I have been riding my BC wheels for about 6 months now, and i want to get more use out of it than the odd use. I was wondering if anyone rides their BC s to get around. i used mine the other day,(1.5km).
Tommorow, i plan to ride the 8km to school.
I was wondering what everyone thinks about this. I ride it on the flats, and slight downhills, and walk on the uphills. I take my time, and have fun.
The b.c. is very transportable, fits allmost everywhere, and is very cool.
I am wondering what eveyone’s feeling’s are on this, long distance BC riding?
I used to have a pair of ski poles I used for sustained B.C.'ing. I taped some pieces of an old tire to the tips so they could be used indoors or out. This made it possible to keep going without having to re-start, and also made it possible to ride it uphill.
Then I think I went skiing, wasn’t paying attention at the end of the day, and turned in my poles. Haven’t seen them since '95 or so…
Way to go Ryan.
Still yet to get a BC wheel, but I have got the interest in one.
Also I believe I met your sister this last weekend at Quelph University, why haven’t you got any videos of her riding in your gallery?
I didn’t actually ride it to school, i took it on a longer ride. probably around 10-11km. It was awesome. I just cruised along, when i stopped, i’d hop off, and walk a bit, then keep going. The longest stretch was probably about 2km without getting off. It was awesome. This is the first time i’ve ridden close to this distance on a bc, and i found that my feet started to hurt after awhile.
It was cool riding a bc down busy roads, because some people didn’t react at all to it, some people were completely amazed, and some were so confused they didn’t know what to do. It was different from riding a unicycle around town, because people have SOME idea of what a unicycle is, but they have no idea what i’m doing when i’m just standing about 7 inches off the ground doing 10km/h on top of a wheel.
I found i could brake on steep downhills by squeezing the tire between my legs (i was wearing jeans) which proved to be quite successful, however once you get to a certain speed there’s no trying to brake with this method.
I really enjoyed my long distance bc ride, and have taken it on some more shorter rides 1-3kms these past few days. I think bc wheels are awesome! When i first saw them, in the words of Joey, i was “Wicked Skeptical” but now i realize their true greatness.
ok, i just wanted to know, how is tit possible to ride 2 km without dismounting a bc wheel,
i have never physicaly seen one, but thougt it was more of a freestyle kind of thing, now, i might just try and make one…
by the way are there any skills at unicycling that considerably help riding the bc wheel?
Julian
One of my friends once rode his BC Wheel to school…but his house is only about a half a mile away (0.8 km) and its completely downhill so he had to walk back home after school…