10x10 cm obstacle

[Wolfgang Stroessner]

To qualify for IUF level 3 you have - among demonstrating other skills - to ride
over a 10x10 cm obstacle. It is not mentioned in the skill levels' list, what's
the height of this obstacle. Are there any definite standards for that? Of
course there are, but I couldn't find them. So please let me know, what height
is usually used.

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[Mark Wiggins]

Wolfgang Stroessner wrote:
> To qualify for IUF level 3 you have - among demonstrating other skills - to
> ride over a 10x10 cm obstacle. It is not mentioned in the skill levels' list,
> what's the height of this obstacle. Are there any definite standards for that?
> Of course there are, but I couldn't find them. So please let me know, what
> height is usually used.

The height is 10cm. The depth (distance from front of obstacle to back of
obstacle) is also 10cm. The dimension missing from the definition is the width -
this can presumably be anything from the width of your tyre (or slightly less)
to infinite.

The idea being to demonstrate that you can go up a bump and, almost immediately,
ride back down a bump. "Bump" here being used as a technical reference to a 10cm
height difference. :-)

There seems to be a lot of confusion about this skill - this isn't the first
time it's been raised on this list (and/or newsgroup). Maybe the powers that be
could tidy up the description in the skills list...

Regards, Mark.

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[Andy Cotter]

On Thu, 7 Sep 1995, Wolfgang Stroessner wrote:

> To qualify for IUF level 3 you have - among demonstrating other skills - to
> ride over a 10x10 cm obstacle. It is not mentioned in the skill levels' list,
> what's the height of this obstacle. Are there any definite standards for that?
> Of course there are, but I couldn't find them. So please let me know, what
> height is usually used.
>
The obstacle is 10x10 cm with an indeterminate length. So, the obstacle has a
height of 10cm, with a width of 10cm. A good source for this obstacle is a
lumber yard, where you usually can get them to cut you the proper size obstacle.

Getting over the obstacle is up to you: You can ride over it, hop over it, or
whatever (as long as you remain on your unicycle :) ).

For those who are just starting to learn going over obstacles, I usually
recommend starting with something a lot smaller, then working your way up to the
obstacle of 10x10 cm.

Andy Cotter Vice President Unicycling Society of America cotter@skypoint.com

[Damion Yates]

Mark Wiggins (M.Wiggins@ftel.co.uk) wrote:
: Wolfgang Stroessner wrote:
: > To qualify for IUF level 3 you have - among demonstrating other skills - to
: > ride over a 10x10 cm obstacle. It is not mentioned in the skill levels'
: > list, what's the height of this obstacle. Are there any definite standards
: > for that? Of course there are, but I couldn't find them. So please let me
: > know, what height is usually used.

It's 10cm, In american terms thats 3.9370078740 inches to 10 d.p.

was it the cm that was confusing ?

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Damion Yates - Sheffield Uni, UK. http://www.bath.ac.uk/~exxdmy