MTU? Mountain Unicyle ?
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So we've achap that rides around nearby on a modern penny farthing, not day I was out with OH and the Drone and we saw this chap set off :
Vid link here: https://www.dropbox.com/s/cgmmss3fe7kixfp/DJI_0411...
Now, other than being hipster cool, surely these are a faff ? I'd assume they can't freewheel ?
Anyone play with the same ?
Vid link here: https://www.dropbox.com/s/cgmmss3fe7kixfp/DJI_0411...
Now, other than being hipster cool, surely these are a faff ? I'd assume they can't freewheel ?
Anyone play with the same ?
Ahh it seems they are fixies - and "if" fitted with a brake - the lever is on the back of the seat :
https://www.unicycle.co.uk/unicycles/muni.html
I still dont understand however
https://www.unicycle.co.uk/unicycles/muni.html
I still dont understand however
cml24 said:
I'd love to have a go on a uni cycle! How hard do you think it is to learn? Anyone tried it?
Lots of us ride for fun and this is just a different challenge! Like swapping suspension forks for rigid. You won't be as quick, but it's a different sort of fun.
They are great fun. I bought one a long time ago. I did manage to get riding it but never really mastered it. Lots of us ride for fun and this is just a different challenge! Like swapping suspension forks for rigid. You won't be as quick, but it's a different sort of fun.
The mountain unicycles are referred to as a Muni. I wouldn't say they are hypster as they have been around for probably 20years. There are a few different types of unicycles. For example, cokers for commuting and long distance (big wheel), giraffe for circus/clowns (very tall) etc.
In fact, I may go and dust mine off in the garage and see if I can vaguely remember how to do it. I'm only 20 years older and fatter. What can go wrong?!
Edited to add:Look at Ed Pratt's youtube channel. He rode one around the world; ~22 000 miles.
Edited by breamster on Sunday 14th June 07:04
PushedDover said:
So we've achap that rides around nearby on a modern penny farthing, not day I was out with OH and the Drone and we saw this chap set off :
Vid link here: https://www.dropbox.com/s/cgmmss3fe7kixfp/DJI_0411...
Now, other than being hipster cool, surely these are a faff ? I'd assume they can't freewheel ?
Anyone play with the same ?
Cleveland way on a uni.. now thats a challenge! Vid link here: https://www.dropbox.com/s/cgmmss3fe7kixfp/DJI_0411...
Now, other than being hipster cool, surely these are a faff ? I'd assume they can't freewheel ?
Anyone play with the same ?
cml24 said:
I'd love to have a go on a uni cycle! How hard do you think it is to learn? Anyone tried it?
Lots of us ride for fun and this is just a different challenge! Like swapping suspension forks for rigid. You won't be as quick, but it's a different sort of fun.
I read, and it matched my experience, that it takes about 20 hours to be able to ride a unicycle forwards consistently and be able to steer where you want to go. I never managed the on-the-spot thing that jugglers do.Lots of us ride for fun and this is just a different challenge! Like swapping suspension forks for rigid. You won't be as quick, but it's a different sort of fun.
Sleeping helps though, so a few hours here and there is much better than taking a whole weekend out to learn.
breamster said:
They are great fun. I bought one a long time ago. I did manage to get riding it but never really mastered it.
The mountain unicycles are referred to as a Muni. I wouldn't say they are hypster as they have been around for probably 20years. There are a few different types of unicycles. For example, cokers for commuting and long distance (big wheel), giraffe for circus/clowns (very tall) etc.
In fact, I may go and dust mine off in the garage and see if I can vaguely remember how to do it. I'm only 20 years older and fatter. What can go wrong?!
Edited to add:Look at Ed Pratt's youtube channel. He rode one around the world; ~22 000 miles.
Well, I can still ride it. I pumped up the very flat and cracked tyre and managed to ride it around the close a few times. I had a few strange looks but I'm used to those. Great fun but exhausting. If you have poor core strength and a very inflexible back it seems to be a really good way to get exercise.The mountain unicycles are referred to as a Muni. I wouldn't say they are hypster as they have been around for probably 20years. There are a few different types of unicycles. For example, cokers for commuting and long distance (big wheel), giraffe for circus/clowns (very tall) etc.
In fact, I may go and dust mine off in the garage and see if I can vaguely remember how to do it. I'm only 20 years older and fatter. What can go wrong?!
Edited to add:Look at Ed Pratt's youtube channel. He rode one around the world; ~22 000 miles.
Edited by breamster on Sunday 14th June 07:04
Any other uni-riders in the land of PH? Show us what you have got?
breamster said:
Well, I can still ride it. I pumped up the very flat and cracked tyre and managed to ride it around the close a few times. I had a few strange looks but I'm used to those. Great fun but exhausting. If you have poor core strength and a very inflexible back it seems to be a really good way to get exercise.
Any other uni-riders in the land of PH? Show us what you have got?
Am I the only person in the world of PH to occasionally ride unicycles? Bumpity bump.Any other uni-riders in the land of PH? Show us what you have got?
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