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World Record

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Breaking News!!! 18th August 2009

I’ve just broken the Unicycle Hour World Record!

29.993km

is the new World Record!!!

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Read about it on my blog:

Hour Record Photos and Videos 27/8/2009: Photos and Videos of the World Record Attempt

Going the Hour….Unicycle World Record 27/8/2009: A write up of my World Record Attempt and how it went on the day

New Unicycle Hour World Record!!! 29.993km 18/8/2009: I set a new Unicycle Hour World Record of 29.993km, beating the old record by over 2.4km

Hour Record Stuff 17/8/2009: some background regarding my build-up, training, and also the specifications of my KH36″ Schlumpf unicycle

Guinness World Hour Record Attempt 11/8/2009: I announce my attempt to break the Unicycle Hour World Record

Guinness 1hr World  Record Certificate 21/5/2009: My correct certificate arrives, finally, after two mistakes by Guinness

I’d like to say a BIG THANK YOU to:

-Mick and Kerry Coffee from the Dubbo Cycle Club…for all your support and timekeeping
-Mick Cooper for your support and timekeeping
-Ray Wheeler from Daryl Wheeler Cycles…for timekeeping and giving me all the timechecks…kept me focussed the whole way!
-Everyone from the Dubbo Cycle Club…for letting me use the track on your race night, and for all the encouragement you gave me
-Everyone from Dubbo Base Hospital who turned up to cheer me on
-Everyone else who turned up and told me to pedal faster
-Unicycle.com NZ and Australia (Peter and Mal…thanks for sending up the spare tubes when my 29′er tube blew up for the umpteenth time)
-The guy I gave my camera to…for taking photos of me going around in circles…sorry I didn’t get your name!
-Florian Schlumpf for the technology to make this possible (as in the Schlumpf geared hub)
-Graeme Astley of Imrie, Astley and Associates, for surveying the track down to the closest cm (oh, if only you’d rounded it to the closest meter )

My sponsors:
-Johnsonville Cycles…for supporting me since High School (that’s more than half my lifetime!)
-Triple 0 Medical Recruitment…for the cycling kit (jersey and shorts)…I told you I’d put it to good use
-Adventure Unicyclist

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The Unicycle Hour World Record

What: The Unicycle Hour World Record Attempt
Where: Victoria Park, Dubbo, NSW, Australia
When: Tues 18th August 2009
Tues 25th August if postponed.  Will be announced on the day.
Time: 4.30pm-6.00pm
Why: Because I can, and everyone keeps asking me about it!

This is the farthest distance ridden on a Unicycle in a one-hour period. It is a well-known record in bicycling, and has more recently been adopted by unicyclists as a speed/distance benchmark to aim for.

I will be using the cycle track around Victoria Park to set the new world record.  It will be done under Guinness World Record and IUF (International Unicycling Federation) guidelines.

Come along and watch me go around in circles! I also need two timekeepers and witness signatures to verify the record.  Refreshments and pizza provided.

Unicycling Hour Records:
Stefan Gauler        Switzerland        24/09/2000    21.290km
Ken Looi                  New Zealand        09/02/2005    25.600km
Dustin Schaap        Netherlands        09/06/2006    25.900km
Patrick Schmid    Switzerland        26/07/2006    27.180km
Jan Logemann    Germany        04/10/2008    27.564km

Bicycling Hour Record
Eddy Merckx        Mexico        25/10/1972    49.431km
Chris Boardman    UK            27/10/2000    49.441km
Ondrej Sosanka    Russia            19/07/2005    49.700km