Coker Muni and Street - 36er Crankflip and Grind

[phthoruth]

Nicely done, Brian! My favorite technical bit is at 1:07... because 36" is heavy and not easy to do a rolling hop.

Originally Posted by Brian O.

The music is Henry Gale, they are an awesome post rock group and if you like Explosions in the Sky, you will love them: http://www.myspace.com/henrygaleisaband

Good choice of music for the video.

Originally Posted by Brian O.

I did all of the riding as well as most of the filming. Any scene with a moving camera was shot with the help of Sam Haber. It was shot on my 5d Mark II.

I was wondering about that, at 1:32. Was that Sam or you holding the camera as your rode?
Re 5d Mark II. I hate you. Thats a great camera.

[Brian O.]

Originally Posted by phthoruth

I was wondering about that, at 1:32. Was that Sam or you holding the camera as your rode?

Whoops, so that was the one moving clip which I shot. I had the camera on a tripod and was holding the tripod by its legs so that it was upside down with the camera pointing at me and then I flipped the footage during editing.

I do freelance photography and video outside of unicycling and that camera has been a huge help in letting me carry around a lot less gear by combining stills and video into one device.

I have almost no desire to ride any of my other unicycles anymore. Doing muni on a 24" wheel is painfully tedious for me now. The coker actually gets the adrenaline pumping when I'm flying down the trails and catching air off rocks.

I'm glad you liked the music! I actually work with one of the guys in the band so it probably won't be the last of them you'll be hearing in my videos.

[Caterpillar with a hookah]

Yay, post rock!

I love how you can roll over everything so smoothly on the Coker. And yeah, riding up to the pole and spinning off of it looked really fun.

Nice video!

[doamono]

so cool.. 180's look crazy, kind of forces flowy street riding or you fall.. i like

[tsilcycinu]

Inspirational!

[tr4nspo]

FREAKKKKKKKKKK
Never crossed my mind......!!!
Been riding 36-er for years.
Can't wait to see more.....(please)

[siafirede]

Awesome video!

I really liked the muni and rolling street stuff (rolling drops, stairs, fun spins etc), I am not a fan of crank flips in any sense - and they still look boring on a 36er BUT I do appreciate the talent it takes to do it on the big wheel.

I never really cared to grind or crank flip or any of that with the 36er, the beauty of it for me was rolling over everything fast and smooth.

You definitely captured the beauty of the 36er, I still use my ungeared 36er with 150s all the time for most of the reasons that you highlight in the vid.

As far as the ISIS/square taper thing - I never had any issues with bending my square taper cranks until about a year of use. I never had any issues with muni, but taking it to the skate park a few too many times bent my square taper crank.

[Shug]

Terrific !! I preferred the riding in the woods to the street stuff ..... although I liked and appreciated it ALL.
The woods just has a smoothness and cool speed to it.
Plus I just like terra-firma over concrete.
Well edited and my favorite shot was the long shot on rock idle with town behind.
Shug

[Brian O.]

Originally Posted by siafirede

I am not a fan of crank flips in any sense - and they still look boring on a 36er BUT I do appreciate the talent it takes to do it on the big wheel.

I totally acknowledge that crankflips are a bit silly on a 36er but so many people had been telling me it would be impossible (mainly Spencer) that I just had to prove them wrong. I had them in under an hour.

Originally Posted by siafirede

I really liked the muni and rolling street stuff (rolling drops, stairs, fun spins etc

Originally Posted by Shug

Terrific !! I preferred the riding in the woods to the street stuff ..... although I liked and appreciated it ALL.
The woods just has a smoothness and cool speed to it.

I'm definitely taking both of your comments into account for the second video. Like I said above, some of the street stuff I did was more just to prove that it was possible. The next video will mainly be muni I believe. For the third video I definitely plan to grind a real rail though.

[SqueakyOnion]

Awesome video! Didn't think some of those things were possible on a 36.

[SOG316]

I cant believe you did the drops like that amazing!

[Brian O.]

Originally Posted by SOG316

I cant believe you did the drops like that amazing!

Drops aren't actually bad at all on the Coker. I can't comment on what a static drop would be like, but being able to ride quickly off a drop definitely makes it feel much smoother than it would on a small wheel. The forward momentum makes the drop a lot less jarring.

[unireed]

i just got basically the same coker big one, but all stock. what are some tricks that are relatively easy to do on a coker? i know there are thousands of tricks, but i just started riding a 36er and i dont want to break my uni doing something i shouldnt.

[Brian O.]

Originally Posted by unireed

i just got basically the same coker big one, but all stock. what are some tricks that are relatively easy to do on a coker? i know there are thousands of tricks, but i just started riding a 36er and i dont want to break my uni doing something i shouldnt.

My best advice is to make sure your spokes are tight before you start trying to do anything fancy. My big one shipped with loose spokes and if I had ridden it like that, I don't think it would have survived up until this point.

[unireed]

Originally Posted by Brian O.

My best advice is to make sure your spokes are tight before you start trying to do anything fancy. My big one shipped with loose spokes and if I had ridden it like that, I don't think it would have survived up until this point.

not a problem--mine is used and i have tightened them already. i have been trying to do rolling hops, but i only get a couple inches of air and i have trouble maintaining pedal position, so landing is awkward.

also, another problem i hve when hopping is that my knees hit the frame. i am not short, about 5"9-10", and my inseam is around 30--is it my height or am i doing it wrong?

keep in mind i can do all of these things on my other 20" and 24".