turtle's V

turtle · 2009-03-20, 09:06 PM

short vid of the testride (it's uploading now...)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=74qBhhRQ9lQ

UniKid2 · 2009-03-20, 09:33 PM

Awesome! Your Maguras squeel like a pig. But It looks and probably feels amazing! Where the Geared hub?

saskatchewanian · 2009-03-20, 09:44 PM

Great stuff. I think you just made me a believer in wide handlebars (I was already a believer in bike seats and V frames

)

tim_desmet · 2009-03-20, 10:10 PM

that is just an awesome unicycle !!!

but isn't the handlebar too low? I think I would prefer a bit higher...

Shug · 2009-03-20, 11:13 PM

Wow ... that is cool turtle. Do those handlebars make the uni easier to ride uphill?
Thanks...
Shug

MuniSano · 2009-03-21, 12:43 AM

Turtle: nice seat errr handle bar drops! What a unique dismount! I'm definitely in a believer in handle bars now for XC type riding! Wow! If somebody were to manufacture frames like this I'd definitely buy! Kris Holm are you following all this? Still a little rough around the edges but definitely an excellent "proof of concept."

nathan · 2009-03-21, 02:17 AM

The uni, the riding, the scenery, all very nice. And it reminds me about the time in 2005 when we rode through Liechtenstein. One cool part was that the day we rode out of Vaduz, we had lunch at the Schlumpf world-headquarters, just up the river from there.

I can't wait to see where all this leads.

---Nathan

naturequack · 2009-03-21, 06:36 AM

Now I've seen V frames before and I've seen people hopping around on unis before, but this is the very first time I've heard German Reggae. Too cool!
Great vid turtle. Now we know where you got your name.

turtle · 2009-03-21, 06:40 AM

i live in vaduz (capital and middle of our country), the ride was in balzers, in the very south of liechtenstein (12 km from vaduz

), it's more a hill for us: 1100masl, start in balzers is 400masl. from the top you can see schlumpf's house! and the river is the rhein...

..around the edges i had to ride most time one-handed, but remember it was my first ride, and how you can see in the end of the vid, i was even able to crankflip that thing...

turtle · 2009-03-21, 06:42 AM

[QUOTE=naturequack;1210077]... but this is the very first time I've heard German Reggae. Too cool!
QUOTE]
actually it was even swiss reggea (dialect) a german can't understand it...

wickedbob · 2009-03-21, 07:07 AM

Looks nice, you look like a mad man pedaling it though. Can't wait to take some welding classes so I can mod my nimbus frame into something more like a bike.

munimutant · 2009-03-21, 07:37 AM

It is so cool to see the sport evolving so quickly here, it's like mountain biking in the early 80's. Thanks to all the pioneers like Turtle who are pushing the limits. I'm sure Kris H and others are monitoring these threads and working on prototypes. It will be exciting to see what happens next.

Felix CB · 2009-03-21, 11:52 AM

haha tahts awesome

the crankflip in the end was sick

2009-03-20, 09:33 PM	#2
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2009-03-20, 10:10 PM	#4
tim_desmet Registered User Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Belgium Age: 20 Posts: 1,419	that is just an awesome unicycle !!! but isn't the handlebar too low? I think I would prefer a bit higher... __________________ Sponsored by Municycle.com And IMPACT UNICYCLES!! Last street vid : summer street 2010 last trial/street vid: Tim Desmet- end of 2010 unicycling! Impact vid: http://vimeo.com/34332607

2009-03-20, 11:13 PM	#5
Shug Duke of the Doofs Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Roseville, MN USA Age: 55 Posts: 727	Wow ... that is cool turtle. Do those handlebars make the uni easier to ride uphill? Thanks... Shug __________________ I Need Stitches In My Britches ...... Industrial Strength Chafing My YouTube Videos

2009-03-21, 12:43 AM	#6
MuniSano Hartman Rocks, Uncompahgre beyond.. Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Huntsville, Alabama Age: 38 Posts: 995	Turtle: nice seat errr handle bar drops! What a unique dismount! I'm definitely in a believer in handle bars now for XC type riding! Wow! If somebody were to manufacture frames like this I'd definitely buy! Kris Holm are you following all this? Still a little rough around the edges but definitely an excellent "proof of concept." __________________ munisano

2009-03-21, 06:36 AM	#8
naturequack Igloo ceiling Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Ashland, Oregon, USA Age: 46 Posts: 426	Now I've seen V frames before and I've seen people hopping around on unis before, but this is the very first time I've heard German Reggae. Too cool! Great vid turtle. Now we know where you got your name. __________________ monocycle monstrosity Mustn't sleep! Clowns will eat me!

2009-03-20, 09:44 PM	#3
saskatchewanian ERIC P Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Denare Beach, Saskatchewan, Canada Age: 27 Posts: 5,244	Great stuff. I think you just made me a believer in wide handlebars (I was already a believer in bike seats and V frames )

2009-03-21, 02:17 AM	#7
nathan BIG rides: 24"/36" on/off road Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: Los Gatos, California Posts: 1,462	The uni, the riding, the scenery, all very nice. And it reminds me about the time in 2005 when we rode through Liechtenstein. One cool part was that the day we rode out of Vaduz, we had lunch at the Schlumpf world-headquarters, just up the river from there. I can't wait to see where all this leads. ---Nathan

2009-03-21, 06:40 AM	#9
turtle Seniorenklasse! Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: liechtenstein Age: 39 Posts: 2,502	i live in vaduz (capital and middle of our country), the ride was in balzers, in the very south of liechtenstein (12 km from vaduz ), it's more a hill for us: 1100masl, start in balzers is 400masl. from the top you can see schlumpf's house! and the river is the rhein... ..around the edges i had to ride most time one-handed, but remember it was my first ride, and how you can see in the end of the vid, i was even able to crankflip that thing... __________________ If everything's under control, you're going too slow I trust in those: Triton Mountainuni Brake System Schlumpf

2009-03-21, 06:42 AM	#10
turtle Seniorenklasse! Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: liechtenstein Age: 39 Posts: 2,502	[QUOTE=naturequack;1210077]... but this is the very first time I've heard German Reggae. Too cool! QUOTE] actually it was even swiss reggea (dialect) a german can't understand it... __________________ If everything's under control, you're going too slow I trust in those: Triton Mountainuni Brake System Schlumpf

2009-03-21, 07:07 AM	#11
wickedbob Registered User Join Date: Feb 2007 Posts: 4,063	Looks nice, you look like a mad man pedaling it though. Can't wait to take some welding classes so I can mod my nimbus frame into something more like a bike.

2009-03-21, 07:37 AM	#12
munimutant Keep the rubber side down Join Date: Dec 2007 Age: 52 Posts: 258	It is so cool to see the sport evolving so quickly here, it's like mountain biking in the early 80's. Thanks to all the pioneers like Turtle who are pushing the limits. I'm sure Kris H and others are monitoring these threads and working on prototypes. It will be exciting to see what happens next.

2009-03-21, 11:52 AM	#13
Felix CB Member of team crankbreakers Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Austria / Dörnbach Age: 18 Posts: 1,063	haha tahts awesome the crankflip in the end was sick __________________ i don´t know what i should enter here

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