Unicycling is fun and for everyone. While only a few people can ride it, it can intrigue many. As the word suggests Uni, one, Cycle, wheeled transport, a one wheeled means of transport. While people may think of clowns in a circus that is not the case. People don"t know if it is fun, weird, or cool. I think that some people may change their book cover judgments, after they "read" into the sport. To aid your discovery of unicycling, riding styles will be discussed along with some basics required to learn.
Nice instructable. I would add these comments for beginners from my own experience.
1. As you are learning to mount, try putting the wheel against a chock (like, the curb) so that you can put weight on the pedal when it is in the bottom-back position. This lets you stand on the pedal without the unicycle moving out from under you.
2. The position of your center of gravity relative to the axle is key to riding a unicycle. Think of balancing a broom on your palm. When you want the broom to move forward, you allow it to begin to fall forward and then walk to "catch up" to it. Riding a unicycle is the same: get your weight in front of the wheel, then pedal to catch up to yourself. If you try to pedal when you are sitting up straight, you'll just pedal out from under yourself.
i love unicycling i have a torker dx unicycle with beat trap pedles witch gave me a nice 4 inch scar down mi leg wen first learning lol
but yer unicycling rules!!!
unicycling is a great sport. i love it, have a 24" torker dx and its great. they are much more manouverable than you would expect, i can ride up and down stairs, do several foot jumps and basically anything a bike can do and more! im suprised its not as popular as it should be. really it is great
www.unicyclist.com is a webforum. they have videos, trading, tutorials, product reviews, pretty much all you need. you rate in the spot where it says info, stats and they like it
does any one up grade the uni or is ti just like me? eg a triple wall rim or double wall some pretty fluro spokes or any color but there titanium and some adjustable bear trap pedles any one? and like a kevlar bmx worm tyer (for street) or a bmx dirt tyer
I am a pretty good unicyclist myself, it really is a lot of fun. Another unicycle i would suggest is a torker unistar lx 20", it is a little bit more $ than the sun 20", but it is higher quality and also has a handle.
How many times did you wreck before you were able to use it? Sounds like learning to ride one is a high risk activity. Make sure you use a brain bucket! Maybe a good "trainer would be the seat and pedals in the middle of two side by side wheels like a human-driven segway. Now, about steering one of those...
Actually, contrary to what you might think it isnt that dangerous. If you start falling forwards or backwards you just get off and let the unicycle fall down. I have never gotten seriously injured riding my unicycle, just maybe a cut or few when i was learning how to ride.
i tried....and failed lol
the main problems i had were that i wanted to use only parts from an old bike; i have no welder so pedals were held to the bikes front wheel just by friction of how tight the nuts were on the axle (use a back wheel axle as it is longer to allow gears) problem is that the left pedal would loosen itself as the axle was not counter-threaded.
also, attaching the front forks is ver hard because the pedals and axle need to be secured to the wheel but the whole thing must be able to move freely in the forks. i tried loads of things to get this to work and after buying a cheap uni on ebay (£15 inc. p+p) i can see that with the tools i had i wouldnt have been able to do this.
hope my experiences can help you a bit, if you do build one male an instructable on it!
May I suggest some additional tips such as posture and deflating the tyre a little bit? Your head is approximately 1/6th your body weight, so where it leads, your body will follow so good posture control will help your overall control. Also deflating the tyre, although a bit cheating, can make idling a bit easier, and then pump it back up as your confidence grows.
Oh, and corridors are brilliant places to practice.
You need some more details somewhere between step 3 and step 4. Any tips on mounting the unicycle without holding onto a wall? I can get onto my unicycle holding on to something and ride it for miles, but if I stop for whatever reason, I'm walking home unless I can find something to hold onto to remount the unicycle.
i get around town with this, instead of taking a car. if you get a 36 inch wheel with a gearead hub (about $1800) you can go 30mph, almost as fast as a bike
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