The one on your missing back wheel's not pedalling!

October 27, 2016 11:11 AM

Over 10 years ago, Klaus and Roland Bartl, from Munich rode 70 km (43 miles) along the Danube river from Passau, Germany to Linz, Austria. This was a Guinness World Record. This previous Sunday, they got round to posting the video of them riding their tandem unicycle.

All the details I know come from this post on the forums of Unicyclist community.

posted by ambrosen (10 comments total)

The answer is telepathy.
posted by hat_eater at 12:39 PM on October 27, 2016

So. many. flailing. arms.
posted by RolandOfEld at 12:39 PM on October 27, 2016 [2 favorites]

The arm thing is why I never learned to ride a unicycle. That, and the falling.
posted by dhartung at 12:47 PM on October 27, 2016

"Normal guy. Normal bike."
posted by nmr8 at 1:19 PM on October 27, 2016

I wanna see 'em do this.
posted by Confess, Fletch at 1:22 PM on October 27, 2016 [3 favorites]

That's kind of blowing my head up how that is even possible.
posted by Brockles at 6:46 PM on October 27, 2016 [3 favorites]

OK, that made me smile. My favorite part was near the beginning, where they were starting to be able to ride it but could only manage it if they flailed wildly the entire time, as if they were being attacked by bees. They looked like they were having a ton of fun either way, though!
posted by Anticipation Of A New Lover's Arrival, The at 6:24 AM on October 28, 2016 [1 favorite]

Sometimes you think there are no new good ideas that haven't been thought. A propos of nothing.
posted by mzurer at 7:45 AM on October 30, 2016

That is awesome.
posted by LobsterMitten at 8:02 AM on October 30, 2016

That was many times better than what I was expecting. Although, I am not sure what I was expecting!
posted by bystander at 4:53 PM on October 30, 2016