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[Closed] Will a unicycle help my wheelie potential on other bikes?

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Anyone have a unicycle & found it helped with wheelies / manuals etc. on other bikes? Obviously I need a unicycle, most folk do - i've always been intrigued by them & the one time I had a shot on one I fell off quite spectacularly - powerful drink may have been taken aforehand - and ever since then i've vowed to conquer the freaky buggers.

Thoughts?

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Posted : 25/05/2016 1:07 pm
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I can ride a unicycle and can just about wheelie convincingly, but I don't think one helped the other in any way at all!


 
Posted : 25/05/2016 1:10 pm
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Nah. I can ride a uni to a clown - like level of brilliance but have never been able to wheelie convincingly.


 
Posted : 25/05/2016 1:12 pm
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Just learn it for its own sake. Frustrating at first but a good sense of achievement when you get there. Maybe depends how crap you are to start with...


 
Posted : 25/05/2016 1:22 pm
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I'm intending to get one just for a laugh & wind up the missus - hopefully i'll be able to master it in secret & then start riding it through the house carrying a tray of drinks to entertain & amaze unsuspecting guests - was just wondering if it would somehow dial in my balance to superhuman levels & allow me to wheelie for miles into the bargain ๐Ÿ˜‰


 
Posted : 25/05/2016 1:25 pm
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I can ride a unicycle and can just about wheelie convincingly, but I don't think one helped the other in any way at all!

same - only benefit of learning to unicycle is that for me it reminded me how much effort need to put in to learn new skills


 
Posted : 25/05/2016 1:29 pm
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I've never ridden one but I'm guessing you can't do manuals on one.


 
Posted : 25/05/2016 1:32 pm
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On the contrary, you're always doing a manual on a uni innit bruv! Other than the times you're lying on the floor, bleeding.


 
Posted : 25/05/2016 1:35 pm
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No absolutely not. Soz!


 
Posted : 25/05/2016 1:35 pm
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I've never ridden one but I'm guessing you can't do manuals on one.

Dunno about that ๐Ÿ˜‰


 
Posted : 25/05/2016 1:36 pm
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I've ridden unicycles down many a mountain, around many a trail centre, jumped onto metre high walls and done larger drops... but I can get the front wheel of a bike off the ground by about three inches for a fraction of a second. I just can't do it. I feel like a failure.


 
Posted : 25/05/2016 7:37 pm