Unicross

OK... so apparently there is a Unicross (UMX) race at TOque (which
already took place this year).

Can you compete in just a single event at TOque or do you have to
compete in all the events (trials, high jump, etc.)? Are Cokers allowed
to compete in the Unicross race at TOque (or is there a specific class
just for Cokers)?

Are there any other Unicross races other than at TOque?

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There were several 'cyclocross' (http://tinyurl.com/ce3ml) threads last
fall.

I'd be up for a PNW race this fall.

Jagur, your Muni going to be ready by then?

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UniBrier said:

*There were several 'cyclocross' (http://tinyurl.com/ce3ml) threads
last fall.

I'd be up for a PNW race this fall.

Jagur, your Muni going to be ready by then? *

I could be mistaken, but I believe cyclocross is quite different than
Unicross (UMX). I'm specifically interested in the races that are held
on BMX tracks with tabletop jumps, whoops, berms, and that kind of
stuff.

Rye Airfield in NH has an outdoor BMX Track that is 1,300 foot long and
all downhill and sounds amazing. I hope to get there sometime this
summer to ride that track and their skatepark on my Coker.

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There have been 3 UMX events at the Toque games one each year it was
held. I would have to say the first year was the best by far as we were
actually on the dirt track. The other years were done in a crazy school
play yard that has some cool hilly features.

The events are all really fun typically 3-5 in a heat racing as fast as
you can over difficult terrain. Top 2 of the heat advances to the next
round until the final heat to decide the overall winner. I'm sure you
already know how this works I figure its best to inform thoes who dont
though.

As far as I know no one used a coker in any of the UMX races. Mostly
24's although there might have been a 29 in the mix somewhere.

Good times though, and I deffenatlly think it would be worth having at
an event, its kind of like speed rolling trials I guess as if you cant
make it over an obstical you have to walk and mount from where you can
ride.

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I ride my uni on Dirt bike tracks all the time, thats al i have out
here. Ive never tired em on a wheel bigger than a 24, cause ive never
even tried a uni with a bigger wheel than that.

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caw89 said:

*I ride my uni on Dirt bike tracks all the time, thats al i have out
here. Ive never tired em on a wheel bigger than a 24, cause ive never
even tried a uni with a bigger wheel than that. *

You don't have any problem getting over the big table-top jumps on your
24"?

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Well most my tracks out here are doubles and jumps without landings, the
one with table tops and an actual good track is a lil distance of a ride
away, I dont see mto have much problems gettin up em, its a lot easier
than on the 20in. But i prefer mountain, or downhil ridin, this uphill
stuff gets to tirein and slow.

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I've been trying to get good enough to ride a "UMX style."
I don't really like the whole "stop, study and rest" thing.

It just takes a tremendous amount of skill to do the continuous (racing)
riding style over techincal terrain.

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caw89 said:

*But i prefer mountain, or downhil ridin, this uphill stuff gets to
tirein and slow. *

Is your BMX track partially uphill... or when you say "uphill" are you
just referring to the tabletop jump itself being "uphill?" The Rye
Airfield track I mentioned earlier in this thread is entirely downhill!
With a Coker you'd be able to ride the track faster... perhaps that
would be more to your liking.

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HardcoreCokerRider said:

*I could be mistaken, but I believe cyclocross is quite different than
Unicross (UMX). *

Cyclocross is different than BMX (Bicycle moto-cross). UMX would mean
Unicycle moto-cross.

Unicross has been used before in reference to unicycle cyclocross:

Quoted message said:

-Originally posted by GizmoDuck in Uni Cyclocross Pics thread-
*Wow that looks like fun!

First "unofficial" US National Cyclocross title? You guys should make
it into an official sport! Unicross perhaps? 😎 *

Using UMX (Unicycle moto-cross) seems like the better term for what you
are describing. Doesn't confuse people like me.🙂

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ChangingLINKS.com said:

*I've been trying to get good enough to ride a "UMX style."
I don't really like the whole "stop, study and rest" thing.

It just takes a tremendous amount of skill to do the continuous
(racing) riding style over techincal terrain. *

I think you'll probably get good enough to handle that kind of terrain
pretty quickly with some practice. Technical tricks take a lot more time
to master than difficult terrain, in my opinion (at least when it comes
to rolling, anyway).

I'm really psyched to do some UMX riding. I'm not too concerned about
having the skill to ride the terrain because I've challenged myself on
all the same types of obstacles several times with pretty decent
success. I am quite concerned about having the stamina to be able to
make it around the track many times, however, because it is physically
exhausting to ride a Coker on that type of terrain for very long. How
many laps would a typical race be? I'll be surprised if I could do more
than 2 - 3 laps without a UPD.

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UniBrier said:

*Using UMX (Unicycle moto-cross) seems like the better term for what
you are describing. Doesn't confuse people like me.🙂 *

You make a good point. I hadn't considered that when I wrote the post.
Sorry for the confusing term. I'll use the term UMX.

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HardcoreCokerRider said:

*
I'll be surprised if I could do more than 2 - 3 laps without a UPD.
*

... or a heart attack!

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I would love to try this event i didnet even know about it heheh

is the next one going to be in texas ? hehe

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One big problem with riding on a BMX track is that unicycles can ruin
the track for the bikes. Unicycles cannot get air over a jump or even a
small bump so the unicycle plows right over the lip and then rides down
the other side. It ruins the jump or feature for the bikes. The 20"
BMX riders don't even like 26" wheel bikes riding on the track because
the different wheel size messes up the jumps and ramps and moguls.

A UMX course for unicycles would also be designed differently than a BMX
course for bikes. A bike course has jumps. A unicycle course would
have features that would challenge a unicycle but be rather tame for a
bike.

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My local council has suddenly seen fit to spend £20k on a bike track
that's been around since the 60s, it's a sprint (i.e. not circular)
track that's mostly down hill, very hard work on a 24" but a friend of
mine managed the majority of it on his 28" The local bikers don't seem
to mind atall, i think they see their main threat as peopel trying to
ride mopeds or scooters around it, whihc destroys the jumps pretty
quickly. Some photos of our last visit are availble here
http://tinyurl.com/8jwsh

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We sorta built a UMX course in my backyard,its a tad lame but its fun.

THe jumps arent high,but on our 24" we can get like 1-2 feet of air,we
also have 2-3 1/2 foot drops that you can just hit fast and jump off.

I'll try to get pics later,maybe,to better explain.

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HardcoreCokerRider said:

*
Is your BMX track partially uphill... or when you say "uphill" are you
just referring to the tabletop jump itself being "uphill?" The Rye
Airfield track I mentioned earlier in this thread is entirely
downhill! With a Coker you'd be able to ride the track faster...
perhaps that would be more to your liking.

*

I was mostly refering to the table tops and ramps, but also my tracks
are flat and some spots go uphil and some downhill, when its on a dirt
bike you dont need it downhill. An actual dowhill courdse sounds crazy
fun!

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I thought 'UMX' was a general, if rather dated, term for general offroad
riding on unicycles. Its fallen out of use since the advent of Muni, so
calling a unicycle race on a short BMX track is not really in the
original sense of UMX. However if this form of unicycle racing gains
popularity that's what it could eventually come to mean.

I'm sure John Foss will be able to tell us more about the original use
of the term 'UMX'.

One other point is that I think the Muni race at UNICON is still
officially rather quaintly called a UMX race. At UNICON XI at least (the
only UNICON I've been to) the muni race was more of a downhill muni race
- not really UMX at all. Correct me if I'm wrong!

Personally I'd rather see more effort go into true cross country style
Muni races - more similar to MTB XC races than BMX races. My 2c.

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