UNICON XVI - XC/Muni

[unicycle6869]

Originally Posted by dragonzfly

If you're interested in doing some mtb races, how about the Highland Fling. it's on in November (56km or 112km)
I'm booked in and will be there and it would be great to have some other unicyclists there as well. It's a great event, and they are really welcoming of Unicyclists. Mark's done the 112 before.
Cheers

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I did the 112km Highland Fling with mark last year and had a blast. Would love to do it again but don't want to do it again unless I have a Schlumpf (hopefully soon) and I had a knee injury so I haven't been able to ride for the last month and would be way out of shape to try and do it in a few weeks. But I wish you luck. Send me a PM if you enter other races in the future and I'll try to join ya. This goes for Mark and Ken too!
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GizmoDuck, I hope you didn't think I was bashing the last MUni events at Unicon cause I did think they were great...just could have been a bit better and I understand that you had limits. One problem with doing a long 2-3 hr race is that the slowest riders might take 6-7 hours which would be a pain in the neck. The best way to avoid this is to do a multiple lap course and have a time limit, say 3 hours so basically you do as many laps as you can in 3 hours, and then the winners are whoever does it in the most number laps with the shortest time. Can't remember if you had a cut off time...but I know people could chose to do only 1 or 2 laps if they wanted.

PS. A 24 hour race would be awesome...even though I have yet to do one I'd love to give it a go some time.

[TonyMelton]

Originally Posted by napalm

I think it is important that the boundaries of the sport are pushed at events like the WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS- otherwise it will lose its legitimacy with passionate sections of the unicycling community. Already events like the EUC are feeding off unsatisfied riding groups (street, flat) and it could happen to Muni too if the UNICON organisers keep catering to the lowest common denominator.

Mark

I wholeheartedly agree with you Mark! It is a joke to expect to turn up to the World Champs and expect to ride the muni course on a 20" freestyle unicycle, with no hills and be finished in less than 10 minutes! I sure hope that the courses set for UNICON XVI improve upon those in Wellington.

[dragonzfly]

Originally Posted by unicycle6869

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I did the 112km Highland Fling with mark last year and had a blast. Would love to do it again but don't want to do it again unless I have a Schlumpf (hopefully soon) and I had a knee injury so I haven't been able to ride for the last month and would be way out of shape to try and do it in a few weeks. But I wish you luck. Send me a PM if you enter other races in the future and I'll try to join ya. This goes for Mark and Ken too!

PS. A 24 hour race would be awesome...even though I have yet to do one I'd love to give it a go some time.

that's awesome. I didn't realize you had done the 112 as well. You guys rock. I'm just working at improving my race pace atm to try and bring my ride times down for MTB races.
PS. Where in Sydney do you ride, I'm in the blue mountains. I'm hoping to go down and do some rides with Napalm at some stage but would also love to meet up with some more riders around Sydney for some Muni rides. Ther are a few of us here at the moment
As far as doing a 24 hour race is concerned it'd be a blast.
Ive done a 6 by 6 which was fun except the temperature went over 46c (Nearly 115f) during the day at the top of the course with no wind. It was brutal. A 12 hour race could also be a good try out for it.

[napalm]

hey guys- I'm looking at planning a weekend of sweet XC and All mountain unicycling here in Canberra before I move at the end of the year. It would be great to have you all come check it out. I'll make another thread with the details and stop this threadjack,
Mark