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Have you tried one or have one?
Was mixing it with the Edinburgh festival crowd and saw several people on unicycles about the place and got me thinking.....should i get one and try it?.....
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Son has one, it was about £40 off eBay, it took him about a week to be able to go about 10m on it and a further 2 weeks to be fairly competent and start without the aid of a wall etc.
I tried it a few times but didnt give it enough time, the best I managed was about one pedal stroke. If you've got the time and patience its one of those things that once learned you'll never forget
Yep, had one back in the day, (it was a trials thing) great fun if you don't mind looking like a juggling Jimmy Saville 😯
got given a cheapie 20" wheel one as a xmas present a few years ago gave it a go and got frustrated but now with a good space to practise in and youtube have mastered basics and am just about freemounting consistently - an hour a day for 2-3weeks for an old dog (50+) new tricks, not ventured beyond the drive way yet down slopes are very exciting and not sure if will ever master bunnyhop which you need for anything other than paths
Regularly see a guy commuting on a twentyniner one with a disc brake and feel a bit of bike lust but not sure if I will ever come out of the closet
if you get good you can be a real knobber and get a tee shirt from here
[url] http://krisholm.com/gear/apparel [/url]
(might need to scroll down to find the offending article)
tips buy wristguards and remember to adjust for BIF if a gent when mounting (balls in front)
edit
if you don't mind looking like a juggling Jimmy Saville
should trade mark that
I haven't had time to ride mine much recently, but I've got several, one for road, one for mountain unicycling, and one for unicycle hockey.
I got into it as something to do during my last year at university, then got quite a lot into it in the years after that. I've done 100 miles on a unicycle (took just under 10 hours), ridden down Snowdon, a lot of big Scottish mountain bike rides.
I ride bikes mainly right now, but still quite like the unicycle for off-road, it is much easier to push yourself on technical stuff, because it is so easy to fall off without hurting yourself. I probably fall off 10 times as much riding mountain unicycle, but you just don't get tangled up in it like you can on a bike.
There is a great community of riders at unicyclist.com if you get into it, good for finding people to ride with, getting tips on riding and gear etc.
What joe said.
I rather miss our north downs jaunts joe!
Even roadies will point and laugh