size matters.

width doesn't make a difference, but i found that it is easier on my 24"
than on my 20"

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width does too make a difference....

the wider the tire, the grippier it is. the grippier it is, the harder
it is to turn. the harder it is to turn, the harder it is to correct
sideways when wheelwalking.

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onelesscar said:

width does too make a difference....

the wider the tire, the grippier it is. the grippier it is, the harder
it is to turn. the harder it is to turn, the harder it is to correct
sideways when wheelwalking.

It is easier for me to wheel walk on my 20" freestyle unicycle than my
trials unicycle for precisely that reason.

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sounds like a great explanation. very plausable.ill belive it.

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its easier for me to do it on my trials because I tend to go MUCH too
fast on a freestyle uni

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I think that its easyer with a small wheel, on my 24'' my legs feels to
crunched up to ww.

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uni_jim said:

width doesn't make a difference, but i found that it is easier on my 24"
than on my 20"

A narrower tire is easier to do sharp turns, spins, and piroets (sp?)
because of a sharper profile as well as less traction.

I think I read John Foss saying it was easier to ww on a 24 (more space
to put his feet) and everything else was equal difficulty or easier on
a 20, but it would take him a while to get used to either wheel size.

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i don't turn much when i ww, so i never noticed that, sorry.

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skilewis74 said:

A narrower tire is easier to do sharp turns, spins, and piroets (sp?)
because of a sharper profile as well as less traction.

I think I read John Foss saying it was easier to ww on a 24 (more space
to put his feet) and everything else was equal difficulty or easier on
a 20, but it would take him a while to get used to either wheel size.

if you have an EXTREMELY high seat and you are tall it is much easier
to WW a 24"
but otherwise... 20 for sure..w/ lowish pressure.

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uni_jim said:

i don't turn much when i ww, so i never noticed that, sorry.

When you wheel walk the tire will make a serpentine track on the ground
even when you are going straight. That serpentine track gives you a
little left and right movement that helps you keep your sideways
balance.

A fat trials tire wants to go as straight as possible so the serpentine
track doesn't happen to the same extent as with a skinnier BMX style
tire. Thus it is easier to keep your sideways balance on a BMX style
tire than with a trials style tire.

When you need to recover your side to side balance while wheel walking
you need to make a sharp and aggressive twist along with some body
english to get the wheel back under you. It's easier to do that
recovery move with a BMX tire than a trials tire. So again the BMX
tire makes things easier.

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