Stages 1, 2, 4 and 5 of Ride The Lobster were recently traced with three GPS systems and a high definition video camera over a three day project 21-23Oct07. These data will become available to racers and to spectators via the event website www.ridethelobster.com and form the basis of some maps currently [...]
Archive for October, 2007
Tracing the 800km unicycle race route with GPS and video
Posted in Uncategorized on 27 October 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Britech GPS units examined by unicycle team
Posted in Uncategorized on 21 October 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Darren Bedford (left) Irene Genelin (centre) and Max deMilner, with Nathan Hoover looking on, (right) examine the Britech GPS units to be used in tracking the teams during the 800km unicycle race in June 2008. Britech has developed software to extend battery life up to 10+ hours, according to president and CEO [...]
Unicycle in Windsor’s Pumpkin Festival Parade
Posted in Uncategorized on 21 October 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Ride The Lobster was invited to join the annual Windsor Pumpkin Festival Parade and International Pumpkin Regatta. Thousands of spectators lined the streets to see the Parade. RTL had a Bedford MUni perched atop a vehicle with the USA and UK flag flying. This year’s regatta attracted 47 paddlers. [...]
25,000 hits in one day for RTL Sponsor video
Posted in Uncategorized on 19 October 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Brian MacKenzie of Balance Productions reports that a stripped bootleg portion from his video (Inner Balance, Unicycling in Manhattan) at his website has been recently posted to UTube — and received 25,000 hits in one day! See: http://youtube.com/watch?v=Ck8bM97Hh3
Balance Productions is planning a feature documentary of the international unicycle race, Ride The Lobster. [...]
Ride The Lobster Blog migrates to WordPress
Posted in Uncategorized on 19 October 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Too many issues with Google’s eBlogger (see www.ridethelobster.blogspot.com) has forced Ride The Lobster to migrate to another blogging service. We have selected WordPress. Our new blog location is http://ridethelobster.wordpress.com
Welcome to one wild ride.
Posted in Uncategorized on 19 October 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Next June 2008 Nova Scotia, Canada, will set the stage for the most incredible race of the year — a 800km, 5-day unicycle team relay – ” … the closest thing to The Tour de France for unicyclists.”Can’t come to Nova Scotia? Don’t worry. Team positions will be streamed LIVE to the internet, to [...]
