This unicycle climbed Mt Washington

Thanks for getting this on the forum Ben. You were awesome dude! My
computer time until I get back to Co. is limited, so this will be quick.
I am on the New England Uni Tour; road 35 miles in the Mt. Washington
valley today (Crawford Notch State Park w/only 13% grades) with 2200'
climbing after yesterdays EPIC Mt. Washington Hillclimb. Tomorrow I do
Ascutney and Ludlow (Okemo) with 60 miles of riding and 7000' of
climbing. The Mtns. here are the steepest I have ever ridden, TOTALLY
SICK!!!!!!!!! Here are yesterdays times:
Ben and I both broke the old World Record on Mt. Washington!

Joe 3:00 hours/mins
Ben 2:02 hours/mins
Mike 1:45 hours/mins New World Record

Fastest Male Bicyclist Tyler Hamilton :51 mins

Congrats to Joe and Ben, you guys are heroes in my book!
I need to eat and sleep now, talk with you all in a few days.
Cheers.


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You guys are animals. Once you dig that deeply, Ben, the rest is a
cruise.

See you in Oct.

JL


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There's a photo page for the race w/a bazillion photots.

I went through and gleaned out some uni photos, if you click on:
http://tinyurl.com/dmu27
and then pick "Favorites" you can see two of our intrepid heroes.


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There's a photo page for the race w/a bazillion photots.

I went through and gleaned out some uni photos, if you click on:
http://tinyurl.com/dmu27
and then pick "Favorites" you can see two of our intrepid heroes.


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steveyo

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unknown

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you have cleared them with the pontiff"- Tom Lehrer


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1:45 is pretty awesome, even on a b*ke!

A few months ago, I was contemplating doing
Mt Washington on a b*ke (which I may try next
year), and my calculations showed that I would
have trouble breaking 2:00, and would require
a 22-24" gear. At that point I briefly considered
using my 24" unicycle, but I can't uni for more
than 1:00 without destroying my male parts.

I understand that the times for _running_ are
nearly the same as those for b*king, as the addl
20# for the bike doesn't pay back in efficiency.

Once again, congratulations to Mike, Ben & Joe.

On Sun, 21 Aug 2005 18:27:39 -0500, "aspenmike"
m wrote:

Ben and I both broke the old World Record on Mt. Washington!

Joe 3:00 hours/mins
Ben 2:02 hours/mins
Mike 1:45 hours/mins New World Record

Fastest Male Bicyclist Tyler Hamilton :51 mins

Congrats to Joe and Ben, you guys are heroes in my book!
I need to eat and sleep now, talk with you all in a few days.
Cheers.

Ben,

Your tale of perseverance is truly remarkable.

I found your experience inspirational.

Think about all the stories the other riders and observers will go home
and tell their friends.

NICE JOB!


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Well done guys- sounds like a really awesome climb! Were you all riding
on 29's? Anyone Coker it?


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sounds tiring


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Ben,

I have been out of touch for a few days but wanted to be sure and
congratulate all of you on the big climb. I can imagine attempting most
things, but I don't know that I could ever do a long grueling
hillclimb.
Good job all of you.

And as for your thread title, even as nice as that new uni is I am sure
it couldn't have done it without you.

Scott


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Way to go all of you. Very nice writeup Ben. Sounds like a truly
fantastic race - I'd love to do it next year.

---Nathan


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