"Tom Nakashima" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:...
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"Werehatrack" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
news:[email hidden]...Quoted message said:On Wed, 25 Apr 2007 19:31:01 -0600, [email hidden] may have
Quoted message said:An email just asked me in passing whether trackstands were common or
even possible (short of circus acrobats) on penny-farthings.Can anyone help me conceal my appalling ignorance?
Given that a pennyfarthing is little more than a unicycle with a
wheelie bar, and that I've seen unicyclists do what amounts to a
trackstand, I see no reason why a sufficiently dedicated rider with
adequate skills should not be able to accomplish the feat.I ride a unicycle and I can do a trackstand on my road bike.
The uni has to be moving, sort of rocking back and forth. I do this by
putting pressure on the pedals in the horizontal position with both feet,
and keeping balance by leaning ever so slightly in either direction.
Oh one more thing about uni's.
Think of it as balancing a broomstick on your finger, you sort of rock
it back and forth.
-tom