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i have to ride my bike to school every day (to far to unicycle), and
i've found that the rides become much more fun since i started
unicycling - just being able to use a freewheel is so cool!

but still, i prefer unicycling cos i suck so much at bike trials - but i
can do a load of stuff on my uni!

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Same here, its fun to go fast, but bikes are hard to -do- stuff on.

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I still bike for transportation. I use it in the Seattle winter when
it's dark and rainy and too risky to Coker in traffic. It's great
transportation and somewhat faster than the Coker but no where near as
much fun. When I commute by Coker I ride curbs, hop and idle at
intersections, interact with more people, and in general have a better
time for a slightly longer and harder workout. Being as tall as a city
bus is cool.

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I'll always be a biker first, unicycler second. I love my uni's, but
they're not nearly as fun to tour on. My bike and panniers = ultimate
freedom. You just can't get that on a uni.

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I honestly don't think I've ridden a bike in .... maybe 3 or 4 years.

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I hadn't ridden a bike for at least a year, and then one day, my friend
invites me to go on a bike ride with her. because her normal biking
buddy is gone, so I'm like her backup. it was a 12 mile ride, that I
had done on my Coker before, and it was sooo easy!! on the downhills I
didn't even need to pedal, that was -awesome-....and uphill, every
pedalstroke took me farther than it felt like it should. it was
amazing!! it almost convinced me to start biking more myself, and I
think I would have, if I had a bike of my own....

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Bikes are good fun. You simply can't go screaming downhill at 40mph on
a unicycle. But then they can make some easy trails quite dull by being
too easy. I consider myself a cyclist, not a biker who unicycles or a
unicyclist who bikes.

The thing that always gets me is that people who know I unicycle are
foten really amazed when they see me on a bike, as if being able to ride
on one wheel means I would never bother with a bike. Odd.

John

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yea biking can be lots of fun. ive been doing flatlant for like 3 years
at least. i encourage everyone to try flatland.

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I have the Venice bikepath right next to m house--50 miles along the
ocean. I get on it at least once a week just to air it out and lay down
some velocity!

Yee ha!

JL

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i like them both, muni and trials and stuff on the unis, probably
because i lack a coker, and i love biking for the speed, distance, and
freedom you can have. seager and made it from Astoria Oregon to Boston
one summer a few years back. you just can't carry that kinda gear on a
uni. plus you'd never get the sweet sweet rest of coasting for 20 mins
going down some huge moutain that took you 3 hours to climb.

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I mountain biked for 5-6 years before i got a uni (Feb. 05), and now I
have a muni.

I can't say which one i prefer.
Muni's safer because there is not much speed element, and the hopping
ability makes it more diverse.
But i'm also still an avid mountain biker. Uniing has helped me with
manipulating each bike wheel on super technical stuff, and biking seems
more dynamic w/ 2 wheels, speed, and air (off jumps).
They basically complement each other in abilities and I couldn't see
myself stopping either one any time soon.
I think on a trail, biking is more dynamic, and you can cover more
distance, getting more technical stuff in (my favorite).
Muni is more peaceful and quiet, but I feel at one w/ both my muni and
bike.

Basically, I got into uni both because I have been wheelying my bike
around the neighborhood for years, and my friend got one.

I don't know why many unicyclers treat "biking" as a taboo, I mean, it's
just as fun, even if you do have 2 wheels *gasp*!

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For me, Mountain Biking is for going out with my mates on our weekly
group rides, and my Muni is for exercising with my dogs, and going
through the woods for fun.

I really love cycling whether it is on my Mountain Bike, or my Muni.

Innes

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harper said:

*Being as tall as a city bus is cool. *

...so what's the view like when you mount the Coker? You must have to
duck when you ride under the street lamps!

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biking and unicycling are like yin and yang
u need both to survive or whatever
biking is awesome and so is unicycling
especially cuz one is slow and steady (unicycle)
and the other is fast paced and such (bike)

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dude, unicycling is awesome
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Yeah i hadnt riddin a bike since about august of last year... and then
about 3 weeks agoi rode a really nice croos country trek bike.. and boy
howdy it was so fun.. i thought i went fast on my uni, then i rode that
bike at slow cruising speed and i was goin a little faster then a faster
pace cruz on my uni... it took me like 20 mintues of riding until i
relized that i didnt have to continually pedal. I could give 4-5 revs
and cruise along for a couple hundred feet.. its was really fun. but im
still not gonna get a bike. unis are still better

Chase

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Schmidty563 said:

*biking and unicycling are like yin and yang
\ *

well stated john, well stated

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maestro8 said:

*...so what's the view like when you mount the Coker? You must have
to duck when you ride under the street lamps! *

I had to get a triple seat post extension so the tiny, little Coker
would fit my inseam. Oh, there you are...I can see you down there in
Cali from up here. I've bumped my head on a few crosswalk signals. How
are plans for the Cali MUni weekend coming along?

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harper said:

*I had to get a triple seat post extension so the tiny, little Coker
would fit my inseam. Oh, there you are...I can see you down there in
Cali from up here. I've bumped my head on a few crosswalk signals. How
are plans for the Cali MUni weekend coming along? *

I think that the seat post for the coker is too short....it's pretty
much all the way out for me, and could still be longer to be
comfortable.

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Yesterday I rode a bike for the first time in months. It was OK, but a
bit boring--actually, because the unicycle forced me to consider all
kinds of cycle issues (like tires, crank sizes, seats, etc) that I
always took for granted, I did appreciate more of the mechanical side of
the bike. It was fun, but I still felt more at home on my revved-up Sun
28er.

One bike I definitely want to buy some day--the monster bike with the
Coker wheels!!! That is a bike I want!

Anyone here ever ride a Coker-wheeled monster bike?

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