This week on the poll, we are inspired by one French student, Oscar DeLate.

Oscar DeLate.

He covered more than 93 miles total with his bicycle wheel up.

He did a wheelie for 93 miles.

Well, a little caveat there.

The student has shattered a world record by riding the bike wheelie for more than 93 miles,

not once letting the front wheel touch the ground. He's a 19-year-old engineering student.

He pulled off the feet over six hours and 31 minutes on an indoor track in the French spa town of the hotel.

He completed 752 continuous laps and smashed the previous record by more than 43 miles.

Damn!

Why endure such a challenge, you might ask?

The answer is simple.

He says, because it's fun.

He admits...

Is there any other reason that you do a wheelie?

He does admit that his gooch and butt were painful for a week afterward.

And while he seems like an odd pursuit, he's no stranger to Wheely Records.

He already owned the titles for the longest one-handed wheelie and the longest continuous

wheelie without the front wheel.

Though he notes the latter is a bit easier, since there's less weight to lift up. Sure. As far as your balance goes. Does that not count as a unicycle? Well, I mean, it's still the bike, you know. I mean, it's one wheel. For his latest and most high profile mark, he trained for more than a year, 10 to 15 hours a week. His record breaking setup was quite typical, a rose commuter bike with a flat bar and slick 50 millimeter

wide tires. The only modification was adjusting the seat, so he could sit down and see

him to the record. Yeah. But he did wear a camera strapped to his chest just to prove it to really happen. He did not wear any fancy cycling shoes, people. He did not clip in. He wore Nike basketball high tops. That sounds about right. Over the six and a half hours, he averaged a speed of 14 miles an hour. Damn. And they said that's rather remarkable. It is. That's crazy, man. So we're going to be inspired by this guy popping a wheel. Could you pull wheelies on your bike, man? And sustain them for any amount of time. I just, I could never freaking do it to piss me off. My buddy Brad, he did it all the time. So like four of you are riding your bike. Like Brad would just ride on one wheel. he's not going to break that record, but would just ride on one wheel.

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