Unicycles feature at the Argus

[JohnnyReggae]

4 Unicyclists took part in this year's Argus, 3 on 36" Uni's, 1 on a 24" Uni. Of the 36" Uni's one had a geared hub.

 

Congratulations to Dylan who crossed the finish line in 5h15 (ungeared), followed closely by Johnny in a time of 5h25 (geared). David made 3rd place in 6h20 (ungeared). Bonifasi, on his 24", made it to Kommetjie in 8h30 before being picked up by the sweepers.

 

In my opinion a herculean effort by all 4.I am blown away by the finishing time which was faster than a larger portion of the bike riders. I am immensely impressed with Bonifasi as he has only been riding a unicycle for 3 months

 

Well done guys !!! :clap: :clap:

 

Dylan crossing the line in 1st place

 

Johnny crossing in 2nd

[Pookie]

This is seriously AWESOME!!! I wonder how they got down Chappies and so on...a large part could be running? I have only seen Uni's in MTB races, never on road - this is SOOOOO cool :clap:

[Dragu]

Big up to these guys, awesome effort!!

[Slowone]

Ausum ...........

 

[I-FELT-the-FORCE]

This is seriously AWESOME!!! I wonder how they got down Chappies and so on...a large part could be running? I have only seen Uni's in MTB races, never on road - this is SOOOOO cool :clap:

 

I wonder the same thing??? How on earth do you control the unicycle ona decent??

[iRob]

Restekpa guys!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[JohnnyReggae]

I wonder the same thing??? How on earth do you control the unicycle ona decent??

Lol no running for these guys. Their uni's have Magura hydrolic brakes fitted which are used as a drag brake to help take pressure off the knees and control the descent. The brakes are not strictly required but they do make riding a little easier on the descents.

 

I will say that using the brake takes some getting used to. I have one fitted to my 26" mountain uni and I still won't use it with anything technical, but only use it on the jeep tracks.