Learning to Uni (Aiming for Muni)

you should get the stongest uni you can afford (like theYuni)

if you have your eyes on the trails even before you have learned, there
is nothing stopping you from getting there....actually learning to ride
is the trickiest part..trails are just a little harder to get used to.

If you buy a [censored] 'learner' uni, you will be cursing it when you are
ordering your next one (the one you should get now)

if you end up not liking it, it'll be easier to sell for actual money

edit: if you want to buy a cheapo now to learn on, buy your 'expensive
muni' before you break it, as it would make a great spare (and spares
are always great to let your friends try out, because riding alone is a
lot less fun)

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Thanks a lot, hopefullty I'll be able to get an order in this week.

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Is that The Lake District as in Swallows and Amazons, the Bluebird,
Jennings Bitter, and the smell of burning clutches drifting over the
Roman fort at the top of the pass? or some other Lake District? If the
former, buy a 12 inch wheel with 7 inch cranks.

Joking apart, the basic advice is:

1) Buy cheap, buy twice.
2) But overspecialise too soon and you may regret it.

Buy a good mid range uni you can upgrade, adapt, fettle and wreck. Then
buy the one that reallysuits you.

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buy a cheap one. replace everything

buy a decent one. replace things as they break

buy a really expensive one. replace things as they wear (like the tire,
etc...)

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mentel stamena' - 1wheelthrilla

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Get the Nimbus. It's plenty strong and a decent price.

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http://tinyurl.com/5le9v

Before you know it you'll have four or five unicycles, so why by a poor
quality one to start with?

I have been riding for just less than a year, now level 4 and have 4
unicycle.

JJ

p.s. The most important thing is the seat.

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Which one is in Derbyshire? Peak or Lake? The other one's Cumbria
right?

If you intend to only do muni get a muni, there's no point in learning
on something you're not going to ride.

But munis aren't the best for indoor or freestyle, so if you intend to
do any of that consider getting a reasonable starter uni. Though I think
as has been mentioned above, one is never enough!!!

I personally went for an OK unicycle and upgraded parts as I went along.
Then repeated several times! That's the great thing with unicycles, a
little purchase can make a big difference and it's very easy to do.

There's more than one style of off-road riding, some people like to go
really big on things drops etc, some plough uphill, some bomb down, log
rides and general XC. These are by no means all the types of thing
people look for on muni rides, nor are they mutually exclusive. A good
24x3 muni with a cotterless hub/crank set will last you a long time on
XC and most trails. For big drops and severe changes in gradient etc a
splined set up is the way to go, as people have snapped axles by
hammering up things.

Cotterless are generally lighter and lighter generally means more
manouverable. Though this doesn't stop some people. You also get more
choice in crank length, but they aren't as strong as the cranks of
splined set ups.

If you think you'll break the uniycle, then just go straight for a nice
splined hub muni, possibly the KH, Onza or Qu-Ax. Please don't ask if
the Onza or KH is better!!! There's been dozens of threads on this
already!

Good luck!

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I've been riding a mere 2 months. I got a reasonably good skinny 20"
which was great to learn on. a week ago I got an Onza 24". great fun but
I find it easier (so far anyway) to hone my skills & try new things on
the 20 which is more nimble, and then transfer them to the Onza.

But if you're going for just one, go straight to the Muni. the reason I
got the Onza is because the 20 was no use at all for the most basic of
trails. and i'll bet you'll be on then as soon as you can ride 50
metres!

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Bingo Jesus said:

*(I live in the Lake District)*

If you're in the lake district, make sure to get in touch with Cumbria
Muni and Trials, who ride round there a lot.

Their email addresses are on this page
http://cumbria_muni.trials_club.unicyclist.com/

or you could message Aaron from them on here who has the user name
pluto.

If you want an in-between option, buy a nimbus Muni with a 24" wheel and
then buy a cheap 24" slick tyre to use for the learning process. You can
put that on until you've got the hang of riding on smooth concrete and
then put on a proper tyre and start some proper riding. It'd only add a
tenner to the price and you'd end up with a good mid-range muni and a
good learner unicycle in one.

Joe

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Definitely go for the Muni to learn on!

I was in your exact same shoes as few weeks back--I wanted to learn the
Unicycle, and I was deeply into the idea of getting a Muni because they
seemed to be highly versatile, and really strong. I knew I would be
falling a lot, so a good strong Muni seemed to be the way to go. I
figured, why get a cheaper uni to learn on, when it stood a better
chance of breaking due to the abuse I would give it as a learner.

I opted for the Nimbus 26 inch (with that monster 3 inch wide tire) and
sure, it is not easy, I'm still getting the hang of it, but when that
baby takes me along those highly satisfying fifty-foot excursions into
the abyss, it is well worth it.

Another advantage of a Muni is that even when learning, you can opt for
non-pavement surfaces. I progressed tremendously by riding from tree to
tree in a gravely-dirt park when the local parking lot was too full of
moving cars. Also, concrete pavement can intimidate the learning
unicyclist, and a Muni allows you to ride on softer surfaces like packed
dirt or grass where the idea of falling seems a lot less dangerous.

There is also another reason I decided on a Muni as a first Uni, and
it's both important, and pretty damned silly. I just think Munis look
really really cool. I mean, if I'm going to be out and about in public
doing something as absurd as balancing myself over a single-wheel, I
might as well do it with a bit of style, eh? A scratched-up Muni with a
fat knobbly tire has that and a lot more...

Munis are totally punk rock. Munis are also quite heavy metal. They
really rock, even if you stink at unicycling as I admit I currently do.
As bad as I am, I just can't wait to get back on the damned thing, and I
think this has a lot to do with my uni being a muni.

Plus, you get less "clown" comments with a mean-looking kick-ass Muni.
At least I think you do...

Good luck!

steve

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the only advantage to the Yuni MUni is its' upgradeability. IF YOU BUY
ONE AND MUni ON IT, IT WILL BREAK. I broke 5 sets of cranks before
getting my profile wheelset. 5!!!! my advice: get a cheap 20" torker,
and then get a KH later if you want to keep unicycling, or get a kh or
other splined MUni right away. and the hub/cranks is the most important
thing, seat is 2nd most.

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TheBadger587 said:

*the only advantage to the Yuni MUni is its' upgradeability. IF YOU
BUY ONE AND MUni ON IT, IT WILL BREAK. I broke 5 sets of cranks before
getting my profile wheelset. 5!!!! my advice: get a cheap 20" torker,
and then get a KH later if you want to keep unicycling, or get a kh or
other splined MUni right away. and the hub/cranks is the most
important thing, seat is 2nd most. *

If you ride muni well on the Nimbus muni, it should last quite a long
time.

If you ride trials and do massive drops, or do loads of drops on muni
rides and land them really badly, it will break.

Joe

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i say get the MUni but before you do make sure you really want to MUni.
no good buying a 800 odd dollar muni an going out once or twice then
deciding you dont like it. you could sell it but unless its band new not
opened/used you might not be able to get your money back.

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800 dollars on a MUni?
I only spent 179 on my Nimbus.
OK, it's not the same as an 800 dollar MUni, but for a beginner to learn
on, and to check out MUniing, its perfect--and not at all expensive

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joemarshall said:

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If you want an in-between option, buy a nimbus Muni with a 24" wheel
and then buy a cheap 24" slick tyre to use for the learning process.
You can put that on until you've got the hang of riding on smooth
concrete and then put on a proper tyre and start some proper riding.
It'd only add a tenner to the price and you'd end up with a good
mid-range muni and a good learner unicycle in one. *

Definitely the way to go.

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Right as soon as my money comes in I'm going to by the 24" Nimbus Muni
and a Tyre. Thanks a lot, I'll probably come back in a week or two with
more questions.

Thanks again, see you soon 😉

Bingo Jesus

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