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Fastest speed on a coker?
OK.... me and my brother have a debate going on about the fastest speed.. he says it's 18 MPH and i say it's 30 MPH can anyone help me out? -- Eublapharis13 - Working on wheel walking Half the Bike.....Twice the MAN! ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Eublapharis13's Profile: http://www.unicyclist.com/profile/4065 View this thread: http://www.unicyclist.com/thread/27287 |
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Fastest speed on a coker?
What's the world record for highest speed on a unicycle w/o gliding or coasting? 30mph seems pretty fast. -- gerblefranklin ------------------------------------------------------------------------ gerblefranklin's Profile: http://www.unicyclist.com/profile/4295 View this thread: http://www.unicyclist.com/thread/27287 |
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Anyone know the fastest speed of someone coasting? Daniel -- daino149 - One wheel to rule them all A One That Isn't Cold Is Scardely A One At All ------------------------------------------------------------------------ daino149's Profile: http://www.unicyclist.com/profile/933 View this thread: http://www.unicyclist.com/thread/27287 |
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Fastest speed on a coker?
You would reach "terminal velocity" at around 120 MPH. But I assume you mean riding ON the earth and not TOWARDS it. -- Memphis Mud - Student of GrandMaster 2T Mantra: Avoid Hitting Tailbone...Avoid Hitting Tailbone... ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Memphis Mud's Profile: http://www.unicyclist.com/profile/1987 View this thread: http://www.unicyclist.com/thread/27287 |
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Memphis Mud wrote: *You would reach "terminal velocity" at around 120 MPH.* Unless you're tracking head down with arms tucked back. Terminal velocity increases to near 200 mph in this streamlined position. -- unibiker - What is that thing anyway? Jeff Baker ______________________________ Favorite comment (from a child) 'You can't do that. That's impossible.' 'Unibike Pics Here' (http://www.unicyclist.com/gallery/albun01) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ unibiker's Profile: http://www.unicyclist.com/profile/473 View this thread: http://www.unicyclist.com/thread/27287 |
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While we're on this topic, I remember someone saying that their personal top speed on a Coker was something like 15 MPH. That seems pretty slow, especially when I've gotten to 14 mph on my 24" (and offroad to boot!) -- paco - Creator of the "BUni" "One thing is for sure. Inspector Clay is dead. Murdered. And -somebody's- responsible!" -Plan 9 From Outer Space ------------------------------------------------------------------------ paco's Profile: http://www.unicyclist.com/profile/3715 View this thread: http://www.unicyclist.com/thread/27287 |
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If you hit 120mph higher in the atmosphere you might go a bit faster before you hit terminal velocity because of the lowered air pressure. -- gerblefranklin ------------------------------------------------------------------------ gerblefranklin's Profile: http://www.unicyclist.com/profile/4295 View this thread: http://www.unicyclist.com/thread/27287 |
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nathan wrote: *The highest speed I've heard of was between 29 and 30 mph by Christian. If I hadn't seen him ride I wouldn't think that's possible, given how fast and dangerous 20mph feels to me. Anyway, MANY people have gone well over 18mph. * Christian is the man, he is certainly fast! I went for a little ride him at eurocycle. It was fantastic, we sort of cruise at the same speed.... it would be the one time I could not find my speedo but Christain was saying it was around 30 kph that we found our comfortable speed at. Faster than I thought it would be, but cool! isn't that somewhere around 18mph. As for my top speed, I have done 24mph but do not like going above 20mph... it scares me. Roger -- rogeratunicycledotcom ------------------------------------------------------------------------ rogeratunicycledotcom's Profile: http://www.unicyclist.com/profile/4116 View this thread: http://www.unicyclist.com/thread/27287 |
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Fastest speed on a coker?
What do you have your cyclometer calibration set to?
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Fastest speed on a Coker?
On Wed, 3 Sep 2003 13:01:15 -0500, Ken Fuchs
wrote: To calculate wheel size, one must ride a carefully measured one turn of the wheel or several turns / number of turns. Measuring my wheel without riding resulted in a circumference that was about 2% longer (2839mm) than measuring when riding (2834mm). Riding appears to compress the tire slightly, giving a smaller than expected circumference. You've probably made a typo in the numbers or misplaced a decimal point. The difference between those two rollouts is actually about 0.18%. There is also an unclarity in my mind about the definition of 'speed'. I can think of two definitions for speed. One is the circumference of the wheel multiplied by the cadence, I call that tyre speed. The other is the distance covered per unit of time, I call that road speed. The two are different for (again) two reasons; for both of these, their effect is in the same direction: 1. Wobble. 2. Tyre compression. The first is fundamental, and it is a philosophical question what the 'best' definition of speed would be. The second could be avoided by measuring the rollout while sitting on the uni. I measured the rollout of my wheels when unloaded but when I sit on them the tyre compresses and the effective wheel radius decreases. According to my measurements, the two effects combined cause a difference on the order of 3%. Klaas Bil - Newsgroup Addict -- I go a sort of ok speed on my Coker... - Roger Davies |
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