Unicycle progression

Thanks for all the advice guys! I'll get practicing ASAP!!! I admit I was trying to idle next to walls... I'll get out there in the open and practice going forwards, stopping, and going backwards, etc!

And wheelwalking... I just cant do it fast enough to maintain momentum :-\
Played Unicyle bowls and Unicycle hockey before with some friends – great fun.

One-foot peddling... now there's something to try out!

yeh, im definetly going to have to start going to the regular unicycle gathering in melbourne once i get back, see if anyone plays hockey

thanks mr pk

Is it usual to get 1 foot idling before 1 foot riding? seems to be a backwards way of doing things. I'll try with the goofy foot this weekend, when I strap on my shinguards!

I wanna make a new frame....

seems as i work in mega yacht construction... tonnes of stainless tubes knocking around... can polish myself as i'm a polisher .. just an idea though, when you do my job you gotta think about some thing otherwise you become crazy... my job is what ipods were invented for.... never ending music to drown out the noise of machinery.

if you keep your back strat that might help.

I found traffic lights on the way to work helped me learn to idle, I got sick of having to slow down on the way to them when antisipating a change.

I finally got a little bit of one footed idling down, not constants but kick offs at the top of my idles so I'm chuffed!

PK, dja fancy polishing my tube?

On the other hand (if you will excuse the pun).. the last time I went on my unicycle.. it was a bit rubbish as I hadnt practised for ages.

what type of tube ?

What-a type-a tube-a dja reckon-a? (Ive been practising my Italian dontcha know)
By the way, my pen is huge.

ma dovè ?

Your bird?

What about her?

This link is relevant to unicycling.

Got to test out a QU-AX last night at the carnival... i'm assuming that it was a pretty basic model as it didn't have the 3pc crank and hub setup that QU-AX are good at making.

The frame seemed just like my ONZA or copy thereof.

Got to admit, it rode badly, maybe because it wasn't set up like mine... ie seat was too high, cheap 3pc set up made it wobbly and unsafe or so it seemed.

oh well at least i rode a unicycle for the first time in ages!

dusted off my juggling balls and poi last night too for a jugglers meeting from g.org at the carnival.

Day One retraining... (15 minute session at work.)

Mount Standard.... Yup!
Mount Side.... Yup!
Mount Jumping.... Yup!
Ride Forwards.... Yup!
Ride Backwards.... Yup!
Ride One Foot.... Nope!
360 Unispin... Nope!

Problems..... tired legs... body too muscular these days to stay nimble and energetic, i personally blame the job!.

Well left my uni at work so maybe i will keep playing during my dinner break.

PK, thats great!

When did you last ride actively? Could you ride 1 footed and 360 unispin previously?

I'm still working on 180 unispin. my 1 footing has passed the 10m mark, but that still doesn't happen too often.

As far as the Qu-ax goes: that must be a really old model you tested. I think all their current models, including the "standards" have 3 piece hub/cranks.

yeah i could previously.. but that was some what over a year and a half ago now!

As i'd said in a previous post.. i was some where in level 6.


I have to admit.. after just ten mins going back and forth at work, my legs just wanted to give up.. i need to get a little more active, i'd like to buy a bike but ... have you seen the price of them these days? that way i could ride to work in the summer, as its only 6km.

Ha-ha, discovered a unicycling thread (amazing what you can do to avoid work).

Been trying to learn for a while now - still pretty much useless (can only get on if i hold on to something and i dont so much turn as veer randomly) but i think its great fun - but i looked at that list of levels of stuff to do and oh. my. god. i have a long way to go!

One thing i do know though - a lot of the posture is very much the same as the horse riding 'classical seat', its about keeping you pelvis tilted the right way and a straight line from pedal (or stirrup) up the side of you going through your heels, hips, ears etc - i dont know if this helps anyone, but i felt like sharing

theres no such thing as falling off too much (whether its unicycles, horses or anything else) all that matters is how hurt you get (physically or your pride) and whether or not you get back on for another go!

i was joking there rainbow ...

To be honest i dont think that i have ever fallen, not on my bum or to the ground... i've bailed a hell of a lot, but then i wouldn't count that as falling.

The only time i've been close to falling was dropping 4 foot to the ground on a trails course at the BJC in 2004, instead my left foot took all of the impact and i tore the tendons in my foot... which hurt like hell for ages.


Dave a 29" would be good, 6k there and 6k back... nice round trip, yet i do this twice a day so thats 24k X 5 days = 120km + sat morning so that makes a total of 132km a week just going to work and back.... that would be some going even on a 29"er, i was thinking about this also as an ecological benefit too, i simply refuse to take my7 driving test because i don't want the expense of a car, but i have a 50cc Vespa that i uses to get to work on, EURO 2 cat type so fairly economical .. i'm concious about air pollution and if i could cut down on the amount that i make, however little from my vespina would make me a lot happier.
( public transport is out of the question as there are poor services where i live. )

Just my theory... well thoughts currently.

Still, 132km a week is still only 6km a day

To me, that distance is one where a muni is defintitly a viable alternative to a bike.

Admittedly, lacking a freewheel, it'll use more energy than a bike, but, for a unicyclist, it's probably fair to say that it'll be a more enjoyable communte on a uni.

Presumably the weathers pretty good where you are?- there's nothing better than cruising on a big wheel uni in the hot sun

Plus the very real advantage of being much easier to maintain and less likley to suffer mechanical issues.

Then hang on to the Vespa for when the weathers a bit duff, or you feel like a rest.

24k a day! ... its only 6k just to my workplace then if i'm to come home for dinner then back to work again and then back home in the evening.

Possibilities with a muni would be that i can cut through the houses opposite my house, go down the lane and take the dirt track... and to be truthfully honest.... the main road out of here is dangerous!, rush hour traffic would be a nightmare on a unicycle.

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I bought this the other day has anyone ever had a go on one or know any trix I can learn?

I suppose you could try a wheelie

Been doing no handed manuals as my bmx riding buddies call them or basically riding a unicycle.

Its wierd because you can unlock the back end so it twists independantly

Wow forgot about this thread,

slowly getting the hang of the uni (although i have been neglecting it badly recently) Can juggle 4 balls now whilst riding so feeling more confident. Have tried a stair or two with fairly good success but havent tried anything major yet

i'm off to get my uni next month from Italy...


might be time to get back in the saddle.

Cool! What type of riding do you do?