Re: Re: ‘Beginner’ muni?!
Depends what you mean by ‘experienced’ and ‘muniers’.
I have a 24, 26 and a Coker.
The Coker has an incredibly flimsy wheel, it is difficult to mount in anything but ideal conditions, it is difficult to get going from a mount on an uphill, or on rough ground, and difficult to control on steep descents. On the other hand, it will blast over mud patches and unmade ground which would stall or trip the 26 or 24. I would not use it for anything more serious than forest tracks and riverbanks. No hopping, dropping or funny business of any kind. Others may disagree.
The 26 has plenty of ‘rollover factor’ for the sort of obstacles you’ll meet on footpaths, bridle paths, forest tracks, field boundaries, and unmade ground. Not as much rollover factor as the Coker, but I do know that if it doesn’t roll over, it won’t fold up instead. The disadvantage of the 26 is simply that for my preferred crank size, it can be a bit of a struggle up hill and a bit of a handful down hill.
The 24 (Mine’s ‘only’ a Nimbus with a cheap knobbly tyre) is way way way better uphill, loads more control downhill, much more manoeuvreable, and lighter. It feels under control all the time, whereas on the 26, I sometimes think ‘if I make it through this bit here, I’ll regain control just there’ and on the Coker I sometimes think, ‘Let’s see how I go… I can always bail out!’
And if I only had one unicycle? (i.e. which is, in some vague and undefined way, ‘best’?) Probably the 24 for its versatility - it’s big enough to Muni, but small enough to play on.
(I also have a 20, and have ridden many miles ‘off road’ on a 20, in the days when it was called UMX, not Muni, and whilst there is fun to be had, the 20 is way to small and too slow for the sort of riding I enjoy most.)
