48" Uw

Why not call it a penultimate wheel? I think that would be appropriate.

One problem that has occurred to me is this; since the wheel is 48" and
the seat is just above the wheel, the distance between the pedals and
the saddle will be just over two feet. Make sure you have the right
inseam for riding it, as the design does not seem to allow for any
adjustments of seat height. Just something to keep in mind.

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jsm said:

*Why not call it a penultimate wheel? I think that would be
appropriate. *

dude.... that actually makes sense! I LIKE IT!!

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Monowheel is taken. 'This' (http://tinyurl.com/5svx9) is a mono
wheel.

But I really like the PenUltimate wheel.

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Ottawa Dave - did you succeed in making your 48" UW with the saddle on
rollers? Is this your enormous UW at the Ottawa Unicycle Invasion
http://gallery.unicyclist.com/album634?page=3 ? If its not yours does
anyone know who built it and what it was like to ride?

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HEY!
no fair i thought of this first, man some one always steal my invetions!
grr!

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TonyMelton said:

*Ottawa Dave - did you succeed in making your 48" UW with the saddle
on rollers? Is this your enormous UW at the Ottawa Unicycle Invasion
http://gallery.unicyclist.com/album634?page=3 ? If its not yours does
anyone know who built it and what it was like to ride? *

I am the one pictured riding this UW (it is the UW waiting to get
rollers and a seat put on it)

As is, it was incredibly hard to ride, I could not get past 3 pedal
rotations after many many attempts. The wheel, being so huge, would
snag the top of your leg just as you thought you had it, and as soon as
it touched your leg, it would snap the wheel at what felt like a 90
degree turn as soon as it touched.

Or, if you just started going, it might not be the top of your leg the
wheel snagged, you would be sitting on the wheel with no notice and just
fall forward.

I wish I had time to figure it out, and as I had only planned on filming
on saturday (I'd much rather film trials than partake in it) the sandals
and no wristguards prevented me from trying 'too much' to figure it out,
he only had small plastic pedals on it.

As neat as it was, the practicality of the 36" pneumatic tired UW i have
it not there, this would almost certainly be a flat, straight riding
machine (although, hey, seems like people are doing things on EVEYTHING
these days!)

It might be much better when he gets the seat put on it, but it will
still have to contend with the large wheel only having one solid strip
of skinny hard rubber lining the wheel.

As a UW, I put all my money on the 36" version. But I was really
excited to get a chance to try it out, I got giddt when I saw it! I
immediately went back to my car to grab my helmet, as I could just
imagine what hitting your head on the ground from this high might feel
like!

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that's huge! how tall are you? i'm 6'4 and while i'm not so good at UW,
the extra clearance might make it possible for me to ride such a
monster. with a ton of practice of course.

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i'm 5'11, 34" inseam with shoes on

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WOW that things a BEAST! Looks painful, it would give you a rash if you
were too short:eek:

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Brian MacKenzie said:

*It might be much better when he gets the seat put on it, but it will
still have to contend with the large wheel only having one solid strip
of skinny hard rubber lining the wheel.*

At first I was going to reply to this with something similar to what JC
said, about the handling of hard-tire big wheels. But then I looked more
closely at those photos. It looks like this is just a piece of plywood
with a strip of rubber (fan belt?) wrapped over the edge. Not really a
tire at all.

Also not really anything to attach a roller-seat to.

This tire method is nice and simple, but will wear out really fast if
ridden outside. Really fast as in probably just a few miles. Assuming
the cycle is built for novelty, this could be okay. Then it's all about
looks and the unique design.

For more robust riding, consider a piece of wheelchair rubber or similar
tire material on there so you can really go places. This will require a
rim, and various other engineering to complicate your life. But in the
process, you can have some sort of structure to attach the seat to,
where it won't fall off every time you drop the unicycle.

I have pictures of Tom Miller riding a "frameless" wagon wheel unicycle
back in 1981 or so. In other words, it was a giant wooden ultimate
wheel, approx. 46" diameter.

Hard as it is to ride this one, having a seat in there will make worlds
of difference. As long as the seat is solidly held in place...

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'Here's' (http://home.cogeco.ca/~wordfaith/images/Woodwheel-low.wmv) a
small video we took of Brian trying to ride that wooden wheel.

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Hi John,

Thanks for your comment. The rubber part of the wheel is made from
heavy rubber pipe that I cut along it's length pride apart and glued to
the wooden disk.
The wheel was built to see if the idea of a large frame less uni would
work, just for fun, I'm not trying to reinvent the wheel.
The seat is going to be attached to the wheel roller coaster style with
rollers that grab the round profile of the rubber pipe from above and
below to prevent the seat from lifting off the wheel. Below the rollers
the frame that suports the seat will have 2 nylon skid plates that will
keep the seat from leaning to one side or another by running along the
side of the disk.
I have been playing with this set up and it seems as if it will work,
though I still need to put all the parts together and take the whole rig
out for a wobble. I'll keep you posted

Cheers Dave

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