On Sun, 31 Aug 2003 18:18:06 GMT, wrote:

from rec.bicycles.racing:

(I wish I could read Dutch. He also gives a speed, heart rate,
cadence graph for one Mt. Ventoux. Can anyone tell what kind
of uni he has; what crank length, wheel size, etc.?)

Did you see this nutter? He climbed the Mont Ventoux 3 times on 1 day
on his unicycle: http://www.lopa.be/ (pictures, and report in Dutch).

The page seems to be written for non-unicyclists and does not contain a
lot of uni-specific info. The uni is described as a standard 21" model,
adapted to accept a 28" wheel. The crank size is unspecified; from the
pictures I think they might be 170 or 175 mm. Slope on the Mt Ventoux is
stated as "very steep, up to 12%" (which I don't think is very steep but
of course the total vertical difference still kills you). The
speed/heartrate/etc graph on the web page is not of an actual Mt Ventoux
climb but of a training session on a "hometrainer".

I have e-mailed him for some more details.

Klaas Bil

(reposted on forum since newsgroup post didn't propagate here)


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