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    jerryg
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    -That's a 2 wheeled, stacked unicycle...

    If you saw my recent post regarding an article in the Houston paper,
    this is almost a continuation of it. Jim Baccus read the article and
    traked me down. He lives in the same area and used to have a significant
    club here. His boys rode 12' unis and he had as many as 30 kids ride in
    parades. He even attended a few conventions in Ohio. I was invited over
    to see his uni collection and pictures. He had a photo of some youg guy
    riding a BC wheel in a parade and told me it was Sem Abrahms. He
    recalled some 'youg kid' with a decorated uni with bells and horns
    -named John Fost. (Sorry John, I think 63 years isn't too long to
    confuse Fost with Foss.)

    He has a shed full of mostly Schwinns -none have been ridden for at
    least 20 years when the club fell apart. Anyway, he "loaned" me a
    stacked 2-wheeled uni and I spent all day getting it ready to ride. I
    changed tires and tubes and cleaned rust off the chrome rims of the '83
    'unicycle factory' cycle and repacked the bearings.

    I spent about 1/2 hour trying to hang onto a wall and get on it. I
    managed to mount it, and clinging onto the wall with enough force to
    have cement under my nails, I made it about 20 feet. What's the trick to
    riding this thing, aside from doing everything backwards.

    ...Oh, and I'll add a picture of everyone waiting around the table, like
    any good family weekend.
    😄

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  2. KcTheAcy
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    My club has the same type of uni from the unicycle factory, but with 3
    wheels. I don't have any advise to offer but but those look fun and
    hard, maby I'll get one some day.

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  3. Homerbot
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    tennis courts are a gift from god

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  4. jsm
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    A two-wheeler is high on my wish list. It looks like a lot of fun.
    Here are some photos of Gilby riding his two-wheeler. Hopefully he can
    give you some advice.
    http://www.gilby.com/unicycling/photos/2wheeler/

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  5. UniBrier
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    COUGH'gilby' (http://www.gilby.com/unicycling/photos/2wheeler/)COUGH

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  6. jerryg
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    I've seen Gilby riding his double wheeler, and the pictures are great.
    But, the commentary is mostly concerned with tricks (that I can't do on
    a regular unicycle) and not much about actually learning to ride it.

    If you've never tried one, you should.

    Hanging on the wall and trying to mount, I knew I looked exactly like
    everyone I see trying to learn to ride a unicycle, that never tried
    before. It's like starting all over.

    Jer

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  7. UniBrier
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    This is a hard topic to search on without getting a plethora of
    unrelated threads.

    Seems Gilby, John Foss, and Ken Fuchs may be the best ones to answer.
    Did Brian MacKenzie (Sofa) or Andrew Carter ever get one?

    Here are some two wheeler threads that deal with learning.

    'Two-wheelers, multi-wheelers' (http://tinyurl.com/63haz)
    'Two wheelers are Brain Torture' (http://tinyurl.com/6wn6j)
    'learning a double-wheel uni' (http://tinyurl.com/3kf79)

    And others.

    '2 wheelers' (http://tinyurl.com/5cqwb)
    'Two-wheeler details wanted...please' (http://tinyurl.com/4gl3a)
    'riding 2 wheeler videos?' (http://tinyurl.com/68wsc)

    How's your other two wheeler, the Penny Farthing?

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  8. Klaas Bil
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    jerryg said:

    What's the trick to
    riding this thing, aside from doing everything backwards.

    When we still went to a unicycle club, my then 13-y.o. daughter could
    ride one in a big circle in the gym. She learned by riding endlessly
    between a set-out wall rack and the gym wall, so she had support from
    two sides. Then from two spotters in the open, then from one spotter,
    then only 'mental' support from someone (me, mostly) walking next to
    her. So basically the same as learning a regular uni, it's like
    learning all over and takes about as much time too.

    I've seen Sem Abrahams freemounting one, wildly looking, faking that
    he couldn't ride and in the process doing all kind of tricks.
    Hilarious.

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  9. jerryg
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    Thanks Steve, I'll check out the threads.

    The other two wheeled cycles (Penny Farthings) are fine. I'm still
    amazed that they are more of a crowd pleaser than a unicycle. --Excpet
    off-road, but that's because a muni gets respect on a trail instantly.
    Everytime I'm on the PF people come around and talk and say nice things
    and want to try, etc etc, but the uni mostly attracts gawkers and
    distant comments. Maybe it's because I have 2, and generally ride the
    PFs with another person, and on the uni, I'm generally alone. -People
    may be more afraid of a 'loner' on a wierd 'bike'.

    The stacked uni really is like learning all over. I was laughing at
    myself trying to mount the beast.

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  10. TonyMelton
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    A nice railing at the right height helps a lot when you're learning. I
    used a chicken wire fence beside a tennis court, which was less than
    ideal. It -is- like learning to ride again, however it won't take you as
    long as you'll have a better sense of when you're doing it right than a
    complete beginner (on a standard unicycle) would have. It took me about
    2 or 3 hours to learn to ride Steve Pavarno's two-wheeler.

    A good free mount is the side mount, which gets the pedals out of the
    'dead zone' and also starts them moving in the right direction.

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