[Ross Mackintosh]

>Stacy~Einrad wrote...

>Some people have no respect for people riding a giraffe unicycle. They do not
>realize that the riders are "HIGH" up and can get injured by falling. For one
>instance:

>I was riding my 5ft giraffe and just as I was going up a curb ramp near our
>house these young high school students drove by and honked really loud. This
>took me totally by surprise and I nearly stumbled off if I hadn't caught my
>foot on the peadal and kept on riding. I could have seriously injured myself
>because of the scare because I would not have been ready for the fall. I wish
>more people had respect! They can watch and look at a person on a giraffe but I
>wish that no noe would do anything that might cause an accident!

I say... too right, it was only last wednesday when I was unicycling down a main
street at about 9.30 pm and a police car drove past VERY close and let his horn
rip!!! I thought it was a little immature!

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[Ross Mackintosh]

Wed, 27 Sep 1995 10:48:48 +1000 (EST) Jason Richards <jazz@cs.uq.oz.au> wrote:

>Consider a wheel with a chain ring that is fixed only in the forward direction,
>but will freewheel when spun backwards (i.e. much like that of an uggg... 10
>speed bicycle wheel with only the lowest gear) and assume that this wheel has a
>drum brake or a coaster brake (i.e. within the hub).
>
>If I wanted to race down a VERY LARGE hill, then I (theoretically) should
>be able to stop pedaling forward, ease back on the brake (assume that the
>brake was engaged when back pedaling) and control my decent (and balance)
>in this manner.

don't know if its been done... sounds like its theoretically possible I spose,
as long as you have a balancing back motion brake! Certainly would take some
mastering! I think you are crazy but let me knows if it works!

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[Wayne van Wijk]

If you spring for airfares from Australia I would love to go.

Wayne van Wijk wvanwijk@gil.com.au

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-----Original Message----- From: Colin Palmer
<colin-palmer@branchline.demon.co.uk> To: unicycling@winternet.com
<unicycling@winternet.com> Date: Thursday, August 20, 1998 2:00 AM

>DARTMOOR PROTEST - BOVEY TRACEY - 2.00PM SUNDAY 23RD AUGUST.
>
>Hi All,
>
>Many of you may have picked up the fact that a major media event is being held
>on Dartmoor to protest against the new bylaws which are making normal cyclists
>into criminals. Around 100 cyclists are expected to attend - and the format of
>the day is attached.
>
>We have had an excellent response for the television companies who are highly
>amused that the bylaws have forgotten the existance of unicycles!
>
>We are therefore desperate for a willing unicycle rider (or 2) to appear over
>the skyline and descend the hill to the waiting cameras at the protest site.
>
>If any unicyclists would be prepared to help, the CTC will be pleased assist
>travel by paying rail or petrol expences.
>
>Contact Colin Palmer on the above e mail address, or phone 01531 633500.
>
>Thanks in anticipation
>
>Colin Palmer CTC Offroad.
>

[Foss, JohnX]

>my record) and a couple of times I think I have accidentally spun 180 degrees.
>This gives rise to the possibility that someone could idle, spinning 180
>degrees each time so that they were always going forward. Is this something
>that you experts can do?

Yup. The trick is to do it and make it look nice and smooth...

jf

[Foss, JohnX]

>have trouble with, is that the knobby tires have that killer little tendency to
>turn uphill when riding a side slope. And I think it's worse with low air
>pressure (tyre pump's broken). One question-- does a smooth tyre really do well
>on the sand?

On sand, I don't think tread is very important. The most important thing
would be tire width, or surface area. The fattest possible tire is what you
want for sand.

Most people find that knobby tires are fine on dirt, but some are not very good
on pavement. The more aggressive the the tire, the less fun it seems to be on
pavement. Best on pavement are the ones with a centralized tread that gives you
support when riding in a straight line. But I have problems with that sort of
tire if I'm using it on a unicycle where I'm doing tricks. Fortunately now I
have a 20" for the tricks, and a totally separate one for off road.

jf

[Hugh Allison]

>Most people find that knobby tires are fine on dirt, but some are not very good
>on pavement. The more aggressive the the tire, the less fun it seems to be on
>pavement. Best on pavement are the ones with a centralized tread that gives you
>support when riding in a straight line. But I have problems with that sort of
>tire if I'm using it on a unicycle where I'm doing tricks. Fortunately now I
>have a 20" for the tricks, and a totally separate one for off road.
>
>jf

I don't know why there's no subject to this thread, but while we're talking
about tires, Has anyone else seen the type tire that goes on these hi-tech 3
wheel baby strollers (used by joggers)?

I've only seen a 20" version (my uni's a 24"), but the tread covers a large part
of the tire and has an even criss-cross pattern, and looks to be perfect for
pavement riding.

Just wondering....

Hugh

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[mark stephens]

"quit" what?

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[Peter Bier]

"Alberto Ruiz" <alberto@taino.net> wrote: Let's get the feeling of the
unicycling community.

How many persons feel that we should do an effort to get one or more of our
activities into the Extremes Games?

What acrtivity(ies) should we pursue?

I think Muni definately qualifies and has the advantage than mountain bikers can
relate to it. One problem we face is that extreme games tend to focus on "speed"
events. Unicycling is an inherantly slow sport and from a speed perspective will
never compete with say, down hill skiing.

High speed gliding could get close but there are too few people who do it.

Peter

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[John Foss]

> How many persons feel that we should do an effort to get one or more of our
> activities into the Extremes Games?
>
> What acrtivity(ies) should we pursue?

All. The issue is not whether or not it should be done, but *can* it be done.
Are they going to be interested. We don't have good contact between the big
manufacturers and the riders, and this might be an obstacle. No big sponsor
money that I can think of...

Specific events I think would be good for X Games:

MUni Trials Flatland Freestyle (we'd have to make rules for it) MUni racing

Good luck! John Foss, the Uni-Cyclone http://www.unicycling.com (http://www.unicycling.com/)

"Riding a unicycle has NOTHING to do with physics." - an unnamed engineer,
trying to help adults learn to ride