it. Now I just need to practice to acclimate those muscles…
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Congrats! It is surprisingly easy, and a very, very useful skill; think of turning on the spot, for example. Or look at it as an alternative to idling when you‘re riding a big wheel or a fatty - bunny hopping is just so much easier in those cases.
congrats on the hopping. I used to be able to do that. Yesterday I spent some time practicing the freemounts with the KH26 on a parking lot, which meant riding half a circle dismounting from the back and getting back on again. After a warm up the free-mounting wasn’t so diffi and I hit it most of the time, but then before stepping off the back, I thought I’d try a few hops, but I chickened out. I will prolly try on the trials first to get the feel for it.
I reckon you can take it to the next step of hopping up and down a kerb. I’ve hopped up on a kerb maybe twice in my life, but I end up overthinking and envisualising the wheel to not come up high enough. Not helpful.
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Today I taught my friend to ride 1 revolution and dismount. I’m pretty sure he’ll be able to ride pretty soon. 
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I’m not sure in how far this is bragging or it basically is just pathetic. So I haven’t been riding my 36" for several years, mostly because I find it difficult to mount and not that easy to handle like a 29" which is my go-to uni.
But with all the talk about 36" muni and also a bit because the other day when I met the other 16 year old unicyclist who lives in my town, while I was on my trials and he was on his 36", I figured I should give it a try again. This morning I found an empty parking lot and the idea was to climb on while holding my car, but I was afraid to damage it while I mounted. Then this evening I went to a skate park where they have a half-pipe. On the high ends there is a tall fence, which is better for holding.
But then I was just sitting on the uni and not yet going anywhere. I’ve been sitting there for like 15 minutes before I got the guts to plunge in the deep and start riding the uni. I just couldn’t give up. I’ve been able to before. And then all of a sudden I could ride 30-40 metres. Unfortunately due to camber I fell off, but I tried pushing off a 10 more times or so with success.
I should really mark my calendar to spend some time with the 36" every month or so, so it won’t be so difficult every time. What is the point in having 11 unicycles and having some that you cannot ride 
So today was a win for me. Now I will get my medal in the Last one to post thread, coz I deserve that more than anyone else .
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I had a Freewheel and the Hub is a bit damage, you can’t ride with it. I have to fix it but I said this over a year I would like to fix it and the part what I need to fix it, it stay in the UK and the UK don’t ship the Part to Europe, so I must be find another solution to ship the Part from UK to Europe.
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