B.C. wheel origins?

the comic

They are sometimes called 'impossible wheels' but as they clearly aren't
impossible BC wheel is usually used

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B.C wheels is another name for imposibble wheels. The reason they are
sometimes called B.C wheels is because of reference to a similar type of
transport in early cave man drawings. (B.C - Before Christ)

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B.C. was taken from the Johnny Hart B.C. comic.

It was originally called an impossible wheel because it was really hard
to ride.

With riders like Jeff Grove and Ryan Atkins poineering new and unreal
tricks, impossible is not the right name for it any longer.

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I always thought they were called BC wheels because when the Romans rode
them as a means of escape from the invading Vandals the were said to be
fleeing "bocifus hic calmus" or "vociferously yet calmly", i.e BhC,
shortened to BC.

I never would have guessed it would be as simple as a comic book
reference.

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Darren said:

*B.C. was taken from the Johnny Hart B.C. comic.

It was originally called an impossible wheel because it was really
hard to ride.

With riders like Jeff Grove and Ryan Atkins poineering new and unreal
tricks, impossible is not the right name for it any longer.

Darren *

For anybody out there that hasn't tried the new generation of BC wheels,
GET ONE!!!!!!

They are incredibly fun, and not ridiculously hard to learn. I just
got one and have found that the major initial challenge is getting up
the nerve to land confidently on the thing. Once you're going it's
perhaps slightly harder than gliding but a lot easier than coasting.
Of course what Jeff and Ryan are doing on this thing is taking it to a
whole new level, but basic riding isn't as bad as you might think.

Hoping one day to be half as good as Jeff and Ryan...
-Kris

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I thought the original question is where did they originate? Yes, the
name comes straight from the Johnny Hart comic strip.

The first one I ever saw was one with Sem Abrahams on it, at the 1980
USA National Meet in Kokomo, Indiana. That was also the first unicycle
convention I'd been to. I think at the time it was fairly new to the
convention community.

The origin of that type of "vehicle" probably goes all the way back to
the invention of the unicycle, if not earlier. I'm sure there were early
vaudevillians who used something similar to today's B.C. Wheels in shows
by the late 1890s at the latest.

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Is it impossible to learn if you dont know how to glide? Also, if you do
learn it before gliding and coasting, does it make gliding and coasting
alot easier to learn?

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litledude2:

no, it is not impossible to learn without knowing how to glide or coast.
I learned in about an hour, and I cannot glide or coast at all. as for
if it helps with glidign and coasting, I couldnt tell you. I havent
tried either after learning to ride my B.C. wheel. I would imagine not,
because your center of gravity on a unicycle crown would be totally
different than the center of gravity on a B.C. wheel, as you are about a
foot higher (depending on wheel and frame size) on the uni. So I would
guess maybe a little, but not too much.

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