Unicycle Recommendation - Page 3

kahunacohen · 2012-07-25, 01:41 AM

I think you did fantastic considering you only learned a few months ago.

Yes a bit lower tire pressure and playing around with the seat height would probably help with the bumps a bit.

JimmyTheChimp · 2012-07-25, 02:24 PM

Yeah, I didn't have much luck with adjusting the seat height. I tried it last time I rode on the local rail trail and definitely found how high is too high (only an inch or so above where I originally had it). I could just barely mount, then when I was pedaling I was over-extending my legs to reach the pedals in their lowest position. Then I tried to dismount normally and ended up falling on my face! I guess I just couldn't get my feet in the right place with the extra seat height. I also got a pretty dirty look from a bike rider who saw me fall.

kahunacohen · 2012-07-27, 02:13 AM

So now that I have the trials wheel for the KH20 long neck frame, I have yet to put the flatland wheel on again and am thinking of selling the flatland wheel.

Apart from working on my jumping, I am also working on one foot riding and wheel walking. Are those two skills going to be much easier on the flatland wheel, which is 20" and has a less aggressive, thinner tire?

2012-07-25, 01:41 AM	#31
kahunacohen Registered User Join Date: Jun 2012 Location: Silver Spring, MD Age: 39 Posts: 346	I think you did fantastic considering you only learned a few months ago. Yes a bit lower tire pressure and playing around with the seat height would probably help with the bumps a bit. __________________ KH20 Street '85 Semcycle 24" Custom KH29 with Oracle Disc Hub

2012-07-27, 02:13 AM	#33
kahunacohen Registered User Join Date: Jun 2012 Location: Silver Spring, MD Age: 39 Posts: 346	So now that I have the trials wheel for the KH20 long neck frame, I have yet to put the flatland wheel on again and am thinking of selling the flatland wheel. Apart from working on my jumping, I am also working on one foot riding and wheel walking. Are those two skills going to be much easier on the flatland wheel, which is 20" and has a less aggressive, thinner tire? __________________ KH20 Street '85 Semcycle 24" Custom KH29 with Oracle Disc Hub

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2012-07-25, 02:24 PM	#32
JimmyTheChimp Registered User Join Date: Apr 2012 Location: Southern Maryland Age: 22 Posts: 26	Yeah, I didn't have much luck with adjusting the seat height. I tried it last time I rode on the local rail trail and definitely found how high is too high (only an inch or so above where I originally had it). I could just barely mount, then when I was pedaling I was over-extending my legs to reach the pedals in their lowest position. Then I tried to dismount normally and ended up falling on my face! I guess I just couldn't get my feet in the right place with the extra seat height. I also got a pretty dirty look from a bike rider who saw me fall.

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