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Unicyclist
Join Date: Sep 2014
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Hello All, Thanks for all the tips on setting saddle height for beginners. Very much appreciated!
I just want to add that I'm 6'3" ( like the gentleman who started the thread asking for wheel size recommendations) and have a 24" wheel to start learning on and personally find it a bit intimidating and feel pretty high off the ground. Last edited by mbaulfinger; 2018-08-05 at 04:09 AM. |
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Smoov Moob Noob
Join Date: Aug 2018
Location: Southern Oregon
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Hi everyone! My first day registered here.
I just ordered an Oracle 24 and in my 50's have probably shrunk a bit from where I used to be, almost 6'2". I didn't want to go as small as a 20 to learn on because I didn't see myself using it after learning, so I accepted the challenge of learning on a bigger one right away. I'm crossing my fingers it can all be learned with simple perseverance, as I've read before. I can already picture owning different wheels for different uses ... but let's not get ahead of ourselves here! |
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29" Muni/Downhill! (and 36" Muni)
Join Date: May 2014
Location: Munich, Germany
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In general, as stated at least twice above, the seat height should be like that of proper bicycle fit (when sitting straight in the saddle without tilting put one heel on the pedal, and the knee should be just barely bent without the ankle stretching at all). Maybe at first when you're getting used to feel and holding on a wall, pole or hand, a lower seat might have some advantages. But as soon as you start taking the plunge and riding away from the wall without support (as you should!), having a high seat makes it much easier (a low seat requires you to support all your weight with you legs which tires your muscles quickly and induces lots of side-to-side motion). If you're worried about falling a long distance to the ground, then make sure you have a small unicycle (a 20" with a long seatpost is good even for very tall 6'5" riders).
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29" Muni/Downhill! (and 36" Muni)
Join Date: May 2014
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Join Date: Oct 2015
Location: Westchester, NY
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It does appear that probably 95% of professional unicyclists in circuses or performers use 20"s for freestyle tricks(of course a lot of them are using giraffes), and there's gotta be a reason for that. I remember John Foss saying that over 30 years ago American performers often preferred the 24" for freestyle, while most of the rest of the world preferred the 20". Eventually, over the years American unicyclists converted to the 20(please correct me if I'm wrong, can't remember exactly which thread this was in). A 24" seems the most intermediary of all unicycle sizes — not ideal but good enough for freestyle, and on the very slow end when it comes to distance riding. Of course there are some municyclists who prefer the 24". |
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Unicyclist
Join Date: Jun 2008
Location: Placerville, CA
Age: 61
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My vote is a 24". That helps with OP's height. What no one has mentioned is that a taller uni is farther to fall from no matter what your height is and harder to run out a fall on. Didn't see if this was mentioned but a smaller wheel is easier to learn to mount, and as was mentioned easier to learn basic control on (turns, idling, etc).
Also, what is OP's intended use? If it's riding around in limited areas like a playground or a driveway than a smaller (meaning 24") wheel might be better. If it's more along the line of distance riding than that might be a reason to go 26". But having had a 20", 24", and 29" in the past and now a 26" and I'm 6'1" - a 26" would not have been my first choice, but OP has 2" on me, and I would not have wanted to try learning on a 29". When I went to a 29" from years on a 24" it had a high enough curve learning to mount and ride. With that said, at 6'1" a 20" felt really small based on using a 20" to relearn to ride after a 10 year lay off from riding. Summary: I think 24" to 26" is the Goldilocks zone for 6'3" |
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