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  1. Hey all,
    I'm just learning to ride, and I'm getting a lot of good information
    from this group. But a lot of the terminology is new to me ("sif" for
    example.) Is there a FAQ for this group that you could point me to? Or
    possibly a website that has some kind of glossary of uni terms?
    Thanks,
    Hodad

  2. sif - seat in front

    just look at the unicycle skills levels on
    http://www.unicyclist.org/cont/levels.cfm might give you a better
    understanding

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  3. Seat in Front

    Soon I will put a list of acronyms on unicyclist.org, as I often have
    the feeling not everyone understands everything.

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  4. leo said:

    Soon I will put a list of acronyms on unicyclist.org, as I often have
    the feeling not everyone understands everything.

    good idea.

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  5. Hodad said:

    Hey all,
    I'm just learning to ride, and I'm getting a lot of good information
    from this group. But a lot of the terminology is new to me ("sif" for
    example.) Is there a FAQ for this group that you could point me to?
    Or
    possibly a website that has some kind of glossary of uni terms?
    Thanks,
    Hodad

    This is of some help, I believe.
    http://www.unicyclist.com/forums/showthread.php?t=44676

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    tobbogonist said:

    and yes it will only have 1 wheel and will not run on suger and farts

    SAVAGE said:

    IT WAS A TOY COWBOY GUN!!!!

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  6. If you use the forum, rather than the news group, you get an FAQ button
    on the screen, and a search facility.

    - BC = BC wheel: a wheel with no pedals or cranks. Just platforms on
    the ends of the axle. Named after the character in the BC cartoons
    who rides a stone wheel. Sometimes called an impossible wheel.
    - KH Kris Holm. KH24 is a Kris Holm 24 inch uni, for example.
    - MUni = Mountain Unicycle.
    - SIF = Seat In Front - riding with the seat in front of you, held
    with one or both hands.
    - TUni = Trails Unicycle.
    - UPD = UnPlanned Dismount. Ironic reference to falling off.
    - UW = Ultimate Wheel. Like a unicycle with no frame or seat. Just
    a wheel and pedals.
    - XC = cross country - a particular version of the KH MUni.

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  7. Mikefule said:

    If you use the forum, rather than the news group, you get an FAQ button
    on the screen, and a search facility.

    Quoted message said:
    Quoted message said:


    - BC = BC wheel: a wheel with no pedals or cranks. Just platforms

    Quoted message said:

    on the ends of the axle. Named after the character in the BC
    cartoons who rides a stone wheel. Sometimes called an impossible
    wheel.


    - KH Kris Holm. KH24 is a Kris Holm 24 inch uni, for example.
    - MUni = Mountain Unicycle.
    - SIF = Seat In Front - riding with the seat in front of you, held

    Quoted message said:

    with one or both hands.


    - TUni = Trails Unicycle.
    - UPD = UnPlanned Dismount. Ironic reference to falling off.
    - UW = Ultimate Wheel. Like a unicycle with no frame or seat.

    Quoted message said:

    Just a wheel and pedals.


    - XC = cross country - a particular version of the KH MUni.

    Quoted message said:

    I added that to Tyler's thread.

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  8. sib = seat in back

    ww = wheelwalk

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    ivan said:

    I believe in the Invisible Pink Unicorn.

    mscalisi said:

    wait...invisible AND pink?

    'please... help save flightline'
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  9. TCOB= TAKING CARE OF BUSINESS*

    *BTO= bachman turner overdrive

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    all his auxiliary organs he is truly magnificent; but those organs have
    not grown on to him and they still give him much trouble at times."
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  10. hehe that's awsome^^

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    dudewithasock said:

    Yeah, and they have more estrogen than me, too. Now *that* takes guts.

    iridemymuni said:


    hey evan i've got the same blue nipples as you !!!!!

    tobbogonist said:


    this may be off topic, but my trouser snake is called:
    Conan: The Barbarian


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  11. boo radley said:

    good idea.

    'Here is a beginning' (http://www.unicyclist.org/cont/acronym.cfm).

    Mikefule said:

    UPD = UnPlanned Dismount. Ironic reference to falling off.

    Almost correct, but UPD is certainly NOT falling; the acronym was
    created to describe the situation of unplanned dismounting WITHOUT
    falling.

    Mikefule said:

    BC = BC wheel: a wheel with no pedals or cranks. Just platforms on the
    ends of the axle. Named after the character in the BC cartoons who
    rides a stone wheel. Sometimes called an impossible wheel.

    The 1st BC rider (or at least one of the very first) decided to name it
    "before christ wheel". BC in BC comics also stands for Before Christ.
    I'm in doubt wether the BC-wheel in the comic appeared before or after
    the BC-wheel IRL. I will ask the creator.

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  12. leo said:

    Almost correct, but UPD is certainly NOT falling; the acronym was
    created to describe the situation of unplanned dismounting WITHOUT
    falling.

    Falling off of the unicycle...not falling to the ground/wipeout.

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  13. leo said:

    Almost correct, but UPD is certainly NOT falling; the acronym was
    created to describe the situation of unplanned dismounting WITHOUT
    falling.

    In my book there are:
    Mild UPD's
    Auckward UPD's - lots of auwkward movements to get my feet under me
    and
    Bad UPD's - not staying on feet uppon landing.

    If I have either of the later two I temporarily scale back my riding a
    tad.

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  14. Mikefule said:

    KH=Kris Holm.

    I love the fact that he has a widely recognised acronym for a name.
    Damn that guy kicks ass.

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  15. Mikefule said:


    TUni

    Nobody calls it that.

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  16. Wtf

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