RECORD MAKING HILL CLIMB at famous Fargo street...on a UNICYCLE!

[StairClimbLunatic]

TOTALLY AWESOME!

[troutt99]

Yo Terry, you are 5 days older than me. I started riding the MUni at 51. I climb some pretty steep hills in Boise, Idaho. I would love to give this hill a try. I would also love to try your KH 26 2-speed.

[ttt8699]

@troutt99 Hello! If you're ever out this way give me a holler and we'll both meet at Fargo and I'll also bring my geared uni for you to try!

[1866drmills]

I would love to know where exactly this hill is. I would like to try it for myself. I am a decent hill climber myself. I copied the dirty dozen bike race and put together a video already uploaded here on youtube. I feel that if I can successfully complete Fargo Street, there isn't any hill I can't climb. Keep up the good work.

[ttt8699]

@1866drmills It's Fargo Street in the Silver lake district of LA. More info at LAwheelmen . org

[illnacord]

Awesome, now going down that hill would be even more scary and mind blowing.

[thescooterdewd]

You are a maniac!!!!

[M6teenbam323]

Amazinh

[m015094]

This guy is 55??? I need to step up my A game. 

[zioncoming]

VERY cool!

[MickScarborough]

Wow, behold the god of aged unicycling

[skatedonthate88]

Wow!! world record? Oh and are you coming to nationals in Madison, WI this summer? It would be fun to have you there!

[ttt8699]

@skatedonthate88 Sounds like fun!

[dregerclock]

whats next? You have already done distance(100 miles)... tricky off-road terrain... now the steepest hardest climb... can you ride on the ceiling?

[ttt8699]

@dregerclock haha yeah. I think it's because I went 40 years before riding again at age 50, so i guess I'm just trying to make up for lost time!

[shugemery]

Ghaaaa.... That was brilliant Terry! I would explode and vomit for sure.

It was cool to see you at the end.

Your one of my heros!!!!

[ttt8699]

@shugemery haha, thanks Sean, I truly appreciate your comments! You, me and all the other "middle aged kids" can still kick some butt when we try!

[shugemery]

@ttt8699 That would kill me .... I would need to train, train, train. So much snow here my riding has slackened.

No excuse ......

[ttt8699]

@shugemery I thought the same thing, *while" I was doing the climb, haha. But I figured if I'm gonna die, it might as well be doing what I love...of course, a hot chick would be better!

[eTwisted]

Great going.

If you want to enjoy something else - 2 other experiences I recommend are:

1) VO2 max test where the workload cranks up every minute till ya drop!

2) A good mountain - say the Gross Glockner which takes about 3 hours to top!! But going down the other side is wasted on a uni - much more fun on a bicycle.

As for heart rate - you're not a machine. The heart stroke volume changes and I've had a week at a time where my rate is higher than usual.

[ttt8699]

@eTwisted Yeah I had been googling all that like crazy in the weeks leading up to it. But I had never reached that bpm until this climb! Nothing else has ever come close. My lungs were burnng so much during that climb, and it didn't go away for HOURS afterwards! Today I feel stronger somehow, like that climb actually made my lungs and heart more able now to process more oxygen when i get into that lactate threshold! I guess I'll find out on 3/6/11!

[monocyclism]

U rule Terry! All I can say is...its an honour to know you

[ttt8699]

@monocyclism Thanks Geoff, back at you man! 

[PinkAmpharos]

Jesus, watching this video made my body ache.

[ttt8699]

@PinkAmpharos Yeah, haha, now multiply that by 100 and you'd be me!

[joejumps4fun]

WAY TO GO!!! For 55, you're certainly made of IRON!!!

[ttt8699]

@joejumps4fun Thanks Joe. Funny, right now I feel like I'm made out of jello, haha!

[SirSkillz13]

Crazy!! Do you think it would be possible for you, if you practiced enough, or some insanely good athlete, to ride straight up?

You're in such good shape you'll live to 120 for sure :D

[ttt8699]

@SirSkillz13 Probably not. Even most who climb it on bike traverse even more! And in ultra low gears. That's a luxury i don't have btw. It was also harder on a 24" MUni, vs a smaller trials or 20" uni.

[FR2T]

BEAST.

[ttt8699]

@FR2T haha, thanks man! Now I need about a month to recover!

[FR2T]

@ttt8699 I bet. That's insane.