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March 29th, 2015 at 6:53:14 PM permalink
Wizard
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Congratulations Michael. You never cease to amaze.

I guess with a bicycle your biggest worry on the return trip is catching a cold. No such reward on a unicycle.


Thank you. Going downhill on a bicycle the biggest worry is going too fast and crashing.
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March 30th, 2015 at 10:59:39 PM permalink
Ayecarumba
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Wow, that is pretty crazy Mike. I imagine the worst part being the thin air at the end of the ride when you really need the oxygen most. The pictures are great. There is still a fair bit of snow on the ground.

Do you think you could have done it on the 36 with the big cranks?
March 31st, 2015 at 7:31:03 PM permalink
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Wow, that is pretty crazy Mike. I imagine the worst part being the thin air at the end of the ride when you really need the oxygen most. The pictures are great. There is still a fair bit of snow on the ground.

Do you think you could have done it on the 36 with the big cranks?


Yes, I could definitely tell the air was thinner towards the end of the ride. However, it wasn't too bad. It was cooler up high, which was a welcome change.

No, I couldn't have done that ride on my 36", at any crank length. It was simply too steep. The guy I went with did it on a 36" but he is a young strong buck. He once went on a 500-mile off-road bike ride in Utah -- without ever sleeping.
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March 31st, 2015 at 11:22:03 PM permalink
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No, I couldn't have done that ride on my 36", at any crank length. It was simply too steep. The guy I went with did it on a 36" but he is a young strong buck. He once went on a 500-mile off-road bike ride in Utah -- without ever sleeping.


You omitted the crank length both you and Mark used on the ride. Based on your previous posts, I am assuming you went with the 137 mm crank. However, you said there was a 165 mm setting (which I don't believe you used before).

How about Mark? You said he used the bigger wheel, but how different were your percentage ratios?


29" diameter -> 368.3 mm radius (137 mm would be 37.2%, 165 mm would be 44.2% )
36" diameter -> 457.2 mm radius (170 mm would be 37.2%)
April 1st, 2015 at 6:35:42 AM permalink
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My crank length was 125mm. My 137mm cranks I took off. I think Mark's were also 125mm.
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April 1st, 2015 at 6:53:06 AM permalink
Pacomartin
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My crank length was 125mm. My 137mm cranks I took off. I think Mark's were also 125mm.

Jimminy Cricket!

Is this what you look like?

Did you even consider giving yourself a break? I just assumed you would provide yourself some torque.

Very impressive. Let me repost


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Crank size reference
26" (& 29") unicycles,
110 mm cranks make a great long distance machine on flat surface but very hard to idle,
125 mm cranks are smooth and a good street machine,
150 mm cranks are great for standard Muni riding and tricks work,
170 mm are for trials riders or mountain climbers, these give you the ability to go up almost anything!
April 1st, 2015 at 2:33:24 PM permalink
Fleastiff
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Good luck on the unicycle task. I thought you were going to ride the rails... there is a young sweet girl who knows most of the good catching out points in the USA. Your wife won't mind if you hang out with her for awhile and learn about various types of trains that are making up, its one of those "other team" things.

Gypsy? Rickshaw Cafe in San Francisco for the March Fourth band. June or July Kafe Balkana Frenetic dancing to Opa Cupa all night long. Or Santa Cruz ... the Trumpet and Drum Procession to the Hopmonk Tavern in Sebastapol calling all women out of the wagons and starting them on the road. Half the community dances.

And if you visit any Jungles and see a man siting with half a loaf of bread in each of his armpits, you will know he is a real Gypsy.

Or go to Ireland, but remember if you say Irish Travelers in the USA everyone knows you mean Gypsies, but if you say Irish Travelers in Ireland, the cops take you to jail for inciting hatred toward a minority group.
April 1st, 2015 at 3:47:41 PM permalink
Pacomartin
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Kafe Balkana Frenetic dancing to Opa Cupa all night long. Or Santa Cruz ...


American philosopher William James,in his Principles of Psychology (1890) used the metaphor of a stream to describe the ceaseless flow of disparate ideas, feelings, memories and so on, that pass through the mind of an individual in a conscious state.

It's like your channeling him when you post.
April 1st, 2015 at 4:50:18 PM permalink
Fleastiff
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Quote: Pacomartin
Aof an individual in a conscious state.
When am I ever in a conscious state?
April 5th, 2015 at 11:23:22 AM permalink
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I did my first tracked ride outside of the Vegas area last week in Huntington Beach. Here is the Strava entry.

My next big ride is the 40-mile Tour de Summerlin on April 18. I'm thinking of doing the River Mountains Loop this Wednesday as well.
Knowledge is Good -- Emil Faber
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