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rcnute
12-19-2009, 12:44 PM
I kind of want one. Anybody out there given this a whirl?
avalonracing
12-19-2009, 02:34 PM
Take a deep breath and reconsider. No one can look cool on a unicycle.
xjoex
12-19-2009, 04:26 PM
How does it look in your garage? Cause its never going to move from there.

-Joe
dvs cycles
12-19-2009, 04:33 PM
Several months ago my friend and I were going north on PCH in Huntington Beach and saw a guy in full team kit and helmet on the otherside of the road. He was probably going 18 mph+or -.
I've seen video of an off road Uni-cycle cult that looks just F-ing crazy.
jlwdm
12-19-2009, 04:49 PM
2 1/2 years ago there was a unicyclist doing the 204 miles in 2 days. Looked like a lot of work.

Jeff
jbrainin
12-19-2009, 05:00 PM
I kind of want one. Anybody out there given this a whirl?

Fixie, single speed or Rohloff hub? Suspension or no?
spiderman
12-19-2009, 05:16 PM
At a garage sale.
I almost broke my back trying it...
Unicycling has been added to the list
Of things I cannot do
Or really stink at!
johnnymossville
12-19-2009, 05:56 PM
Unicycles are fun. I learned when I was a kid. I found it at a yard sale and wouldn't suggest spending the money on a new one if you are just learning.

It isn't that tough to learn. After a couple days you'll be riding all over the place.
David Kirk
12-19-2009, 09:33 PM
They are really fun. I keep thinking I'll make myself one but never do. I had one when I was a kid and had a ball with it.

Tubulars or clinchers on the Uni?


dave
Elefantino
12-19-2009, 09:41 PM
This cat did RAGBRAI last year on this uni.

Studly.
rounder
12-19-2009, 09:44 PM
Wow. A kirk uni...stirs the imagination. I rode in the Seagull Century a few months ago and someone rode the metric version on a unicycle. Never saw the guy, but think it's cool that people do stuff like that.
avalonracing
12-19-2009, 10:47 PM
This cat did RAGBRAI last year on this uni.

Studly.

Visual evidence of my earlier comment.
jbrainin
12-19-2009, 11:01 PM
That'd be awesome in 953 tubing!
Volant
12-19-2009, 11:29 PM
I know a guy who does the off-road variety. He's quite good at it and can keep up with the mtb'ers on two wheels for about 10 minutes (not downhill of course); then he's toast.
MRB
12-20-2009, 08:08 PM
Riding a uni is the opposite of road riding. On a uni, you want to really sit on the saddle, the more of your weight you can put to the saddle the better.

On a road bike, it is nice to take a load off with your pedal revolutions.

DK is right... they are fun. The one in my garage is missing a crank arm.

BTW. Pedals, Crank arms, and saddles take a beating on a unicycle.
csm
12-20-2009, 09:13 PM
DK is right... they are fun. The one in my garage is missing a crank arm.
.

one-legged balance and strength drills.
paczki
12-20-2009, 09:20 PM
This cat did RAGBRAI last year on this uni.

Studly.

I can top that:

http://divideby1.blogspot.com/
Kines
12-21-2009, 08:12 AM
I can top that:

http://divideby1.blogspot.com/


hmmm.
I guess someone's gotta do it, or the world becomes a boring place.
KN