does anyone think unicycling can lead to knee replacements.
i don’t want to have to get a knee replacement, cuz they don’t work nearly as well as hip replacements.
Depends, I’d like to upgrade to a Kris Holm knee or maybe an aluminum and carbon fiber knee.
Hey Patmoore, I was looking at your pictures under your name and thought to myself, “here’s a guy just prime for telemarking”! So, ever thought about it?
reporting in at 47!
I have a 20", KH 24" and a KH 29". The KH 24" is my favorite, I ride about 4 miles almost every night! I learned when I was in 5th grade, left unicycling for some time and now for about the last 5 years, it is all I think about (well almost). I am interested in distance riding, I hope to purchase a 36", but I have concerns, I still can’t free mount my 29" which worries me…
tholmer
How long have oyu had the 29? I had the same problem with my 36 but decided one day all I would do for a half hour is just work on mounting. I would get on and go about 2 revolutions and get off and try getting back on. It works. What is hard is in the beginning every time you do get on you want to get moving. Just take a day and practice getting on. You will succeed
I have had the 29 for a while, and I feel I handle it just fine on the roads, but I need my truck to get on it! I can mount my 24 just fine, which is why I ride that all the time. I am not sure if I can use my same “step down/back with my right pedal” mount for my 29…I may need to try the jump moving forward way of getting on? Truth is, I have not dedicated alot of time, it is easier to just grab my 24" and now worry about walking it home 
Thanks for the advice!
I have had the 29 for a while, and I feel I handle it just fine on the roads, but I need my truck to get on it! I can mount my 24 just fine, which is why I ride that all the time. I am not sure if I can use my same “step down/back with my right pedal” mount for my 29…I may need to try the jump moving forward way of getting on? Truth is, I have not dedicated alot of time, it is easier to just grab my 24" and now worry about walking it home Thanks for the advice!
I think you’re talking about the roll-back mount, which i the only one I can do.
What length of cranks have you got on the 29", as I’ve found that they affect my ability to free mount more than the size of the uni.
I can mount my 26" muni very regularly which has 150’s.
I have the same length on my coker which I can mount about 50% of the time after a couple of minutes practice. However I recently tried some 125’s on the coker and although I really liked the way they felt in motion, my free-mount success rate dropped to about 5%.
A couple of times I got several miles from home only to UPD and get so frustrated I nearly threw the thing in a ditch. I had to resort to field gates and lamp posts to get me going again.
By the way I am only 5’ 6", with short legs, so if I can make it up onto a coker, most others should be able to.
You can use the same technique to get on this. Just JUMP a bit more. You can do this! Don’t let the uni beat you! I know it can be frustrating. Have you looked at Muniaddict’s youtube tutorial on mounting his 36? Same technique applies.
A new one coming soon! My first “Coker-torial” with in depth, step by step mounting techniques and other useful stuff.
Tholmer,
After learning to freemount my 24", it took a fraction of the time to learn to freemount my 29". It was so high I couldn’t commit to jumping on and leaning forward!
So I practiced a few times while holding onto a rail with one hand. That worked and I got my first unassisted freemount on the 29" after 15 minutes.
For me, it is still easier to freemount using 150 cranks than 125s, but I use the 125s most of the time. I use a static mount for both.
Telemark
My wife learned to Telemark in Summit County in the eighties but her knees have relegated her to just cross country these days. I tried telemark but it’s difficult enough just to find the time to ski and board. I did try a teleboard a few years ago and had fun on it but concluded I have enough toys.
One of my knees is so out of whack after three surgeries that my right ski boot is now canted 5.5 degrees. It won’t even stand up by itself. The boot fix worked nicely this past March at the NASTAR Nationals in Steamboat. See partial page from Ski Racing Magazine below. There’s a typo - I won’t be 62 until October!
don’t forget analytic slow motion: I am still missing 2 freemounts out of 3 on the Coker. (many reasons:part psychological -I am sometimes “shy”-, part technical -if I don’t hit the front pedal in an exact position I am unable to get sufficient momentum-, part physical -I suffer from orthostatic “black veil” if I jump too abruptly-.
From what I learned in a conversation last night, knee replacements are typically due to old injuries–i did not get the sense they were from overuse injuries.
Another geezer
I turned 55 this week AND my bride, Kristine, and I celebrated our 35th this week.
We have two kids 33 and 29, and two grandsons 12 and 10. Very fun.
I rode uni just a little in high school and last year I saw the Coker on the interweb 
and was interested.
I’ve been riding the 36er a lot now for 3-4 months and am LOVING it.
I am not athletic nor am I an outdoors person, but now my world has really expanded.
Thank you all for your willingness to share ideas and experiences.
Dave
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Calling +55 Unicyclists
Not knowing about this thread I started another for the +55 crowd.
https://unicyclist.com//t/calling-mature-unicyclists-age-55/101526/1
It is great that there are so many older unicyclists.
50+
Yeah we’re still out there, Way out there!
07/03/1960
I’m 48 years old and learned to ride pushing off my parents Ford LTD Station Wagon in the driveway when I was about 13. Still ride that old Schwinn I learned on but would like to get something I could go off-road. I have a 13 year old daughter who thinks it’s cool that dad can ride a uni but hasn’t shown interest in riding herself yet. Those pics of y’all riding with your kids is inspiring me to at least suggest it. Maybe if I get a new ride I can pass on my Schwinn.
This is my first post.
I’ll be 50 in a couple of weeks, and I asked my wife for a unicycle for my birthday. I’ve never ridden before and I’m not particularly coordinated but I’ve wanted for several years to learn. We’ll see how it goes. I’ve already learned a lot from this forum and look forward to the experience!
welcome to best idea to solve any mid-life crisis!
your wife won’t regret it (except when you’re away for Moab Munifest or UNICON).