Farticus Jr. is eyeing a unicycle to idle away valuable revision time. Inevitably I think one would be a good idea … already dreading summer holiday boredom, and this could be just the trick to keep him active and encourage him out of his natural horizontal state.

So, we’re looking at 24″ – correct? Any good ones to go for? Any to avoid? Any fantastic websites? Any easy tutorials that mean he won’t loose his teeth in the first week?

BTW, if anyone has a decent one gathering dust just let me know (addy in profile).

Thanks.

Unicycle thread might be a start point

Unicycle.com is the best place to buy one, unicyclist.com is the best place for chatting about it. They also have a for sale section, its international but has some UK stuff.

There are as many different kinds of unicycle as there are bikes. A 20″ would be a good place to start, 24″ can be a bit tricky to learn on unless you are very tall. Kids tend to be into trails on a 19″ with a fat tyre but these are also a bit tricky for learning. Probably best to get a cheap 20″ to learn on then look at getting a better one once you know what direction he wants to go in.

EDIT “Unicycle thread might be a start point” that thread is about what to buy once you’ve learnt on the cheap starter uni, but still worth reading to know what you are getting yourself in to. 🙂

A search function … who’d have thought it?