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hlen5 -> How Cool Is This?? (1/13/2012 11:05:41 AM)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y3bemES4s2A&feature=related



GreedyTop -> RE: How Cool Is This?? (1/13/2012 11:30:21 AM)

very cool!



ResidentSadist -> RE: How Cool Is This?? (1/13/2012 2:31:57 PM)

Nice video but it looks really hard to use because the peddles aren't on the center axis.  You can see it isn't smooth, it wobbles as he peddles it.  Real nice video though.  



outlier -> RE: How Cool Is This?? (1/13/2012 10:02:28 PM)

This was interesting!  Thanks for posting it.

The wheel not only lacks the counterbalance of the crank arms
but it also lacks the stabilizing of the post and seat.  This would
require a different set of muscles and synapses than a standard
unicycle, which is really about your core and pelvic girdle.
It would be fun to try one. 



hlen5 -> RE: How Cool Is This?? (1/14/2012 8:51:14 PM)


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ORIGINAL: outlier

This was interesting!  Thanks for posting it.

..................It would be fun to try one. 




You're welcome! I noticed the rider always has his arms at 3 and 9 o'clock.

I think it would be fun, too!!



FrostedFlake -> RE: How Cool Is This?? (1/15/2012 5:07:54 AM)

What is cool is what that guy can do with this gadget. The wheel itself is NOT cool.

Did you see him coast, once? That is because you can't. You have to crank a revolution every six feet, at all speeds. This is equivalent to first gear on my bike. This means on a downhill, you must, pardon, MUST brake. HOW?

Tain't easy. And getting off because of overspeed means bad things.

Did you see any safety gear on the kid? Hmmmm! Think maybe you ought to wear some if you try this?

This is not a vehicle. It is a stunt.

This from a guy who doesn't wear a helmet on his bike.



outlier -> RE: How Cool Is This?? (1/15/2012 8:57:55 AM)

You brake with a standard unicycle when the pedals are parallel
to the ground.  You pressure the back pedal and this slows the
momentum.  You are always aware of the grade you are on.

But as I said there is stability built in because of the post and seat.
At times with a standard unicycle it can almost feel as if you are coasting.
Once you are practiced on smooth level ground the balance is automatic,
you just relax into it. 

Without the seat to put your weight on it changes everything.  The post and
seat also tend to promote directional stability.  Because the seat is held in
your groin and this helps to counteract the side thrust.  That is why he keeps
his arms out, to counterbalance the side thrust from each stroke.  Because
each downstroke has his entire weight.

Learning this would be a relearning from a standard unicycle.  It would be
an interesting challenge.



FrostedFlake -> RE: How Cool Is This?? (1/15/2012 11:56:02 AM)

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Outlier

Learning this would be a relearning from a standard unicycle. It would be
an interesting challenge.


I like that a lot better than simply saying it would be fun. Or cool.

I wasn't speaking for the benefit of those who can ride a unicycle. I was speaking for the benefit of he who might think this wheel would be 'fun'. Or cool. That fellow is gonna get hurt. The kid in the video is doing very high end stuff and makes it look easy because he is very good.

Heck, even a skateboard is too much for a lot of folks, me included.



MissImmortalPain -> RE: How Cool Is This?? (1/15/2012 12:33:51 PM)

This is a great video and really does look fun. Anyone really interested in actually doing it might want to take a look at this http://www.tux.org/~bagleyd/ultimate.html I can't do it, amputees and unicylcles aren't friends, but my son wants to build one.



outlier -> RE: How Cool Is This?? (1/16/2012 3:37:32 PM)

MissImmortalPain,   Thank you for the link it had some interesting information.

They do say that the first step to ride one of these is to ride a conventional unicycle.
Then try to ride holding the post in front of you.

They also say that the side to side motion is required to prevent rubbing the wheel.
That is something I did not consider.  With a conventional unicycle the fork and crank
arms act as barriers to rubbing the wheel with your legs.

FrostedFlake,

I can see where he could get hurt doing the stuff in the video.  Especially the high wall
and the jump mounts.  But I believe there is very small risk to learning a conventional
unicycle.  You just step off if you lose your balance.  The unicycle will fall and the nose
of the seat will take a beating but you just run/stumble away and remount.  The link
confirmed that when they said that the way to get hurt is to stay with it to try to save it.

Also, as you correctly pointed out, you cannot go very fast.  So even when I have
fallen the worse has been that I just scraped myself up.

You are correct of course the rider in the video is very good and makes it look easy. 
I still think it would be fun to try, not because it is easy, but precisely because it would
be an interesting challenge. 





FrostedFlake -> RE: How Cool Is This?? (1/17/2012 1:31:23 AM)

Very interesting link, MissIP. Thank you

And OUTLIER. I feel better now that we have discussed this a little. Thank you too.



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