Who has completed a 100 mile ride?

[bungeejoe]

‘High Risk’

@monocyclism

How have you personally experienced ‘high risk’ .

Must be bear encounters that make road rides ‘high risk’. All four of my bear encounters while unicycling have been while on long road rides.

Must not be vehicle crashes. My half dozen times being hit or running into vehicles have never happened on long distance unicycling rides or trips.

I did choose to leave the road and ride out the ditch once when two log trucks were going to pass each other going opposite directions on a blind 20 mph corner on a busy highway with no shoulders. My timing just put me in a very bad spot at the wrong time during a 1000 mile unicycle trip along the West coast.

Joe Myers

[UniMyra]

@monocyclism

So you are a road-rider? How have you personally experienced ‘high risk’ . Or is that a personal interpretation?

I am not a road-rider and I have not personally experienced ‘high risk’, but I took your word for it:

@monocyclism

…including the white-van-man who knocked me off the uni and said he didnt see me…as I fell on his bonnet!! Who cares, I roll with the punches and ibuprofen.

[monocyclism]

@bungeejoe

Must be bear encounters that make road rides ‘high risk’. All four of my bear encounters while unicycling have been while on long road rides.

Must not be vehicle crashes. My half dozen times being hit or running into vehicles have never happened on long distance unicycling rides or trips.

I did choose to leave the road and ride out the ditch once when two log trucks were going to pass each other going opposite directions on a blind 20 mph corner on a busy highway with no shoulders. My timing just put me in a very bad spot at the wrong time during a 1000 mile unicycle trip along the West coast.

Joe Myers

Darn Mr J, your details make intense reading! However your post highlights my point, all be it a ‘little bit’ ahead of me! Not distance or route but circumstance.

At present I am just pushing for clearer definition of routes

[monocyclism]

@UniMyra

I am not a road-rider and I have not personally experienced ‘high risk’, but I took your word for it:

Haha, I would say, riding the road, at least in UK, is high risk…relatively. I UPD’d on a backstreet in a quiete area and fractured my pelvis without a vehicle in site.

[monocyclism]

@bungeejoe

Must be bear encounters that make road rides ‘high risk’. All four of my bear encounters while unicycling have been while on long road rides.

Must not be vehicle crashes. My half dozen times being hit or running into vehicles have never happened on long distance unicycling rides or trips.

I did choose to leave the road and ride out the ditch once when two log trucks were going to pass each other going opposite directions on a blind 20 mph corner on a busy highway with no shoulders. My timing just put me in a very bad spot at the wrong time during a 1000 mile unicycle trip along the West coast.

Joe Myers

I think it must be stressed that ‘relatively’ dangerous routes do not maketh the rider!..and I am not pushing for that. I am simply tired of looking at this thread and seeing riders completing routes that are ‘catagorically’ easier, or not, than other 100 mile acheivements.

So…lets catagorise types of routes…nothing else! I want to know, what type of route was acheived by riders in this thread. In my recent post I have defined those catagories. Use them or not. Then we can have a relativistic comparison. Unless anyone else wants to add a caviate like, ‘I had a cold’, I twisted my big toe, I had a nightmare the night before

[monocyclism]

@newob

Congrats, Vookash, well done!

Actually, monocyclism does make some good points here: there are “century rides” and then there are true centuries.

Last year, I chose my birthday to do my own “ride your age” ride through downtown LA traffic, during the evening commute. Here are the details:

42-inch Semcycle, 33mm cranks, with loose seat post, loose right crank, and frozen left bearings.
No dismounts, no breaks, no water.
Both arms tied behind my back.
One leg tied to the frame.
Backwards.
Blindfolded.
Grandmother on back.
Hangover.
Chronic diarrhea.
Finish time: 19 minutes, 42 seconds.

…or sorry…what age did you say you were? Specifically, when you did all this?

Well we can cut the BS and just tel me it was a joke if you like…otherwise I will believe you were telling the truth…

[monocyclism]

100 miles

Is there nobody going to post to this thread in respond to a sensible dialog I am trying to generate about the points I have raised

[bungeejoe]

@monocyclism

Is there nobody going to post to this thread in respond to a sensible dialog I am trying to generate about the points I have raised

Century rides are just too easy. Look at this list Mr. G. Everyone seems capable. Even old farts like us don’t bother stopping at JUSY a hundred miles. We regularly press on. It take us the first fifty to just warm up and get comfy.

Circumstance! Now that is what makes it a RIDE!

JM

[monocyclism]

@bungeejoe

Century rides are just too easy. Look at this list Mr. G. Everyone seems capable. Even old farts like us don’t bother stopping at JUSY a hundred miles. We regularly press on. It take us the first fifty to just warm up and get comfy.

Circumstance! Now that is what makes it a RIDE!

JM

Well said, except I want everyone to know, I subscribe to your long-distance acheivements as I plan to put the ‘100’ on record for my 70th year… Yeah! everyone seems capable even Santa Clause - but I will remember, ‘circumstances’

[Setonix]

So why exactly do you ride 100+miles. Mhm here we do kilometres, not miles and I think 100km is also quite an achievement.

But really I’ve never ridden 100km on a day on a normal bike. Don’t see the point, I would just take the car.

I love unicycling, but after 10K I get saddle aches, same as I would on a bike and I think about getting home again. As long as I can ride every day, I will be very happy and the number of kilometres isn’t that important.

It would prolly be more fun to do when you are two, but I always ride alone.

[monocyclism]

100 miles or no…

Came across some archive footage of out-takes from riding 100 miles. Here is video I prepared from unreleased footage

[monocyclism]

@bungeejoe

Must be bear encounters that make road rides ‘high risk’. All four of my bear encounters while unicycling have been while on long road rides…
Joe Myers

Haha I will be playing this on the Walkman on my next distance ride …

The Bare Necessities [Jungle Book]

[Thumper_uni]

I am interested how long you all trained to be able to ride 100miles I have only had my 36 for a couple of weeks and am pretty spent after 12 miles .

[monocyclism]

@Thumper uni

I am interested how long you all trained to be able to ride 100miles…

In my case, 3 years from beginning … and also when you here this, …“This is the most stupid thing you have ever purchased” You ignore it and carry on

Good luck…

[Thumper_uni]

@monocyclism

In my case, 3 years from beginning … and also when you here this, …“This is the most stupid thing you have ever purchased” You ignore it and carry on

Good luck…

My wife said that when she saw my first 20" uni now she is learning on that very uni and when my new ones get unpacked she now says well that’s cool.

[monocyclism]

@Thumper uni

My wife said that when she saw my first 20" uni now she is learning on that very uni and when my new ones get unpacked she now says well that’s cool.

Hilarious! it’s the addiction of one wheel! Although you make it sound funny, your wife has my respect, as I am sure, yours also.

General public ofen say to me, ‘Why do you do it?’ I say, ‘It’s the sensation of balance’. It is the ‘one-ness’ of balance with the unicycle that does not appear in other forms of pedalling transport’.

Good luck to your wife, and you, with your practice!

[Setonix]

@Thumper uni

My wife said that when she saw my first 20" uni now she is learning on that very uni and when my new ones get unpacked she now says well that’s cool.

I’m jealous of you. My wife will NEVER try to ride. If it is up to her, I’d sell them all.

[Moron]

@Thumper uni

I am interested how long you all trained to be able to ride 100miles I have only had my 36 for a couple of weeks and am pretty spent after 12 miles .

I had been riding a 36er for about a year, then spent about 4 months seriously training for the distance. I got to where 50-60 mile rides were (relatively) comfortable and then had a chance to complete a century as part of a large organized ride.

[Moron]

The List

Peter Bier
David Stone, early 2000s (see way below)
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- 7hrs43min, 36"/110mm Unguni, 1650m climb/descent. Lake Taupo Cycle Challenge 2004. 11hrs36min (24"/125mm standard unicycle). Lake Taupo Cycle Challenge 2013
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 - 2007-06-03 - ungeared Hunter 36, 125mm
Beau Hoover - 2007-06-03 - ungeared Hunter 36, 125mm
Nathan Hoover - 2007-06-03 - ungeared Hunter 36, 125mm
Mike Scalisi - 2007-06-03 - ungeared Hunter 36, 125mm
Ryan Woessner - 2007-06-03 - ungeared Coker, 125mm
?~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
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 (2/3/13) 9 hours, 56 minutes. KH 36er ungeared 110mm cranks, t-handle and aerobars. Filmed while riding.
7/11/10 - 102 miles/11hr 2min. I had three separate spoke breakages during my ride, and also filmed my century while riding. Non-geared KH 36er 110/125mm cranks. Changed to 125 hole for extended climbs.
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 - 111 miles, 8 hours 52 mins, 36 Schlumpf, 150s
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
Klaas Bil, 31 Aug 2012, KH36 geared, 165 mm cranks. I actually rode 194.85 miles within 24 hours; the first 100 miles took 9:06:30.
Keith Board 9-29-2012, Nimbus impulse 36er ungeared 150mm cranks. 50th birthday ride.
Robert Deden 9-13-2012 Bike Around the Bay Galveston, TX Ungeared 36er and 62 miles day 2! Did not know this list existed.
Jim Jamison, 5/4/2013; Ungeared N36, 125 mm cranks
Jim Sowers - 2013-04-21, 6000ft. vert. climb. 36" Afro-Guni ,165mm
Garrett Macey - 2013-08-24; Ungeared 36, 125 mm cranks
Bob Clark - 2013-08-24; Ungeared 36
Bruce Lee - 2013-08-24 Ungeared 36, 125 mm cranks
Matthew Morris - 101.1 mile, ungeared KH36/89mm cranks, 2091ft climbed, 14.5mph average speed, 9 hour 40 mins in total.
James Turner - 2013-8-24 Ungeared Oracle 36er, 110’s, 105.5 miles, 8h13m moving/9h6m elapsed
David Stone, 2013-9-8. g36, 125/150mm cranks (both used). 106mi. 10h10m (12h45m elapsed… Lots of knee pain that eventually went away.)
Robert Deden 10-12-2013 Geared36 137 cranks
Shannon Goan 03/22/2014, ungeared 36 Triton, 110’s, 102.9 miles, 3,097ft climbed, 9h04m knee pain for the last 20 miles.
Felix Regelsberger [36" geared, 125mm cranks]
James Richardson - 2014-09-27 and 2014-10-04; Ungeared Nimbus Impulse, 102mm
Ed Pratt - 2014-11-22, 36’’ Qu-Ax ‘Luxus’ (145mm cranks)
Bill Burns 8-23-15 36 Nimbus Oracle - 125mm cranks
Sam Wakeling, 9 July 2015 (IUF World Record: 6h 18m 39s. https://vimeo.com/134725230), 36" Schlumpf 145 cranks, motor racing circuit, UK.
Łukasz Chornikowski 26 August 2017, 32" Shlumpf 125 and 150mm cranks, 204km total

[Setonix]

@Moron

I had been riding a 36er for about a year, then spent about 4 months seriously training for the distance. I got to where 50-60 mile rides were (relatively) comfortable and then had a chance to complete a century as part of a large organized ride.

But why did you do it? Because you want to prove to yourself you could ride such a long time? How much more of a kick does it give when you can already ride 60 miles? You’ve proven that you can ride. At some point, riding a uni becomes as easy as riding a b*ke. The only difference being that riding a uni gives a better feeling of course, which makes peeps addicted. Nevertheless I will never feel this urge to ride 100 miles or 100kms for that matter.