Wayne van Wijk
1998-04-02, 08:08 AM
Hi Jacinta,
Wayne here from Australia
good on you for getting a uni. Hip hip horay!
A few hints about...
Sore knees,
1. make sure that the saddle is the correct height - leg fully extended to the
bottom pedal when full weight is on the seat.
2.when you ride have as much weight on the saddle as humanly possible. Taking
the weight off the pedals will reduce the amount of strain on your legs and
will dramatically improve your riding style.
About the pedal falling off,
You are probably riding the thing backwards. Yes, they do have a front and a
back. On the inside face of your cranks there should be a 'R' (for Right) and an
'L' (you guessed it, for Left).
Pedals also come in left and right.
The Right pedal screws into the right crank and the left pedal into the
left crank.
The right foot goes on the right pedal and the left on the left.
If you ride it with the feet on the wrong pedals they will unscrew and fall off.
You are lucky that you didn't wreck the crank. The cranks used on the Taiwanese
made unicycles (usually any unicycle under $300.00 if you live in NZ or AUS.)
are not very strong and have a tendency to get threaded if the pedals are ridden
backwards.
putting the pedals on with loc-tite or some other metal grip/glue is also a
good idea.
Yes - Thor is the Thunder god.
Forth rode the Thunder god, riding on his filly "I'm Thor", he cried. His horse
replied "You've forgotten your thaddle thilly".
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> From: Jacinta <jacintap@xtra.co.nz> To: Unicycling <unicycling@winternet.com>
> Subject: Yay!!!! :-) :-) :-) (I guess you can tell I'm happy!) Date: Thursday,
> April 02, 1998 2:08 PM
>
> Hullo :-)
>
> Just thought I'd let anyone out there who cares that I finally bought my own
> uni :-) I asked here a week or two ago about changing wheel size, but realised
> it's probably not all that practical, and went with a 20". Anyway, I guess
> no-one out there really cares, but I just had to share it with someone.
>
> Obviously ye olde Greek gods don't approve of my new mode of transport though.
> On the way home, I dropped into the petrol station for some food, and one of
> the forecourt guys who I used to know from school asked "can you ride it?". So
> I said yes, I could ride it, but not right now cause my knees are killing me
> and I'm not too hot at it anyway. But somehow he managed to convince me to
> show him, so I rode half way across the forecourt, fell off, and realised my
> right pedal was on the other side of the forecourt! Luckily we managed to
> reattatch it since it had just come unscrewed, not broken. Still, it was a bit
> of a shock on the first day on owning it!
>
> And to add to that, as I came up my street, it started hailing and there was a
> thunder storm. Not fun :-) Those Greek gods have really got it in for me.
> Who's the god of Thunder again? I think it's Thor or something, I can't
> remember.
>
> But anyway, thanks for reading my ranting and raving. It's such a cool
> feeling, it's *mine*! Now I just have to learn to ride it well enough to play
> hockey :-)
>
> See ya
>
> Jacinta
>
>
> o o
>
> o _(*!*)_/
> / | o
> _/ \_
Wayne here from Australia
good on you for getting a uni. Hip hip horay!
A few hints about...
Sore knees,
1. make sure that the saddle is the correct height - leg fully extended to the
bottom pedal when full weight is on the seat.
2.when you ride have as much weight on the saddle as humanly possible. Taking
the weight off the pedals will reduce the amount of strain on your legs and
will dramatically improve your riding style.
About the pedal falling off,
You are probably riding the thing backwards. Yes, they do have a front and a
back. On the inside face of your cranks there should be a 'R' (for Right) and an
'L' (you guessed it, for Left).
Pedals also come in left and right.
The Right pedal screws into the right crank and the left pedal into the
left crank.
The right foot goes on the right pedal and the left on the left.
If you ride it with the feet on the wrong pedals they will unscrew and fall off.
You are lucky that you didn't wreck the crank. The cranks used on the Taiwanese
made unicycles (usually any unicycle under $300.00 if you live in NZ or AUS.)
are not very strong and have a tendency to get threaded if the pedals are ridden
backwards.
putting the pedals on with loc-tite or some other metal grip/glue is also a
good idea.
Yes - Thor is the Thunder god.
Forth rode the Thunder god, riding on his filly "I'm Thor", he cried. His horse
replied "You've forgotten your thaddle thilly".
----------
> From: Jacinta <jacintap@xtra.co.nz> To: Unicycling <unicycling@winternet.com>
> Subject: Yay!!!! :-) :-) :-) (I guess you can tell I'm happy!) Date: Thursday,
> April 02, 1998 2:08 PM
>
> Hullo :-)
>
> Just thought I'd let anyone out there who cares that I finally bought my own
> uni :-) I asked here a week or two ago about changing wheel size, but realised
> it's probably not all that practical, and went with a 20". Anyway, I guess
> no-one out there really cares, but I just had to share it with someone.
>
> Obviously ye olde Greek gods don't approve of my new mode of transport though.
> On the way home, I dropped into the petrol station for some food, and one of
> the forecourt guys who I used to know from school asked "can you ride it?". So
> I said yes, I could ride it, but not right now cause my knees are killing me
> and I'm not too hot at it anyway. But somehow he managed to convince me to
> show him, so I rode half way across the forecourt, fell off, and realised my
> right pedal was on the other side of the forecourt! Luckily we managed to
> reattatch it since it had just come unscrewed, not broken. Still, it was a bit
> of a shock on the first day on owning it!
>
> And to add to that, as I came up my street, it started hailing and there was a
> thunder storm. Not fun :-) Those Greek gods have really got it in for me.
> Who's the god of Thunder again? I think it's Thor or something, I can't
> remember.
>
> But anyway, thanks for reading my ranting and raving. It's such a cool
> feeling, it's *mine*! Now I just have to learn to ride it well enough to play
> hockey :-)
>
> See ya
>
> Jacinta
>
>
> o o
>
> o _(*!*)_/
> / | o
> _/ \_