whats the most weight youve carried while uniing?

[shadowuni]

i have carried a full schoolbag, my MUni, and a drink at once while
riding my coker. any other personal bests?


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[redwelly]

I've carried a 2.3m, 7'6" 'swordfish' (http://tinyurl.com/yb01) on my
back. It wasn't too hard though, as it was beanbag-like in
construction, and only weighed about 6kg. It was only six weeks after
first learning the thing, so I was surprised how easy it was to carry
stuff without affecting balance too much. Other than that the most I've
had is a full back pack (~5kg) and a rolled up sleeping bag under one
arm. I'm still trying to find someone who will let me try putting them
on my shoulders. :)

- Sam


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[hell-on-wheel]

I once carried a 8X4 foot piece of plywood about a half mile from a
dumpster on campus to my house. It was heavy, but it was the
cumbersomeness that made it difficult. I had to balance it on my head
(while holding it, of course, and with the flat part parallel with the
ground) because when I tried to hold it any other way it would catch the
wind and knock me off. It was a lot of fun.

I've always kinda thought it would make a good game at a uni
competition, to see who could carry the heaviest, most awkward object a
certain distance. Maybe this has already been done, I'm not sure.


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[redwelly]

That would be a cool competition. It would be hard to judge the
awkwardness of an object, and weight is rather relative to the size of
the rider, but it should be workable.

I guess you were carrying this plywood for fun, rather than to make the
journey easier, if you only went half a mile with it. But then it's
quite understandable. Most things should be tried 'just because it
might be possible' :)

- Sam


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[commandoH]

i carried my not so little brother on my back


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[joona]

I wanted to carry my little sister on my shoulders. Only problem was
that she didn't want to be carried on a unicycle. She rides too, but she
thinks I might drop her. Well I forced her on my shoulders, but she
start to swing around so I couldn't get on the uni because I was afraid
I'd hurt my self if I UPD'd :rolleyes:. I'll have to do it another time.


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[manic_mark]

a full 75 litre rucksack (to the brim) not with particularly light stuff
either. and a football in one hand, a carry mat and sleeping bag in the
other (wouldnt fit in the rucksack) :rolleyes:

dunno how much it weighed, but it was heavy, struggled to get it onto my
back.

also did a similar one, with a rucksack a little fuller, with things
like sleeping bag attached to it, and while carrying two portable
chairs. didnt ride that one for long tho, and idling for a photograph
was very difficult.


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[omdetdar]

I carried a car battery for about a km It was hellish work for the
forearms and a bit tough on the knees when I UPD'd.


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[redwelly]

This thread reminds me: I haven't yet tried it out (which I should
probably do, as it's the best way to test for myself), but could anyone
offer advice on how much it's advisable to carry for a couple of days'
riding? I'm planning to do a sponsored ride to raise money for a
charity to do my gap year travels, with Bath to London and back being a
likely target of about 200 miles (Land's End to John O'Groats (860
miles) is sooo tempting, but I don't know if I can organise something
that long yet). At ~8mph average on my 24 (I have no big long distance
uni, unless unicycle.com want to be my official equipment sponsor and
give me a 28"? :) ) I reckon I can do the trip in about 3/4 days. I
haven't thought it through fully yet, but I don't think I'd camp with a
tent and everything, and if living fairly rough for a few days I
wouldn't really need to lug a lot of stuff. A normal backpack should
suffice. Some people who do long rides with Cokers and air seats and
everything - you call that an adventure? Can't go making it too easy for
yourself. ;) The pointfullness of this post has evaporated a little as
I rambled to myself, but as I've typed it I may as well send it.

- Sam


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[entertainer]

I've carried people weighing 145 pounds or more on my shoulders on my
24", and a 115 pound female cheerleader on my shoulders on the giraffe.
Before someone mentions how dangerous this is, we also had 4 large male
cheerleaders spotting us.

Mike


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[Amos_And_Ego]

Here's the real challange. What is the most ackward thing you have
carried while freemounting a giraffe? I tried to do this a couple
times with a loaded duffle bag. I found it absolutely impossible.
--Amos.


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[m_extreme_uni]

i've ridden with a 14' long piece of 8"x8" wood on one of my shoulders.
very very heavy.

just yesterday i rode with a backpack with 15 cranks in it, all my stuff
for a weekend, and lots of tools, and 1 litre of water, and some juice,
and a duffle bag. I can thank Jeff for the cranks. My bag was probably
around 40lbs.

-Ryan


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[johnhimsworth]

Food shopping (easier with 2 bags thatn one) is a classic, just for the
looks on people's faces. if they only realised how practical it is.
Ridden between birmingham snow hill and new street stations with a 45L
rucksack with tent, sleeping bag and carry mat strapped to it. With Phil
and Joe M, who were doing the same. That was fun.

John

P.S. just tied 3' stilts. Woohoo! Great fun. OT but I had to say it,
sorry.


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[mike.hinson]

I have ridden 47 thousand miles carrying a 20 gallon Ming vase full of
lead on my head while juggling 15 cannon balls in my left hand & doing
my tax return with the other.

The tax return was heavy.

/\/\ :-)


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[gerblefranklin]

m_extreme_uni wrote:
> *
> just yesterday i rode with a backpack with 15 cranks in it
> -Ryan *


Lemme guess... Backups for all youur broken profile cranks?

My best was in awkwardness was carrying a radial arm drill press up a
hill to my house from the flea market. THat werighed about 50lbs. I've
also carried my cousin, who weighs about 80lbs.


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[harper]

I once rode a 24" Savage with a broken pedal from Gary, Indiana to
Topeka, Kansas while balancing a Volkswagen on my chin. I was
concurrently towing an 18 wheeler loaded with appliances for an
apartment building in Topeka. I was using 20 pound test fishing line as
the tow rope so I had to be very careful. The Volkswagen was just to
make it a little challenging. I picked up several hitch hikers on the
way and sang Jimi Hendrix songs with them....in Greek.


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[joona]

harper wrote:
> *I once rode a 24" Savage with a broken pedal from Gary, Indiana to
> Topeka, Kansas while balancing a Volkswagen on my chin. I was
> concurrently towing an 18 wheeler loaded with appliances for an
> apartment building in Topeka. I was using 20 pound test fishing line
> as the tow rope so I had to be very careful. The Volkswagen was just
> to make it a little challenging. I picked up several hitch hikers on
> the way and sang Jimi Hendrix songs with them....in Greek. *


Way to go. Wish I was as good rider as you.:rolleyes:


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[UniBrier]

20 years ago I carried a 170 lb college buddy on my shoulders while
riding a 28 spoke Schwinn 24. Now I don't do shoulder rides for much
more than my 60 lb boy.

Don't even ask how many times we've had to carry Harper out of the
woods.


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[TheObieOne3226]

yo nick i think ive carried you on my hip before while uning. you weigh
what...150lbs? thats pretty good. next we practice balancing you on my
chin


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[scot]

Weight is one factor, but multiple objects at different weights can be
more difficult at lesser weights.

For instance, tonight I carried a bundle of firewood (appox. 8 pcs.) and
a six-pack of beer. That was harder than carrying a heavier object.


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[Klaas Bil]

I've seen a photo on the www somewhere of a male performer carrying
his whole family while riding. Wife and two kids, all stacked. Anyone
have the url or the picture?

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[GILD]

joona wrote:
> *Way to go. Wish I was as good rider as you.:rolleyes: *


wish i could've heard jimi say 'yeppa!'
:p


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(http://www.burmacampaign.org.uk/actions/un.htm)
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[johnfoss]

Klaas Bil wrote:
> *I've seen a photo on the www somewhere of a male performer carrying
> his whole family while riding. *
http://www.dazzlingmills.com/

The first big carry that came to my mind was Wayne Haines. My very first
unicycling-related Christmas Card, from 1981, included a picture of him
with two other kids stacked on his shoulders.

Wayne's sister Carol married Steve Mills. I think he used to carry mom,
both kids, and a couple of pets. But the kids are quite a big bigger
now!

Wolfgang Stroessner also did a multi-person carry at UNICON VIII in
England. He was the first person I'd ever seen to carry four passengers
on a unicycle. Hmmm. Looks like his picture is next to another Mills
one: http://www.unicycling.org/btdt/fhs.html

Tom Miller once carried me on his shoulders on a 6' giraffe, on a stage
at the Philadelphia Jugglers Convention. That was one of the more scary
rides I've been on. Not that I didn't trust Tom's abilities; it's just
way high up there!


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[johnfoss]

redwelly wrote:
> *could anyone offer advice on how much it's advisable to carry for a
> couple of days' riding?*
AS LITTLE AS POSSIBLE! Anything you carry on your back is additional
weight on your crotch. If possible, figure out a way to carry it on the
unicycle. Your crotch will thank you later!


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[tomblackwood]

scot wrote:
> *Weight is one factor, but multiple objects at different weights can
> be more difficult at lesser weights. For instance, tonight I carried a
> bundle of firewood (appox. 8 pcs.) and a six-pack of beer. That was
> harder than carrying a heavier object. *

Yeah, but c'mon.....that weight should have been decreasing one can at a
time as the ride progressed. :p


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[Klaas Bil]

johnfoss wrote:
> *http://www.dazzlingmills.com/
> http://www.unicycling.org/btdt/fhs.html
> *

It may have been the same family but none of the three pictures you
linked to is the one I saw (the way I remember it).

Klaas Bil


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[Sofa]

After day one of my ride for MS, I had raced 85 KM's on my Coker. I had
to ride the 5 Km's to my house after that. The last 3 KM's had me
carrying a case of beer. Only 12, 24 would have been impossible. Each
beer weighed 200 pounds by the time I cracked the first one open, in the
comfort of my living room

I had to balance the case on a grey electric box about 30 feet away from
me, as I could not mount the Coker without a hand on the seat, and (I
pictured the one handle of my box tearing open as I flung it up to mount
the Coker) rode towards it and grasped it (it took 3 tries)

The next day I rode back to the race and raced another 80 KM's.

I've brought home groceries (two arms worth) on the Coker as well.


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[thinuniking]

you could carry much more if you had one of these....


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[Sofa]

thinuniking wrote:
> *you could carry much more if you had one of these.... *


Like myself after I rode 85 KM's on a 20"


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[dale.nichols]

In August, after the VIMW, Jeff Groves stayed with me and my sister for
a few days at her place. When he left, he rode away on his 24",
carrying everything with him, even his 20" trials uni. It was quite a
load! I've got a picture somewhere...


-Dale


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[joemarshall]

redwelly wrote:
> *This thread reminds me: I haven't yet tried it out (which I should
> probably do, as it's the best way to test for myself), but could
> anyone offer advice on how much it's advisable to carry for a couple
> of days' riding? I'm planning to do a sponsored ride to raise money
> for a charity to do my gap year travels, with Bath to London and back
> being a likely target of about 200 miles (Land's End to John O'Groats
> (860 miles) is sooo tempting, but I don't know if I can organise
> something that long yet). At ~8mph average on my 24 (I have no big
> long distance uni, unless unicycle.com want to be my official
> equipment sponsor and give me a 28"? :) ) I reckon I can do the trip
> in about 3/4 days. - Sam *


You want to do it in summer, carry a bivvy bag, water, a light
waterproof, some trousers and a warm fleece / top and some snack food.
Maybe a plastic knife & fork for takeaways. When you sleep, sleep in the
bivvi bag and wear all the clothes you've got. Anything much above that
is a nice luxury in summer. If it's somewhere relatively populated
you're riding through (like it would be from Bath to London) you can
always buy food on the way, and have dinner at a chippy or a takeaway or
whatever. I had slightly more than this (all that plus an extra jumper)
when we went up snowdon at BMW and it was fine to ride with on my
back.

I would say you're right about not bothering doing proper camping,
bivvying lets you be much more flexible about where and when you stop.

Get a smooth tyre for your 24 if it's a muni and 110 cranks if you can
afford them, you'll find it much easier to keep up a decent speed that
way. Also, bear in mind that if you can average 8 mph for a small
distance, don't expect to get a real average much over 5 mph if you're
having to navigate, take breaks, stop at traffic lights or whatever.

Back on the subject of heavy rucksacks, I've ridden my coker with a full
75 litre rucksack loads of times and I rode my 26" unicycle once with
the full rucksack and a 29" unicycle strapped to the back of the sack.
On the way back I rode the short cranked 29" with the 26" strapped on
the back, which was interesting, I had so much momentum that I had to
run a red light on Kidderminster ring road because I couldn't stop for
it.

Joe


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[onewheelwizzard]

I carried my own overloaded backpack, Nick's laptop in it's bag, and a
bag of random groceries (because we stopped at the convenience store on
the way home), all on my old 20'' Savage. It was especially brutal
because the laptop strap wasn't particularly well padded, and the bag
was on one side of me so I was perpetually compensating my balance for
it. That was hard. Good thing it was ony a few blocks.


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[XWonka]

two 24-cases of Diet Pepsi.... those things are heavy

(I couldn't resist this thread.)


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[hopeful]

a full bag of juggling props (lots o' balls, clubs, rings), boombox and
tapes, and giraffe unicycle while riding on 1976 24" schwinn with
stripped cottered hub, lousy cranks, and original 1976 seat. (mind you
this was just last year though...)


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[chirokid]

I have carried 280 pounds many times while riding. Several weeks ago, I
carried 225 pounds for 11 miles on my Muni. I don't think I could have
accomplished the 11 mile ride when I weighed 280 pounds, but now that I
am down to a lean mean 225, the ride was really fun.
I ride my 5 and 8 year old daughters on my shoulders sometimes too, but
never at the same time. However, I have carried my 8 year old on my
shoulders and my 5 year old in my arms while riding before. (Side Note:
By-standers could mistake this as potentially putting your children in
harms way, so be careful who sees you perform this trick).
I think I will try to ride my 11 year old on my shoulders and my 8 and 5
year old daughters on each hip. I will take pictures and let you
fellows know the results. --chirokid--


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