Hi UNI-Fans !
I’m looking for any actually unicycle world records for my homepage. Why aren’t
any records in the guiness book ? Thanks for help!
Greetings from Germany Felix
Re: World Records ?!?
There is 1 in the guiness book of records and that was a person that rode the
furthest backwards.
Re: World Records ?!?
On Mon, 12 Mar 2001 21:03:05 +0100, “Felix” <f.hees@gmx.de> wrote:
>Hi UNI-Fans !
>
>I’m looking for any actually unicycle world records for my homepage. Why aren’t
>any records in the guiness book ? Thanks for help!
>
>Greetings from Germany Felix
>
>www.einrad-ist-besser-als-keinrad.de
>
>
Hi Felix,
Excellent initiative to put them on the web! The subject of unicycle records has
been discussed a few times in this group, and I wish I had kept a record (no pun
intended) of it. Maybe if I dig out all the messages that my newsreader hasn’t
purged yet, I could find one or two. But the regulars in this group can probably
provide you with many unicycling records from the top of their head.
Greetings (from the Netherlands) Klaas
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Re: World Records ?!?
World sidehop (highjump) record: 82 cm (Kris Holm at Unicon X, 2000) A picture
is on http://community.webshots.com/photo/9582686/9641824oikjADxiRe
Klaas Bil
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RE: World Records ?!?
> I’m looking for any actually unicycle world records for my homepage. Why
> aren’t any records in the guiness book ?
Your Guinness Book of World Records will vary by country. In different countries
you not only get different languages (or just local printing), but different
content. The American book still lists several records. Here are some of the
ones I’m aware of:
Tallest - 101’, 9" Steve McPeak, 1980 Smallest (with indirect drive) - 13/16",
JeanPaul Jenack, around 1984 Smallest (pedaling directly to wheel) - Peter
Rosendahl, real small 100 meters from standing start - 12.74 sec, Peter
Rosendahl, 1990(?), 24" Miyata with 127mm cranks Biggest wheel - 73", Steve
Gordon Backward - Steve Gordon
Those are off the top of my head. I think all of them but the 13/16" wheel are
in the current US book.
There are many other world records. Guinness lends great legitemacy to records
by publishing them and making them widely available. The IUF has listings of
speed records and a few other records (I think) at Unicycling.org:
http://www.unicycling.org/iuf/records/
Stay on top, John Foss
whose 100 meter record was replaced by Peter Rosendahl’s…
Re: World Records ?!?
At http://www.unicycling.org/iuf/records/ you can finde some records. They are
just not really up to date.
Soon there will be the danish records at www.unicykel.com (and soooon it will be
in english)
Lars Lottrup
Denmark
>
Hi Felix,
Excellent initiative to put them on the web! The subject of unicycle records has
been discussed a few times in this group, and I wish I had kept a record (no pun
intended) of it. Maybe if I dig out all the messages that my newsreader hasn’t
purged yet, I could find one or two. But the regulars in this group can probably
provide you with many unicycling records from the top of their head.
Greetings (from the Netherlands) Klaas
“To trigger/fool/saturate/overload Echelon, the following has been picked
automagically from a database:” “Osama bin Laden, Anthrax, NR1”
SV: World Records ?!?
In the Danish Guinness Book of World Records, the backward record is by
Ashrita Furman from Jamaica. He rode 85,56 km backward in 1994. It was in
Forest Park in NY.
We also have a time for the Round Tower race up and down… by Thomas Olsen
(M) in 1 min. 46 sec. and for Jaku Nielsen (F) in 2 min. 05 sec.
Peter Rosendahl has two 100 m. records. From standing 12,11 sec. and with flying
start 12,43 (there is no logic in these times…)
The highest uni was a 31,01 m girafe, ridden by Steve McPeak in 1980…
Lars Lottrup Denmark
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> I’m looking for any actually unicycle world records for my homepage. Why
> aren’t any records in the guiness book ?
Your Guinness Book of World Records will vary by country. In different countries
you not only get different languages (or just local printing), but different
content. The American book still lists several records. Here are some of the
ones I’m aware of:
Tallest - 101’, 9" Steve McPeak, 1980 Smallest (with indirect drive) - 13/16",
JeanPaul Jenack, around 1984 Smallest (pedaling directly to wheel) - Peter
Rosendahl, real small 100 meters from standing start - 12.74 sec, Peter
Rosendahl, 1990(?), 24" Miyata with 127mm cranks Biggest wheel - 73", Steve
Gordon Backward - Steve Gordon
Those are off the top of my head. I think all of them but the 13/16" wheel are
in the current US book.
There are many other world records. Guinness lends great legitemacy to records
by publishing them and making them widely available. The IUF has listings of
speed records and a few other records (I think) at Unicycling.org:
http://www.unicycling.org/iuf/records/
Stay on top, John Foss
whose 100 meter record was replaced by Peter Rosendahl’s…
Re: RE: World Records ?!?
john_foss@asinet.com writes:
>Your Guinness Book of World Records will vary by country. In different
>countries you not only get different languages (or just local printing), but
>different content. The American book still lists several records. Here are some
>of the ones I’m aware of:
>
>Tallest - 101’, 9" Steve McPeak, 1980 Smallest (with indirect drive) - 13/16",
>JeanPaul Jenack, around 1984 Smallest (pedaling directly to wheel) - Peter
>Rosendahl, real small 100 meters from standing start - 12.74 sec, Peter
>Rosendahl, 1990(?), 24" Miyata with 127mm cranks Biggest wheel - 73", Steve
>Gordon Backward - Steve Gordon
>
>Those are off the top of my head. I think all of them but the 13/16" wheel are
>in the current US book.
My brother and I have also been interested in the longest ride (with stops), and
the 1996 edition has mention of one (as do some earlier editions), but the last
two editions do not mention it. The longest ride record actually varied in a
weird way: The 1996 record is shorter than the record mentioned in earlier
editions (probably due to differing regulations or something). I can’t recall
the distances off hand, but the record is roughly 3200 miles (across America). -
David Stone
World records …
Hi guys, Doug from the UK here. My club (JUST in north-east England) are holding an even next month and we are hoping to set a new record for the most cumulative miles by unicyclists in 24 hours. We also decided that perhaps we could also set some slightly crazy new records such as the fastest time / greatest distance unicycling while hoola-hooping etc during the same event. I have written to the IUF and the UUU here in the UK, but they have not been helpful.
I have however spent a lot of time gathering together all of the records I could find in one place and think it might be a good idea to continue to do this ‘officially’. What do you think? Perhaps on a Facebook page specifically for the purpose?
If you would like a look at what I have gathered so far, just email me on stride.environmental@virgin.net . Thanks and best wishes, Doug.
Guinness don’t publish every last random world record and can sometimes be hard to get a hold of… I gave up on them a long time ago lol… Where’s Rob Dyrdek when you need him
Guiness do now publish a lot of records (if not necessarily all - I think it’s getting close though). On their website, not in the books. 25 of them listed there:
http://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/Search.aspx?q=unicycle
BTW if anybody does have a record they’d like to claim, my understanding is that GWR will accept record claims for all sorts of things, provided it meets the criteria of being something specific enough, and you have it witnessed according to their rules. Doesn’t even cost anything, though you will have to wait a while for it to be included. Lots of info on their website.