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 - Newsgroup Addict
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