New Hour Record

unisk8r · 2005-02-26, 09:33 PM

As the creator of Purple Phaze, a geared 36" uni, I wanted to demonstrate it's capabilities. So today, at age 46 and a rider of 15 months, I went out to the Marymoor Velodrome in my home town of Redmond, WA, and rode 14.278 miles (22.978 km) in one hour. This was on Purple Phaze with a gear ratio of 1.89. The attempt was witnessed by licensed officials of the UCI, and the USCF, as well as a few friends. It will be submitted to Guinness for offcial status (as they are the only ones who recognize the hour and the 24 hour records).
I was averaging just over 15mph, when very near the end I had a severe UPD due to fatigue. It took me many attempts to re-mount and finish. I had been turning laps at under a minute, but that last lap was 3:40 due to the fall, and so diminished my final distance. Nevertheless, I broke the existing hour record of Stefan Gauler, set in 2000, of 13.231 miles.
By doing this, I urge and encourage others to make an attempt to push this record further up where it really ought to be.

I wish to thank my wife, Suzanne Ross, my machinist, Aaron Anderson (who also worked on Sem's world's tallest uni), and the entire Seattle gang who inspired me to be the best rider I can be!!

john_childs · 2005-02-26, 09:50 PM

Congratulations Pete! Sure is fun to watch a Guinness record beaten. It will be interesting to see where the record goes from here.

Here's a picture of unisk8r during the ride.

tomblackwood · 2005-02-26, 10:04 PM

Congratulations Pete!!! I was glad we could come out and witness this bit of history.

I created a new gallery and just finished uploading my pics from today. It is here: http://gallery.unicyclist.com/album491

Pete Perron and Purple Phase (P4?)...one fast combination out there on the track today.

Krashin'Kenny · 2005-02-26, 10:21 PM

Congratulations!!!!!! That quite an accomplishment for someone who's been uniing such a short amount of time

S_Wallis · 2005-02-26, 10:38 PM

Wow! Good job on the creation of that speed machine and on piloting it into the record books already!

Scott

harper · 2005-02-26, 11:13 PM

Pete-

Congratulations on the world record. Everything FAST comes out of Seattle. When will the rest of the world catch up? Thanks for letting me break it once, too.

innes · 2005-02-26, 11:18 PM

Spot on Pete!

That must have been the hardest hours work you have ever done.

Great picture.

Innes

UniBrier · 2005-02-26, 11:28 PM

My son and I were fortunate enough to catch the last 20 minutes. It was cool that once the record was broken Pete's pace increased.

I have a 12MB video of a complete lap that I'll upload when I have high speed access. I'll try to figure out how to compress it first.

Congratualations again!

billham · 2005-02-26, 11:28 PM

Good job, Pete!

Nice use of panning in the photos to show the speed, Tom.

siafirede · 2005-02-27, 12:20 AM

Congrats!!! Purple phaze looks like a lot of fun.

Bruce Dawson · 2005-02-27, 12:37 AM

Awesome job Pete. Too bad about the UPD, but I'm glad you managed the record. I'm sorry I missed it.

brockfisher05 · 2005-02-27, 01:05 AM

congrats man thats awsome

Erin · 2005-02-27, 01:10 AM

You made that big wheel rip! Very impressive.

David_Stone · 2005-02-27, 01:47 AM

Cool unicycle! The idea of a 1.89:1 ratio is quite exciting. I was fortunate enough to ride Harper's geared 24" uni (1.5:1, so it rode like a Coker). The others in my club (NYUC) who got to try it out always talk about the idea of gearing a 36" wheel. It seems crazy -- so fast!

It looks like you have a small chain running to a tiny axle just below the regular spot for the Coker's axle. Or is that just my imagination?

As for the record, I believe that Guiness Book people only decided to accept records for one-hour distance based on an ungeared 24" unicycle wheel. Achieving 14 miles on a 24" ungeared uni seems impossible to me. If Guiness decided to allow larger wheels OR geared unis (or both), that would be fine with me, but undoubtedly the record would be much higher (and more dangerous -- imagine riding Purple Haze 25 mph for an hour without a UPD! Imagine a 25-mph UPD!!!).

My personal best was riding my regular Coker about 16 miles in an hour during the 2001 Unithon. I know that Christian Hoverath could probably cover something sick like 22 miles in a full hour on an ungeared Coker. In 2003, he and I spoke about the idea of him going for the 24-hour distance record, but I'm not aware if he's pursuing it.

I'd love to try out the Purple Haze if you plan to bring it to the uni convention!!!

David

john_childs · 2005-02-27, 02:05 AM

I've added my photos to Tom Blackwood's gallery:
http://gallery.unicyclist.com/album491
All of my pictures are just variations on the same theme.

2005-02-26, 09:33 PM	#1
unisk8r One Wheel Wander Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Redmond, WA Posts: 768	New Hour Record As the creator of Purple Phaze, a geared 36" uni, I wanted to demonstrate it's capabilities. So today, at age 46 and a rider of 15 months, I went out to the Marymoor Velodrome in my home town of Redmond, WA, and rode 14.278 miles (22.978 km) in one hour. This was on Purple Phaze with a gear ratio of 1.89. The attempt was witnessed by licensed officials of the UCI, and the USCF, as well as a few friends. It will be submitted to Guinness for offcial status (as they are the only ones who recognize the hour and the 24 hour records). I was averaging just over 15mph, when very near the end I had a severe UPD due to fatigue. It took me many attempts to re-mount and finish. I had been turning laps at under a minute, but that last lap was 3:40 due to the fall, and so diminished my final distance. Nevertheless, I broke the existing hour record of Stefan Gauler, set in 2000, of 13.231 miles. By doing this, I urge and encourage others to make an attempt to push this record further up where it really ought to be. I wish to thank my wife, Suzanne Ross, my machinist, Aaron Anderson (who also worked on Sem's world's tallest uni), and the entire Seattle gang who inspired me to be the best rider I can be!!

2005-02-26, 09:50 PM	#2
john_childs Guinness Mojo Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: Portland, Oregon USA Posts: 12,420	Congratulations Pete! Sure is fun to watch a Guinness record beaten. It will be interesting to see where the record goes from here. Here's a picture of unisk8r during the ride. Attached Images __________________ john_childs (att) hotmail (dott) com Team Never Wash Your Muni My Gallery :: Unicycling Bookmark List :: World Clock

2005-02-26, 10:04 PM	#3
tomblackwood Tailgate at your own risk... Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: Issaquah, WA USA Posts: 3,873	Congratulations Pete!!! I was glad we could come out and witness this bit of history. I created a new gallery and just finished uploading my pics from today. It is here: http://gallery.unicyclist.com/album491 Pete Perron and Purple Phase (P4?)...one fast combination out there on the track today. __________________ Tom Blackwood is like a shadowy figure behind a 36" tree...

2005-02-26, 10:21 PM	#4
Krashin'Kenny Crash Tested Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Deep in the Heart of Texas (San Antonio) Age: 60 Posts: 1,369	Congratulations!!!!!! That quite an accomplishment for someone who's been uniing such a short amount of time __________________ If you ain't crashing, you ain't going fast enough!!!!!!!!!!!

2005-02-26, 10:38 PM	#5
S_Wallis ....... Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: San Antonio, Texas Age: 54 Posts: 680	Wow! Good job on the creation of that speed machine and on piloting it into the record books already! Scott __________________ ------------Use my Email, not PMs please--------

2005-02-26, 11:13 PM	#6
harper 768 - It's in your DNA Join Date: Sep 2001 Age: 60 Posts: 8,579	Pete- Congratulations on the world record. Everything FAST comes out of Seattle. When will the rest of the world catch up? Thanks for letting me break it once, too. __________________ -Greg Harper Destroying the climate by shutting down nuclear power plants, one by one, since 1979. JC is the only main man. There can be no other. "A fool on a unicycle is redundant" - J.D. Miller

2005-02-26, 11:18 PM	#7
innes Unicyclist Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Nairn, Scotland Age: 43 Posts: 340	Spot on Pete! That must have been the hardest hours work you have ever done. Great picture. Innes

2005-02-26, 11:28 PM	#8
UniBrier Time To Ride Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: Brier, WA USA Age: 53 Posts: 4,233	My son and I were fortunate enough to catch the last 20 minutes. It was cool that once the record was broken Pete's pace increased. I have a 12MB video of a complete lap that I'll upload when I have high speed access. I'll try to figure out how to compress it first. Congratualations again! __________________ Steve Hop Drop & Roll “If something is too hard to do, then it's not worth doing. You just stick that guitar in the closet next to your shortwave radio, your karate outfit and your unicycle and we'll go inside and watch TV.” – Homer

2005-02-26, 11:28 PM	#9
billham Level 5 - The Wonders Unicycle Club Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Washington, PA Age: 57 Posts: 477	Good job, Pete! Nice use of panning in the photos to show the speed, Tom.

2005-02-27, 12:20 AM	#10
siafirede Flex Your Head Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Melbourne, Australia Age: 28 Posts: 2,291	Congrats!!! Purple phaze looks like a lot of fun.

2005-02-27, 12:37 AM	#11
Bruce Dawson Registered User Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: Kirkland, Washington Posts: 115	Congratulations Awesome job Pete. Too bad about the UPD, but I'm glad you managed the record. I'm sorry I missed it.

2005-02-27, 01:05 AM	#12
brockfisher05 THE YAM FATHER Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Vancouver British Columbia Age: 24 Posts: 1,261	congrats man thats awsome Attached Images __________________ email me! brockfisher05@gmail.com

2005-02-27, 01:10 AM	#13
Erin wheeler Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Vancouver Canada Age: 57 Posts: 1,029	You made that big wheel rip! Very impressive. __________________ "If you have no goals, you can accomplish almost anything!" Slugbath

2005-02-27, 01:47 AM	#14
David_Stone New York Unicycle Club Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: New Paltz Posts: 612	Cool unicycle! The idea of a 1.89:1 ratio is quite exciting. I was fortunate enough to ride Harper's geared 24" uni (1.5:1, so it rode like a Coker). The others in my club (NYUC) who got to try it out always talk about the idea of gearing a 36" wheel. It seems crazy -- so fast! It looks like you have a small chain running to a tiny axle just below the regular spot for the Coker's axle. Or is that just my imagination? As for the record, I believe that Guiness Book people only decided to accept records for one-hour distance based on an ungeared 24" unicycle wheel. Achieving 14 miles on a 24" ungeared uni seems impossible to me. If Guiness decided to allow larger wheels OR geared unis (or both), that would be fine with me, but undoubtedly the record would be much higher (and more dangerous -- imagine riding Purple Haze 25 mph for an hour without a UPD! Imagine a 25-mph UPD!!!). My personal best was riding my regular Coker about 16 miles in an hour during the 2001 Unithon. I know that Christian Hoverath could probably cover something sick like 22 miles in a full hour on an ungeared Coker. In 2003, he and I spoke about the idea of him going for the 24-hour distance record, but I'm not aware if he's pursuing it. I'd love to try out the Purple Haze if you plan to bring it to the uni convention!!! David

2005-02-27, 02:05 AM	#15
john_childs Guinness Mojo Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: Portland, Oregon USA Posts: 12,420	I've added my photos to Tom Blackwood's gallery: http://gallery.unicyclist.com/album491 All of my pictures are just variations on the same theme. __________________ john_childs (att) hotmail (dott) com Team Never Wash Your Muni My Gallery :: Unicycling Bookmark List :: World Clock

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