Duuuuuuude! Great write-up. I read the whole thing, and now I’m late for work! (It’s OK because I’m the owner/operator.)
Congratulations!
I can’t wait to read all about your 100 mile adventure Rob! Nicely done! 
I can’t wait to ride with you again.
If anybody should wonder what I did yesterday …
Wow, that’s 143 miles, congrats! But you should give DETAILS!
Sure, here they come. I was just too busy today, since I had to cope with everything I could not do yesterday …
I started 5:48 in the morning with my geared KH36/145mm. The route I choose was a circuit of 2,35km (1.5mi). It is a nice little road through meadows and little forests. There is little traffic – at times cyclists and people with dogs, here and then a car or a tractor. The surface is good, but there is a sharp turn, disrupting the flow and there is a little Hill, which turns over time into a mountain.
With this trip I tied a few personal records:
- Longest daytrip 230km (143 mi)
- Longest time unicycling – 16:10, 13:35 actually cycling
- First 100:10:1 (9:35)
- Longest distance non-stop - 102km (63mi) all in 2. gear
- Longest time non-stop (5:11)
Marathon time was 2:05, 100km in 5:04 and 200km in 13:22. Fuel consumption was at about 4,1 l/100km ;). What else to say? A spoke broke at km 134 (83mi), which prevented me from using the second gear, but at that point in time I was anyway too tired for it. The last third or a bit more I found extremely hard. I had issues sitting and my digestion was complaining. Certainly it was a bit too hot and not a good idea to cycle the first five hours non-stop. It would have been better to stop regularly right from the start. However it started well and I was convinced the little hill would anyway drop me off sometimes. I managed to pass it 43 times. I was still cycling but after 100km I decided to stop it.
Finally got a century ride under my belt in a most untraditional manner. This past Friday and Saturday I competed in the Powderhorn 24 hour race (write up by Max). I rode 95 miles in the actual race, so I did the extra 5 right at the end. It actually took me 23 hours and 42 minutes to finish the 100 miles so it still counts as a century (since it was within 24 hours). My rolling time on the other hand was a bit faster at 6 hours and 48 minutes! That’s only 4 minutes off the world record. Of course I had lots of breaks, but the race course also involved stop signs and lights as well as a checkpoint every mile or so that I had to stop at. Definitely not the typical 100 mile ride, but I’m still proud to say I’ve done a century.
Peter Bier
David Stone
Roger Davies
Alan Chambers
Steve Colligan
Mark Wiggins
Takayuki Koike - Guinness record holder, 6hrs44min, August 1987, 42" wheel with short cranks (no dismounts!)
Lars Clausen
Ken Looi
Floyd Beattie
Johnnie Severin
Cathy Fox
Bruce Dawson
Jack Hughes
Dan Heaton
Scot Cooper
Sam Wakeling
Chuck Edwall
Joe Marshall
John Himsworth
Gracie Sorbello
Rowan Chivers
Tony Melton
Tim Lee
Joe Lind
Rob Muellerleile
Irene Genelin
Beau Hoover
Nathan Hoover
Mike Scalisi
Ryan Woessner
?~Xivind Johansen
Kjetil Juul Pedersen
James Amon
Leif Rustvold
Max Taint
Mark Osmundo
Mike Tierney
Joseph Sherman
Roland Kays
Claude Magnuson
Jan Logemann
Zeke Boisei
Paul Stacey
Joe Myers
Matthew Huber
Tom Blackwood
Sid Rajan
Dave Cox
Matthiew Rojda
Kevin Williams
Jack Olsen
Monty McFly
Matt Thomas
Geoff Houghton
Svein Petter Vangsoy
Frank Brown
Terry Peterson
Dan Hansen
David Smith
Philip Schleihauf
Frank Dugrillon
Erich Bevensee [10/09/10 Chilean/German,45,Ungeared 36"]
Bill “Rhino” Mueller (10/29/10 - 42, 102 miles,10hr.51min.,ungeared 36)
Jeff Chamblee (June 5, 2011, USA, 46, Ungeared 36", 100.2 miles, 14 hrs 15min)
John Foss - 6/12/11, SilvaCycles KH/Schlumpf 36" (76 miles), 2002 Coker Deluxe with 125mm cranks (25 miles)
Jeff Ray 12/26/09 KH 125mm cranks ungeared. SILVER COMET/CHIEF LADIGA Anniston, AL to Atlanta GA.
Benjamin Richardson 12/28/10 KH 125mm Cranks ungeared - 30 miles of SNOW - I’m claiming to be the first TYPE 1 Diabetic to ride 100 miles (actually clocked 101.1) in a day solo. SILVER COMET/CHIEF LADIGA Anniston, AL to Atlanta, GA. 13 hours 11 minutes
Andy Moore
Robert Youngren 11-06-2011, 8 hours 42 minutes, KH/Schlumpf 24" with 137mm cranks, Chief Ladiga - Silver Comet trail from Piedmont, Alabama to mile 13 marker on Silver Comet then back to Cedartown, Georgia for the finish.
Scott Wilton
I rode my first 100 miles on 7th July and have added my name to the list. I am 63 years old - could this make me a record holder for the oldest guy to ride the 100?
Peter Bier
David Stone
Roger Davies
Alan Chambers
Steve Colligan
Mark Wiggins
Takayuki Koike - Guinness record holder, 6hrs44min, August 1987, 42" wheel with short cranks (no dismounts!)
Lars Clausen
Ken Looi
Floyd Beattie
Johnnie Severin
Cathy Fox
Bruce Dawson
Jack Hughes
Dan Heaton
Scot Cooper
Sam Wakeling
Chuck Edwall
Joe Marshall
John Himsworth
Gracie Sorbello
Rowan Chivers
Tony Melton
Tim Lee
Joe Lind
Rob Muellerleile
Irene Genelin
Beau Hoover
Nathan Hoover
Mike Scalisi
Ryan Woessner
?~Xivind Johansen
Kjetil Juul Pedersen
James Amon
Leif Rustvold
Max Taint
Mark Osmundo
Mike Tierney
Joseph Sherman
Roland Kays
Claude Magnuson
Jan Logemann
Zeke Boisei
Paul Stacey
Joe Myers
Matthew Huber
Tom Blackwood
Sid Rajan
Dave Cox
Matthiew Rojda
Kevin Williams
Jack Olsen
Monty McFly
Matt Thomas
Geoff Houghton
Svein Petter Vangsoy
Frank Brown
Terry Peterson
Dan Hansen
David Smith
Philip Schleihauf
Frank Dugrillon
Erich Bevensee [10/09/10 Chilean/German,45,Ungeared 36"]
Bill “Rhino” Mueller (10/29/10 - 42, 102 miles,10hr.51min.,ungeared 36)
Jeff Chamblee (June 5, 2011, USA, 46, Ungeared 36", 100.2 miles, 14 hrs 15min)
John Foss - 6/12/11, SilvaCycles KH/Schlumpf 36" (76 miles), 2002 Coker Deluxe with 125mm cranks (25 miles)
Jeff Ray 12/26/09 KH 125mm cranks ungeared. SILVER COMET/CHIEF LADIGA Anniston, AL to Atlanta GA.
Benjamin Richardson 12/28/10 KH 125mm Cranks ungeared - 30 miles of SNOW - I’m claiming to be the first TYPE 1 Diabetic to ride 100 miles (actually clocked 101.1) in a day solo. SILVER COMET/CHIEF LADIGA Anniston, AL to Atlanta, GA. 13 hours 11 minutes
Andy Moore
Robert Youngren 11-06-2011, 8 hours 42 minutes, KH/Schlumpf 24" with 137mm cranks, Chief Ladiga - Silver Comet trail from Piedmont, Alabama to mile 13 marker on Silver Comet then back to Cedartown, Georgia for the finish.
Scott Wilton
Geoff Bond
WELL DONE GEOFF, Congratulations!!! :):)
please give us a detailed ride report!
Thanks! here is a short video that reveals a little detail.
I found it interesting and will compile a short report…
I watched it. Wow you were smart to have the extra 36er! Do you have footage of the bearing failure? what time did you start and finish?
Good stuff monocyclism
What were the roads like? (and don’t say covered in tarmac).
If the last five miles were tough going uphill why didn’t you do the ride the other way around? That way you’d have been going downhill at the beginning.
Just wondering
Do please post a ride report, I like reading those.
Living in mountainous Wales I decided not do my first ‘100’ attempt there. I rode in the flatter areas of Norfolk and Lincolnshire - but didnt reseach the exact topology. There were a few ups-and-downs here and there but the last five miles were a surprise, but once I got to 95 miles nothing was going to stop me. I found the whole thing interesting, I intend to write a ride report 
Cheers Geoff
I can finally add my name to this list! At 15 years, 11 months and 9 days, I did my unicycle century 
absolutely the best and most difficult thing I have ever done, and I’d do it again in a heartbeat. You can learn a lot in 9 hours and 57 minutes…
During the 99th mile, it began pouring. It wasn’t unfortunate; a necessary refreshment to an otherwise monotonous day of perfect weather and quiet people.
Then I saw a small child, no more than 7 years old, sitting down by the lake, covered in mud and drenched in rain with a fishing pole in hand and a smile on his face. I asked him what he was doing… he said he was fishing. “I know,” I said, “but why are you doing it?” He told me he liked fishing, and cast his line into the water. Smart kid.
I guess that’s why I unicycle.
Stats:
Official start time: 5:05am
Official end time: 3:02pm
Total distance in that time: 100.0 miles
Crank Size: 102mm
Unicycle: Coker Big One with Pi Bar and KH Slim Saddle
I used cycle shorts. It was a balmy 84F and partly sunny for all but the last two miles. I couldn’t ask for a better day… and I’m pretty sure it made my sinus infection go away 
Full ride write up to come soon, I’m a bit busy currently.
Peter Bier
David Stone
Roger Davies
Alan Chambers
Steve Colligan
Mark Wiggins
Takayuki Koike - Guinness record holder, 6hrs44min, August 1987, 42" wheel with short cranks (no dismounts!)
Lars Clausen
Ken Looi
Floyd Beattie
Johnnie Severin
Cathy Fox
Bruce Dawson
Jack Hughes
Dan Heaton
Scot Cooper
Sam Wakeling
Chuck Edwall
Joe Marshall
John Himsworth
Gracie Sorbello
Rowan Chivers
Tony Melton
Tim Lee
Joe Lind
Rob Muellerleile
Irene Genelin
Beau Hoover
Nathan Hoover
Mike Scalisi
Ryan Woessner
?~Xivind Johansen
Kjetil Juul Pedersen
James Amon
Leif Rustvold
Max Taint
Mark Osmundo
Mike Tierney
Joseph Sherman
Roland Kays
Claude Magnuson
Jan Logemann
Zeke Boisei
Paul Stacey
Joe Myers
Matthew Huber
Tom Blackwood
Sid Rajan
Dave Cox
Matthiew Rojda
Kevin Williams
Jack Olsen
Monty McFly
Matt Thomas
Geoff Houghton
Svein Petter Vangsoy
Frank Brown
Terry Peterson
Dan Hansen
David Smith
Philip Schleihauf
Frank Dugrillon
Erich Bevensee [10/09/10 Chilean/German,45,Ungeared 36"]
Bill “Rhino” Mueller (10/29/10 - 42, 102 miles,10hr.51min.,ungeared 36)
Jeff Chamblee (June 5, 2011, USA, 46, Ungeared 36", 100.2 miles, 14 hrs 15min)
John Foss - 6/12/11, SilvaCycles KH/Schlumpf 36" (76 miles), 2002 Coker Deluxe with 125mm cranks (25 miles)
Jeff Ray 12/26/09 KH 125mm cranks ungeared. SILVER COMET/CHIEF LADIGA Anniston, AL to Atlanta GA.
Benjamin Richardson 12/28/10 KH 125mm Cranks ungeared - 30 miles of SNOW - I’m claiming to be the first TYPE 1 Diabetic to ride 100 miles (actually clocked 101.1) in a day solo. SILVER COMET/CHIEF LADIGA Anniston, AL to Atlanta, GA. 13 hours 11 minutes
Andy Moore
Robert Youngren 11-06-2011, 8 hours 42 minutes, KH/Schlumpf 24" with 137mm cranks, Chief Ladiga - Silver Comet trail from Piedmont, Alabama to mile 13 marker on Silver Comet then back to Cedartown, Georgia for the finish.
Scott Wilton
Geoff Bond
Ian Murkve - 7-27-12, Coker Big One 36" Ungeared, 102mm cranks
Congrats on your first century! But I must ask, you said you did the ride in 9 hours 57 minutes, which matches the start and end times you listed. So you did the 100 mile NON-STOP without any breaks whatsover, or does the total time include breaks? If so, what was you in-saddle-only time?
That is total elapsed time, making it 100-10-1. I’m not sure what my saddle time was. I’m guessing roughly 9 hours. I took two real breaks, at mile 45 to go find change for a vending machine, and at mile 80 for lunch. Everything else was caused by street crossings.
Next time I ride a century (possibly in the next month) I’m going to record saddle time to see a riding average.
And get some chamois butt’r… The day after, I have minimal soreness but many blisters where they should not be
Milosboy: Nice job on the century. I use Glide and Chamois Butt’r if I ride over 30 miles. You have some good resolve to make it the whole 100 miles with no slickemputty.
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Thanks! I’ve been meaning to do this for awhile, but stuff kept coming up.
Congrats on doing the STP again, that’s amazing. I couldn’t imagine climbing on my unicycle for a second day of that…
I started feeling the chaffing around mile 80. I really should have gotten some butt’r, but it’s over now, so whatever. My sores will heal eventually.
My next goal is a double century in one day. I think I’d be the youngest person to do that. Does anyone know how many people have unicycled a double century in one day? I know there’s at least the 24hr record holder and Lars Clausen, but who else?