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  1. Original post
    oldfatboy
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    Having moved from Alaska to Idaho a couple of years ago, I'm still not
    used to this heat. I sweat a lot just being outside in the sun. Any way,
    since I am falling off the uni a lot (planned and upd) it is really
    adding to the chafing. Anybody with ideas on what to wear. I have tried
    loose pants and then tight pants, but they both rub.

    On another note, the uni is sure getting beat-up today 🙂 Lots of
    scratches on the plastic and I just knocked the seat out of alignment
    from it hitting the concrete so hard. I sure am loving it and having fun
    though 🙂
    Part of my sidewalk has a ramp handrail on one side and some cheap metal
    posts/braces for awning that is over the sidewalk. I have been able to
    go about 15 ft, turn around and go back. Sometimes I fall, sometimes I
    don't.
    About cooled off some, so time to fix the seat and do it some more 🙂

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  2. maxisbackintown
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    ride naked

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  3. James_Potter
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    cycling shorts help with chafing...
    but I suggest you should just live with it for like a week or so and
    eventually your legs will get used to it, and it won't chafe or hurt
    anymore.

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  4. Skippii
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    You plan to fall off the uni? 😕

    I wear loose cargo pants or shorts, but that mostly because I've lost
    enough cell phones uni'ing to only wear pants with zippered pockets
    these days.

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  5. James_Potter
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    Skippii said:

    *You plan to fall off the uni? 😕
    *

    everyone plans to fall off sometimes...if we didn't, then we'd be
    unicycling forEVER.

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  6. Wheel Rider
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    The chafing starts when you sweat. Padded cycling shorts are expensive.
    I have found "compression" shorts to be very useful and much cheaper. I
    bought several pair in the sporting goods department at Walmart. They
    are nylon (spandex) and fit tight around your thighs but do not have the
    padding like cycling shorts. When you start to sweat, your pants will
    rub against the nylon shorts instead of your skin. No need to "live
    with" the pain of chafing, try the compression shorts. They also help to
    keep "things" in place while you ride.

    As for the uni taking a beating, that is probably par for the sport. The
    seat especially will get beat up while you are learning.

    It sounds like you have a good location to practice. Keep turning that
    wheel. You are already far ahead of where I was after the first few
    days.

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  7. forrestunifreak
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    I used to wear those stretchy cycling shorts, but they're hot, and I
    found I didnt get chaffed anymore for some reason.

    The heat really bothers me too. Its only 78 f out right now, and I come
    in soaked with sweat after 10 minutes. Hate to see summer go, but I'll
    be glad when its fall and cooler out.

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  8. Unitik908
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    James_Potter said:

    *everyone plans to fall off sometimes...if we didn't, then we'd be
    unicycling forEVER. *

    or untill we didnt plan it

    Chase

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  9. oldfatboy
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    Skippii said:

    *You plan to fall off the uni? 😕
    *

    Well, for me, it is a barely-controlled fall 😉
    I want to get off, but it isn't stepping off; it's more lean forward,
    get a foot out there and hope for the best.
    The other answers are better than mine, but I am a newbie describing
    what I am doing/going through 😉

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  10. Wheel Rider
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    oldfatboy said:

    *Well, for me, it is a barely-controlled fall 😉
    I want to get off, but it isn't stepping off; it's more lean forward,
    get a foot out there and hope for the best.
    The other answers are better than mine, but I am a newbie describing
    what I am doing/going through 😉 *

    That brings to mind a fall that most of us have done at least once or
    twice. You lose your balance or hit something which causes BOTH feet to
    leave the pedals. All of a sudden, there you are sitting on top of the
    uni with both feet and both hands up in the air and you are wondering
    which way you are going to fall. Hope that you don't fall on your head.
    This is especially "exciting" if it happens and your uni is still
    rolling forwards with you sitting on top of it.

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  11. oldfatboy
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    Been there, done that...already today. Thought I was falling off so I
    moved my feet to land and found myself just sitting there for a second
    or maybe two. That was a weird feeling 🙂

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  12. Carey
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    I had the same experience just yesterday...feet off the pedals for a
    relatively simple UPD...but then--a pause--on the still upright
    unicycle...then head and feet decided to swap places while rotating
    around the fulcrum of my seat. Landed on head and shoulders--couldn't
    do that again if I tried.

    Carey

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  13. pdc
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    oldfatboy said:

    *Been there, done that...already today. Thought I was falling off so I
    moved my feet to land and found myself just sitting there for a second
    or maybe two. That was a weird feeling 🙂 *

    ^ Unplanned Coasting ^

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  14. Wheel Rider
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    pdc said:

    *^ Unplanned Coasting ^ *

    Yes. Maybe you should create a UPC T-shirt. 🙂

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