Tiny Unis

I've ridden a 12", there ridicules.

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Fly04066814 said:

anyone else ridden 12" unis?

The owner of my lrbs (local recumbant bike shop) offered me a 12" Sun
uni for $20 and I couldn't resist. I bought it for my son, Adam,
who'll be turning 3 in July. It is too big for him, and definitely
circus-small for me.

I've only ridden it a little since I don't want to break it before
Adam can ride. I find my feet hit the ground is I'm not careful, and
the pedals scrape if I turn too fast.

Ken

I've done it!! it's very hard. impossible to freemount of course, but
once you're on it, it's doable....I only went about 15 feet though. and
I'm 5'11.5"

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My bro rode one at Moab. He actually freemounted it, it was cool.

I didn't want to, because I figured I'd probably break it. It had a
ridiculous wheelbuild.

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James_Potter said:

it's very hard. impossible to freemount of course

:-)

Here's my trick for freemounting. Instead of approaching the 12" like
a regular uni and attempting a standard mount, try standing on one
pedal and sitting on the seat before lifting the other foot to the
pedal at 12 O'clock. It should feel something like a side mount, but
without the leg motion.

Ken

Fly04066814 said:

*

tis 1:30am :eek: *

I have sunburn!!!!!!

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I have ridden on this contraption (I think it's between 6" and 8"😉:
http://www.juggleart.com/catalog/product_info.php?products_id=215&cPath=160

I definitely agree that such things are fun, although especially with
the tiny one it's easy to get dumped off.

And yes, I did free mount.

With a super low seatpost it's tough to mount. I've never ridden a tiny
wheel with a seat post that was even close to fitting me though

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I rode a small unicycle at the local juggling club recently. It was
either a 16" or 12"; I'm not sure exactly. In any case, the seatpost was
most of the way down at the time (and I'm about 6'1"😉 so I was riding
with my knees near my chin and the pedals constantly bumping the floor.
It felt, and probably looked quite ridiculous. I didn't have any trouble
mounting.

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James_Potter said:

* it's very hard. impossible to freemount of course, but once you're
on it, it's doable*

Easy to freemount just put pedal on ground and step up 10 inches.

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James_Potter said:

* it's very hard. impossible to freemount of course, but once you're
on it, it's doable*

I used to own a 12". Freemounting was different, but by no means
impossible. I learned one-foot riding, wheel-walking and gliding on it.

I watched John Foss seat drag it as well - cool! That must have been at
Unicon VIII because I can't think of another time we would have been in
the same room.

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Fuego said:

*My bro rode one at Moab. He actually freemounted it, it was cool.
*

Somebody (I dont know if it was forest(not me, your brother🙄 )
was doing stuff like pedal grabbing to rubber on it...

Thats were I rode one, but only real quick. And I dont remember it being
hard to freemount..

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Stu Carter said:

*I watched John Foss seat drag it as well - cool!*

I think those are actually easier to seat drag than bigger ones. There
may be a bit of that in the next Dan Heaton video -- we'll see.

That's on my own 12", which has an extremely low seat. It looks pretty
funny when I ride it, which is the idea. I've taken to using the Mission
Impossible theme in the few shows I do, starting up the music and then
producing the unicycle from a small bag or suitcase. Then putting on a
helmet before actually attempting to ride it...

Quoted message said:

*That must have been at Unicon VIII because I can't think of another
time we would have been in
the same room.*

That was a very cool room. Lots of grea riding went on in there! I
remember trying to ride Eric Kolb's recumbent in there, and making it
around the room (not quite). I also remember Julien Monney practicing
what seemed like all hours, and finally nailing that elusive stand-up
coast, or stand-up coast seat in front, or some similar sick-hard
coasting skill... 🙂

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not my brother, I think.

Ah, reminiscing about moab... I'm gonna just love it next year.

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johnfoss said:

I also remember Julien Monney practicing what seemed like all hours, and
finally nailing that elusive stand-up coast, or stand-up coast seat in
front, or some similar sick-hard coasting skill... 🙂

It was only (haha! ONLY!) a normal, vanilla stand-up coast.

If anyone had told me on that night what he'd be doing today, I would have
laughed at them. Or asked for some of what they were on. Or both.

Having had around 5 years almost completely out of the unicycle scene, I
only recently checked up on Julien to see what he's up to now - and boy
did my jaw hit the floor! The Koxx-One video did my head in.

Time to get practising again!

Maybe I have to make a version of my slimgraph
(http://slimgraph.pygmygoat.net/users.php?user=stu) but for gliding
distance, and then one for coasting distance!

Cheers,

Stu
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I freemounted one after the second try at OUI 05. If you check out the
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rather low. I don't remember who the unicycle belonged to, sorry, but
anyway thanks for letting me try it...🙂

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Glad people didn't tell me they're hard to freemount, I did it my 2nd
try last winter 😄 They're funny to ride 😄

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