Tire pressure, drilled rims, and gauges

[uniShark]

Originally Posted by Nurse Ben

Hey Unishark, I watched Peck's video posted in another thread, saw him climbing up that big curb and thought that it was a good example of what I was trying to convey in words

Notice he does it without hands, so there really isn't any significant pulling up or hopping, you just "rise up with the unicycle" and roll the obstacle.

Yeah, he was amazing in his time and his riding is still pretty contemporary, and look at that tire, talk about skinny. Seriously, you can't really blame the equipment when what we have now is so much better than what he rode.

The fattest tire I've ridden since this past March is a 2.4", took a cue from KH and some of the other long time riders, seems to be working well so far

So I showed that video to my 11yo, then we went outside to give it a try. I've got a 5" curb going to grass, so perfect for practicing this. Within a few minutes we had both done it successfully. A few minutes later my son had it pretty consistent and was trying to teach me. I got it 4 times and know what it feels like to do it correctly; now just need more practice.