What did the top muni riders ride at Unicon?

Thanks for the update, Mark! Quite a huge Europe trip you did! Was nice to meet you at Grischa :slight_smile:

Muni Downhill (Expert)

1 Rulf, Jakub: QX 24x3, rim brake
2 Sternad, Žiga: KH 24x3 Schlumpf, rim brake
3 Caire, Adrien: 26 inch Schlumpf
4 Weichenberger, David: KH 26, disc brake
5 Lavis, Mark: Custom 26x2.4 Schlumpf (QX/KH parts), rim brake, 137s

Muni Cross

1 Charrier, Martin: KH 26, disc brake (from Romain)
2 Wilton, Scott: Triton 26x2.2 Schlumpf, rim brake, 150s (from Ken Looi)
3 Lavis, Mark: Custom 26x2.4 Schlumpf (QX/KH parts), rim brake, 137s
4 Sternad, Žiga: 29 inch Schlumpf
5 Flansberry, Jacob: KH 24x3 Schlumpf

Muni Uphill

1 Charrier, Martin: KH 24x3, rim brake
2 Lavis, Mark: Custom 26x2.4 Schlumpf (QX/KH parts), rim brake, 137s
3 Kobayashi, Seisuke: Custom 26", disc brake, 150s
4 Caire, Adrien: ?
5 Hoover, Beau: KH 24x3

Muni Obstacles

1 Flansberry, Jacob: KH 24x3, 137s, no brake
2 Potier, Nicolas: ?
3 Rytter, Oskar: ?
3 Sturny, Pierre: ?
3 Eichholz, Lutz: KH 24x3, disc brake

Actually Ken’s uni had 137mm cranks.

And one of the worst 2.3" tyres I’ve ever ridden. But it was light.

Yeah, the tire was pretty awful.

I made the greatest expert downhill time:
2 hours and a half.
KH 24 (2004 edition) brakeless.
Needless to say I “walked” (or crawled) through 80% of the race

two hours more fun than most of the other riders:D

and 2 weeks of really painfull legs, then.

OMG! I didn’t even know I was fifth place in XC! :smiley: That’s… CRAZY!

As Hugo said, I was riding a Geared 24"x3" for the XC race with a rim brake. My brake kept breaking during my trip, I repaired it with ShoeGoo for the XC race. It worked, but I was scared to use it too hard so I waited for the second lap to use it properly.

Ha, awesome! :smiley:

Small corrections from the last few posts:

Muni Downhill (Expert)

1 Rulf, Jakub: QX 24x3, rim brake
2 Sternad, Žiga: KH 24x3 Schlumpf, rim brake
3 Caire, Adrien: 26 inch Schlumpf
4 Weichenberger, David: KH 26, disc brake
5 Lavis, Mark: Custom 26x2.4 Schlumpf (QX/KH parts), rim brake, 137s

Muni Cross

1 Charrier, Martin: KH 26, disc brake (from Romain)
2 Wilton, Scott: Triton 26x2.3 Schlumpf, rim brake, 137s (from Ken Looi)
3 Lavis, Mark: Custom 26x2.4 Schlumpf (QX/KH parts), rim brake, 137s
4 Sternad, Žiga: 29 inch Schlumpf
5 Flansberry, Jacob: KH 24x3 Schlumpf

Muni Uphill

1 Charrier, Martin: KH 24x3, rim brake
2 Lavis, Mark: Custom 26x2.4 Schlumpf (QX/KH parts), rim brake, 137s
3 Kobayashi, Seisuke: Custom 26", disc brake, 150s
4 Caire, Adrien: ?
5 Hoover, Beau: KH 24x3

Muni Obstacles

1 Flansberry, Jacob: KH 24x3, 137s, no brake
2 Potier, Nicolas: ?
3 Rytter, Oskar: ?
3 Sturny, Pierre: ?
3 Eichholz, Lutz: KH 24x3, disc brake

I take it 30+ doesn’t count then. Or female. Or under 19.
:roll_eyes:

Whatever…

To me I was among the top riders anyways.
:D:D:D

Having just 5 riders for each category is just for the sake of simplicity, otherwise the list would be 10 times as long and impossible to finish with all the details.

Agreed :wink:

I am under 19 :stuck_out_tongue:

In relative terms, quite true I’m sure.

The other day I was riding my KH trials near downtown with a friend of mine. We came upon a huge crowd of kids (fifty or more 12-16 year olds) with some adult chaperones. Evidently, they had been in the area for some type of event. Anyway, they all started cheering and clapping for us. The sidewalk was narrow so they parted like the Red Sea to give us room.

My friend, who makes a living juggling in front of crowds, can ride and juggle at the same time, but he doesn’t hop at all. So, he dismounted to get up the curb. I pulled up behind him and hopped in place for a while, then side hopped up and over the curb. The crowd went wild!! Later on my friend told me that with most kids, just the fact that you can ride a Uni makes you the best they have ever seen. The fact that I could hop that tiny curb made me an “Elite” rider in their eyes. Most of the general public in my area has never heard of Kris Holm or Muni.

Me too… :slight_smile: I was among the top riders drinking beer after the event :wink: