24

[MuniAddict]

The name "24" just popped into my head as the perfect title that succinctly describes the particular size uni I use in this video. It also gave me the idea of using a well known graphic (from a popular TV series) that appears after "UniGeezer:". It just seemed to fit in so well! I'm sure you'll recognize it, haha. :D

In this one I try a few new things, including something like a "rolling no-footer/crank flip"! I had seen Beau Hoover and Chuck Edwall do their amazing brake assisted, no-footer coasting, and have been spending hours trying to learn it.

So far I haven't been able to do the long rolling coast, so it's more like a no-footer crank flip/roll thing, which was still really a great feeling when I got it..after like a million tries!

I'd appreciate your comments and any ideas you may have, to help me in learning the "Hoover-Edwall" type brake assisted, no-footer coasting. Cheers!


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[kerosian]

video is set to private :(

[OrganicSteam]

It say private. Fixed now

[MuniAddict]

Hmm, try again it's not private now. :o

[ally1776]

Video worked for me, very cool. Your crazy playing with that snake, :eek:

[napalm]

Hi terry,

Nice vid, and good work on the brake assisted coasting. I will have to give it a go as well, looks like a great challenge. I've seen a good lot of your videos and thought i would just comment on one element of your riding that i think you might consider working on. I know you love your drops, but it seems that whenever it is a larger one, you attack it statically and at a slight angle. I am a huge fan of rolling as much terrain as possible and if necessary large drops. This often means approaching large drops with my feet at any position in a revolution, and then correcting to a 3-9oclock orientation mid air for landing.

I feel that this makes for a more exciting and flowy style of riding, and could enhance the look of your video's. After a while, the look of static drops that are essentially the exact same skill on slightly different terrain gets me bored.
It will, at the least, give you some fun bails and outtakes for your next lot of videos.

Keep up your outrageous output on these forums, it is appreciated and enjoyable

Mark

[MuniAddict]

Video worked for me, very cool. Your crazy playing with that snake, :eek:haha, I made sure I was at a safe distance. But I wasn't exactly playing with it, lol, I was trying to get it safely off the trail and back into the brush to prevent it from becoming road kill, or worse, biting somebody! :eek:

Hi terry,

Nice vid, and good work on the brake assisted coasting. I will have to give it a go as well, looks like a great challenge. I've seen a good lot of your videos and thought i would just comment on one element of your riding that i think you might consider working on. I know you love your drops, but it seems that whenever it is a larger one, you attack it statically and at a slight angle. I am a huge fan of rolling as much terrain as possible and if necessary large drops. This often means approaching large drops with my feet at any position in a revolution, and then correcting to a 3-9oclock orientation mid air for landing.

I feel that this makes for a more exciting and flowy style of riding, and could enhance the look of your video's. After a while, the look of static drops that are essentially the exact same skill on slightly different terrain gets me bored.
It will, at the least, give you some fun bails and outtakes for your next lot of videos.

Keep up your outrageous output on these forums, it is appreciated and enjoyable

MarkThanks Mark, I really appreciate your comments! Yeah I always try, and prefer doing rolling drops when riding MUni, like with stair sets and such. Sometimes only "static" is possible, like on the log in the video, where all I could do was to mount it and jump off, lol. But I hear ya, and in my next viddy, every single drop will be of the rolling variety! :D

And yeah, the "controlled coasting" is a blast! I plan to try again but try it going much faster, and on a steeper downhill! Scary, even with a brake, but I thing I can get a lot more revs that way. :)

[JohnnyReggae]

Nice video Terry, your drops are getting bigger :) That was quite a large rattler btw...

[MuniAddict]

Nice video Terry, your drops are getting bigger :) That was quite a large rattler btw...Thanks Johnny. About midway through making that video I had a bad fall while scouting out other places to shoot. I was riding past a group of hikers on narrow single track, and while negotiating past them I didn't see a deep depression, and when my wheel hit it I fell hard on my left hip and shoulder, and I'm pretty sure that I tore my rotator cuff. :( Anybody else ever have this type of injury?

It's not so bad that I don't have full range of motion, but it hurts to raise my arm, and since it's my *left* arm which I hold the lift handle with, I'll have to really hold back on all the drops and stuff, which will be hard to do, even with the pain!
So about the last half of the video was after I had that fall. :o

[Shug]

I liked that last wee "hunched-over" clip.
Heal yourself. Take some time. I had to lay off 'cause of a patella issue. Feels really good after a week of PT, rest and a backpack trip.
Mounted the 36'er today and will have an evening ride.
Congrats on those leg up roll crank flip power stop tricks. Know you invested some time there!!!!
S.

[dangerdog]

Nice video Terry,what is it with you and snakes:eek:Now about that torn rotor cuff ,you want to hope it is only a small tear.I had a half inch tear 18 months ago and the choice was surgery that needs about 12 months recovery or natural healing that takes about 12 to 18 months.I went the natural way and while not completely healed it is not a disability any more.It did cause considerable pain and sleepless nights for about 9 months.I really hope your injury is a minor one.:)

[MuniAddict]

Nice video Terry,what is it with you and snakes:eek:Now about that torn rotor cuff ,you want to hope it is only a small tear.I had a half inch tear 18 months ago and the choice was surgery that needs about 12 months recovery or natural healing that takes about 12 to 18 months.I went the natural way and while not completely healed it is not a disability any more.It did cause considerable pain and sleepless nights for about 9 months.I really hope your injury is a minor one.:)Sorry to hear about your rotator cuff injuy. I don't think mine's that serious and today the pain is almost totally gone. About 8 months ago, I fell really hard on my other shoulder, while riding down Mammoth mountain. You can see the fall here (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dg25-BCK-50) if you have't already. I tried to soften the impact by putting out my hands, but it didn't do much good. It hurts just to watch it! :(

[daretodream]

I love your Rolling no footer crank flip! I had to watch it over and over; man that would be so cooool to be able to do that.Do you think it would be possible without a brake? Great video as usual, and I never get tired of watching the static drops.....boring?....no way!! Awsome?....definately!!:)

[OrganicSteam]

not to sound redundant but that link says private.

[MuniAddict]

I love your Rolling no footer crank flip! I had to watch it over and over; man that would be so cooool to be able to do that.Do you think it would be possible without a brake? Great video as usual, and I never get tired of watching the static drops.....boring?....no way!! Awsome?....definately!!:)Thanks very much. I wouldn't try that type of coasting without a brake! I tried it and immediately fell back and just caught myself or would have had a bad rear end landing, lol! It's still very tricky even with a brake, but at least it's somewhat more controllable. And with the more traditional coasting, where your feet have contact with the uni via the crown, you can move your body forward and backward to make adjustments in balance and you also have your hands free to aid in balance as well.

With this type you have no foot contact and basically are doing the "splits", and have to hold the saddle while you try to balance and brake at the same time. Other than that it's pretty easy! ;);)

not to sound redundant but that link says private.Hmm, I logged out of my youtube account and it tried it and it works fine for me. :)

[OrganicSteam]

I don't know what the deal is then with my cp it keeps say it's private. The first vid work. Great work as always, keep them coming.

[Unigurd]

Nice video.
You're lucky to have such big snakes where you ride. Here in good ole DK we only have snakes that is very little compared to your californian rattlers.
And I liked how you rode suspiciously fast, and the lady ran suspiciously slow
I love your Rolling no footer crank flip! I had to watch it over and over; man that would be so cooool to be able to do that.Do you think it would be possible without a brake?

Definately. I did it earlier today.. (Inspired by Terry (And someone from Defect (I think it was Defect, at least (:p))))

Hmm, I logged out of my youtube account and it tried it and it works fine for me. :)

It says private to me too.

[MuniAddict]

Nice video.
You're lucky to have such big snakes where you ride. Here in good ole DK we only have snakes that is very little compared to your californian rattlers.
And I liked how you rode suspiciously fast, and the lady ran suspiciously slow


Definately. I did it earlier today.. (Inspired by Terry (And someone from Defect (I think it was Defect, at least (:p))))



It says private to me too.What?? How did you watch it then? :confused: I triple checked it and from other computers where I wasn't even logged into my YT account, and it played normally.

[Unigurd]

What?? How did you watch it then? :confused: I triple checked it and from other computers where I wasn't even logged into my YT account, and it played normally.

It was the fall from 8 months ago that is set to private, not the actual video.

[Spencer Hochberg]

Definately. I did it earlier today.. (Inspired by Terry (And someone from Defect (I think it was Defect, at least (:p))))



Yeah, Brian Lundgren did it without a brake in Defect.

Here are a couple clips of Beau doing it, one is down a steep hill and the other is across a log. They are on facebook so you might need an account or something.
http://www.facebook.com/home.php#/video/video.php?v=1015759231120&subj=644661420
http://www.facebook.com/home.php#/video/video.php?v=1015699989639&subj=644661420

And looking good Terry ;)

[MuniAddict]

Yeah, Brian Lundgren did it without a brake in Defect.

Here are a couple clips of Beau doing it, one is down a steep hill and the other is across a log. They are on facebook so you might need an account or something.
http://www.facebook.com/home.php#/video/video.php?v=1015759231120&subj=644661420
http://www.facebook.com/home.php#/video/video.php?v=1015699989639&subj=644661420

And looking good Terry ;)Yeah that video, and also seeing Chuck do it in person, is what inspired me to try it. Looks like Beau hit a good DH section in the vid since as soon as his feet come off the pedals, his speed seems to almost double! You can tell by comeparing how fast hos cranks are spinning when he's riding, then the cranks start spinning much faster as soon as he takes his feet off the pedals!

I think this is part of the key; getting enough sustained speed on a downhill so you won't stop too soon with the brake. I'm going out later today to try it again. Very tricky regardless.:)

*Edit: Might be easier to watch Beau here if you don't have facebook: http://nhoover.smugmug.com/gallery/5997618_3KoJD/1/374798920_gF9r9#451505009_gRfVz-A-LB

[MuniAddict]

I don't know what the deal is then with my cp it keeps say it's private. The first vid work. Great work as always, keep them coming.Sorry about that, I thought you meant this video, "24". Yes, for some reason the other one I linked a bit earlier showing my bad fall *was* set to private. Sorry about that. It's up now.



It says private to me too.

YouTube - Uni crash landing

[MuniAddict]

I liked that last wee "hunched-over" clip.
Heal yourself. Take some time. I had to lay off 'cause of a patella issue. Feels really good after a week of PT, rest and a backpack trip.
Mounted the 36'er today and will have an evening ride.
Congrats on those leg up roll crank flip power stop tricks. Know you invested some time there!!!!
S.Thanks Shug! Yeah the old shoulder is doing much better as long as I don't over stress it...which is a hard not to do when I ride! And you're right about the rolling no-footer thing; I must've spent 5 hours trying to do it, take after take, and all I could get was barely one revolution with my dogs off the pedals! And getting my feet back ON them was also tricky! :o

[Unigurd]

So that was the bad landing of yours. :)
I thought about this one when you posted something about a bad bail, but I didn't think it happened 8 months ago. Boy, time is flying when I'm riding my unicycle. Suddenly I'm 53. :p

[MuniAddict]

So that was the bad landing of yours. :)
I thought about this one when you posted something about a bad bail, but I didn't think it happened 8 months ago. Boy, time is flying when I'm riding my unicycle. Suddenly I'm 53. :pWell, it was *one* of my bad landings, lol. Didn't you think it looked bad? I can sure say that it was a very hard and painful landing; probably a lot worse than it looked in the clip. :o

And after almost a solid 2 years of riding Muni--almost daily--I finally put a new Intense 24x3 on my old KH warhorse! The old one still has plenty of tread on it, but on a recent ride, the side of my tire impacted against a sharp rock and took a chunk out of it the size of an eraser head. Didn't look serious, but put on a new one just to be safe.

That leaves me with 4 more new intense tires to last me for years to come! :D

[1-wheeled-grape]

then you'll have to find something else to stock pile in just in case :D
Cool vid terry, I wish my brakes worked now, I keep wanting to try that on my paper round, I've done it once or twice but they weren't very good lol. I want to go and practice them now :D:D

[Unigurd]

Didn't you think it looked bad?

It did look very harsh, I just forgot to comment it. :p:D

[MuniAddict]

then you'll have to find something else to stock pile in just in case :D
Cool vid terry, I wish my brakes worked now, I keep wanting to try that on my paper round, I've done it once or twice but they weren't very good lol. I want to go and practice them now :D:DI went out and tried it again yesterday and got 2 full revs, but just missed getting my feet back on the pedals to ride away. That's another tricky part of doing it.

It did look very harsh, I just forgot to comment it. :p:Dhaha np. :)

[phthoruth]

I don't want to sound overly critical, but the parts where youre riding a unicycle aren't all that interesting. :) But the rest is great!
The 24 theme occurred to me, but technical bit I'd like to solve is how they show a 4 frame collage.
Rattlesnakes! Sheesh. And I thought the cactus was enough motivation not to fall. Does KH armour help?
Neat little ramp for gap practice.
No footer looks great! Seems like it would be impossible. I guess brake helps, and its kind of equivalent to gliding with your feet on the wheel, but looks completely different.

Last week I managed to strip the cranks on my KH24. Its hard to find old style cranks, but I was able to get a shop to put in a "helicoil", and its good as new.

[drumstuck]

You might want to look into sewing some motorbike body armour (I use a forcefield armour top for muni) into your shoulder, elbow, chest and back of a top you like. It will take time to adjust to the discomfort of using this in hot conditions but it's less uncomfortable than serious injury. The forcefield stuff I use is breathable.

One of the problems of being a veteran (I'm a mere 40 year old) is injuries tend to be worse and take longer to heal. Whenever I consider leaving mine behind I remind myself how gutted I would be if I couldn't ride anymore...

[MuniAddict]

I don't want to sound overly critical, but the parts where youre riding a unicycle aren't all that interesting. :) But the rest is great!
The 24 theme occurred to me, but technical bit I'd like to solve is how they show a 4 frame collage.
Rattlesnakes! Sheesh. And I thought the cactus was enough motivation not to fall. Does KH armour help?
Neat little ramp for gap practice.
No footer looks great! Seems like it would be impossible. I guess brake helps, and its kind of equivalent to gliding with your feet on the wheel, but looks completely different.Haha, yeah I'm the first to admit it wasn't my best riding, and a good deal of the footage was shot *after* my shoulder injury, which seems to be totally pain free and healed now. :) I'm working on my next video which I hope will show me in better form. I try to always give it my best and I really like putting in as much variety as I can. I figure even if some may not like everything in it, they might at least find something they like about it, lol. :o

Also, I know I can't compete on the level of the younger riders, and so I think most of my videos are mostly geared toward those over 35 or so. I love hearing from other "middle aged kids" that see my videos, who had thought they were too old to learn, especially when it comes to the more extreme types of riding. That makes it worth it to me to keep making videos. :D

You might want to look into sewing some motorbike body armour (I use a forcefield armour top for muni) into your shoulder, elbow, chest and back of a top you like. It will take time to adjust to the discomfort of using this in hot conditions but it's less uncomfortable than serious injury. The forcefield stuff I use is breathable.

One of the problems of being a veteran (I'm a mere 40 year old) is injuries tend to be worse and take longer to heal. Whenever I consider leaving mine behind I remind myself how gutted I would be if I couldn't ride anymore...Yeah, actually I have a pressure suit armor thing that I wore in one of my older videos (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-DEbOntyuoc). Very cumbersome and probably over kill, but it does have the shoulder and back protection, which can definitely prevent or at least lessen serious injury. And the older we get, the more vulnerable we are! :o

[Shug]

Terry .... I for one watch all uni vids for the total creation and not just "Big Awesome Mind-Numbing Tricks".... That is all cool but I get bored by that. How many times can I watch high-hopping or seat twirling or crank flips ... which I know are hard but seem a lot of work when my non-uni friends think those on video doing them are about to crash :p
You videos have a story, interesting backdrops, a very enthusiastic YOU but mostly ... a "mature athlete" with soul.
Shug
Unigezer Fan

[MuniAddict]

Terry .... I for one watch all uni vids for the total creation and not just "Big Awesome Mind-Numbing Tricks".... That is all cool but I get bored by that. How many times can I watch high-hopping or seat twirling or crank flips ... which I know are hard but seem a lot of work when my non-uni friends think those on video doing them are about to crash :p
You videos have a story, interesting backdrops, a very enthusiastic YOU but mostly ... a "mature athlete" with soul.
Shug
Unigezer FanThanks Sean. I'm working on a new video but it does get to be a challenge trying to "top" yourself each time, as I'm not getting any younger, lol. It's just so fun making them and I like the whole process from the first shot to editing to final upload. :D