After our muni sessions, my friend Roland, with a KH24XC and I, with my
KH29XC, cruise to the local univ. campus to play on the steps and other
concrete shapes.
I've been uni'ing longer, but he can out-hop me. Last night the
son-of-a-gun stuck a landing on a concrete bench we've been looking at
and trying without success. I don't seem to get the height he gets.
Of course there are many reasons he's out-hopping me. For example,
though I'm pretty lean and strong for an old guy, he's in better shape.
He's also younger, much more daring, and practices hopping more.😠
😄
But I wondered if there are disadvantages to hopping on the 29. Is
there any reason I couldn't hop the same height on any wheel of equal
weight?
Could RA or KH or someone hop their same huge hops with a uni of a
given weight, no matter the wheel-size?
If larger wheel is harder, why is it? Or are smaller wheels used for
trials and hardcore muni just for the strength-on-landing factors?
Maybe I could blame my lameness on the size of my wheel.:o
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