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07-09-2011, 08:36 AM

Unicycles are ridden by many folks outside the circus. There's all sorts of styles of riding. Street, flatland, mUni and just regular riding (which is what I do). Get a load of this guy - Kris Holm, unicycling god!

As a person who does certain circus-y type balancing activities like rola bola/balance board...

...'cept I don't balance girls on my shoulders and it's a few years since I built up to balancing several layers up, I can say that learning to ride a unicycle is one of the hardest things I've ever learned. I'm still a beginner and can't freemount. However, I can now turn corners and figures of eight and I can ride away from young lads who always want to have a go and as yet not one of them has managed to get on the uni - they're not good at taking instruction and think they know best even when I'm telling them the best way to mount

. It amuses me greatly that they think it's that easy.

I can say that I haven't injured myself learning to ride uni apart from falling off backwards the first day I got my first one and getting a nice pedal bite and a bruised arse! It's pretty easy to just step off and let the uni drop to the floor before falling.

Recumbents are wonderful to ride. HPV's hold pretty much all the human powered speed records. Having one's back up against a seat back means that big power can be transferred to the cranks - like doing leg presses in the gym. I personally prefer under seat steering as shoulders are in a more natural position. One advantage of the trike 'bents is that when out for a ride one can have an ice-cream or a cup of tea without leaving the bike

Sorry you weren't able to get out kayaking today, I hope you get to do some form of sporty activity this weekend.

07-09-2011, 08:36 AM	#46
Daktari Guest Tournaments Won: 1 Posts: n/a My Photo Gallery	Unicycles are ridden by many folks outside the circus. There's all sorts of styles of riding. Street, flatland, mUni and just regular riding (which is what I do). Get a load of this guy - Kris Holm, unicycling god! As a person who does certain circus-y type balancing activities like rola bola/balance board... ...'cept I don't balance girls on my shoulders and it's a few years since I built up to balancing several layers up, I can say that learning to ride a unicycle is one of the hardest things I've ever learned. I'm still a beginner and can't freemount. However, I can now turn corners and figures of eight and I can ride away from young lads who always want to have a go and as yet not one of them has managed to get on the uni - they're not good at taking instruction and think they know best even when I'm telling them the best way to mount . It amuses me greatly that they think it's that easy. I can say that I haven't injured myself learning to ride uni apart from falling off backwards the first day I got my first one and getting a nice pedal bite and a bruised arse! It's pretty easy to just step off and let the uni drop to the floor before falling. Recumbents are wonderful to ride. HPV's hold pretty much all the human powered speed records. Having one's back up against a seat back means that big power can be transferred to the cranks - like doing leg presses in the gym. I personally prefer under seat steering as shoulders are in a more natural position. One advantage of the trike 'bents is that when out for a ride one can have an ice-cream or a cup of tea without leaving the bike Sorry you weren't able to get out kayaking today, I hope you get to do some form of sporty activity this weekend.