Freestyle uni

i imagine a freestyle uni would only help significantly if you were
tyring to do pirrouettes (where you spin around on the spot all nicely)
because of tyre grip and whats not and other high-end tricks

however for the stuff you're doing i'd stick at it with the nimbus and
then later on when you get good and decide you wanna still do it, get a
good one.

i can ride one footed, my mate who's got the same uni walks the wheel
and does other freestyle stuff on his nimbus. and we've got a 24". i'd
say you can do it on your uni as is.

good luck with it!

edit: i've got a 24x2.7" tyre and it does affect the ability to do
freestyle tricks a bit, it's easier with a skinnier tyre.

if i were you i'd get a skinnier tyre and shorter cranks and see how
that goes.

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tobbogonist said:

Ive been riding trials for about a year now and would like to teach
myself some freestyle tricks, i have a nimbus trials. I have been
attempting to; walk the wheel, ride one footedly and the odd other
things which i know not the terminology and was wondering that if i
bought a freestyle uni would it help? or just keep soldiering with the
nimbus?

For those tricks buying a freestyle 20" won't make things easier. Just
keep at it and you'll get them. Sometimes it helps to concentrate on
one skill at a time until you see progress.

Some skills, especially outdoors, are easier to learn on a trials uni
since it has a larger volume tire. This includes 1-foot riding, and
probably wheel-walking. However others are more difficult, such as
tight turns, spins, and the like.

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if you are definetly interested in freestyle then i would highly
recommend it, but if you are like alot of people who are just
interested in learning some skills then you can double up with the
trials, which works pretty well for the kind of tricks you mentioned
and many other flatland tricks that street riders are doing today.

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yea, I have a KH trials(with 140mm cranks), and am trying to learn
freestyle/flatlandish tricks, and spins have proven pretty much
impossible, and standup WW and seat to the side have been really really
hard and I still can't do them more than a rev.

would a freestyle uni help significantly?

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@miles

ummm, I thought the posts above you already addressed this issue.

The gist of the answer, if you missed it, was "no, you needn't get a
new unicycle to be able to do those tricks, you just need to practice
with what you have."

I have 127mm cranks with a 19"x2.5" maxxis creepy crawler tire and I
can do unispins, wheelwalk, 1ftww, and 1ft ride without difficulty. It
is easier to do tight spins on a narrower tire (maybe 1.75" or 2" would
be best), because there is less surface area touching the ground = less
friction between the tire and ground. so, perhaps a new tire is in
store for you. you could probably get a good one for less than $20 from
your local bike shop, and save your hundreds of dollars for when you
-really- think you'll need it.

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I can already do all the tricks you listed, but tricks like seat to the
side riding and idleing and crank idleing are eluding me.

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