today i went on a track for bikes. the first part was a 7 foot half pipe. it took several tries before i actually made it down without bailing out 2 feet down. once i finally got passed the fear it wasnt that bad going down it. i was able to carry me speed most of the way up the other side but there is a sharp upward turn at the top. after who knows how many tries i finally made it. (helmet, knee pads, and elbow pads are a must) then the trail turns around and you go up on a table top. good spot for a 360, or an off the seat jump. theres a few more rugged ups and downs. it was so much fun. im addicted to it. what im wondering is what other kinds of tricks and such can be done on a bmx track?
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Hi,
If you have BMX background this should be somewhat easy.
I’ve never jumped with a uni but, could you take the seat out in front of you (like a giant hop) and flow into a tabletop? A backflip would be cool, if it wasn’t Almost physically impossible!! Some one-footers, a 540 perhaps.
The challenge is yours,
-Evan
does anyone know if anyone has ever managed a backflip on a unicycle? I
suppose you’d need a not too large wheel (20"?), and long cranks (very, if
it was a 20" wheel. maybe 24" would be better) so you’d be light but fast.
Then if you rode fast enough at something steep, leaned back in a flippy
sort of a way, and held the saddle? ok. probably not. Bethan.
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>Hi, If you have BMX background this should be somewhat easy.
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>I’ve never jumped with a uni but, could you take the seat out in front
>of you (like a giant hop) and flow into a tabletop? A backflip would be
>cool, if it wasn’t Almost physically impossible!! Some one-footers, a
>540 perhaps.
>
>The challenge is yours, -Evan
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> more rugged ups and downs. it was so much fun. im addicted to it. what
> im wondering is what other kinds of tricks and such can be done on a
> bmx track?
The main trick I’ve been able to accomplish is getting kicked out. I seem
to have mastered this one pretty consistently, on most tracks I’ve tried,
with little or no practice.
Good luck to you on your local track. Hopefully the same thing is not
happening to you, as perhaps you are a locally known BMXer and they let
you ride on there.
Stay on top, John Foss, the Uni-Cyclone jfoss@unicycling.com
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“Rain, slickrock, and unicycles. Bad combination.” – Tison, a Moab bike
shop employee (who also unicycles and does Trials) advising Brett Bymaster
on a tire purchase for the Slickrock Trail
“This rock is hard.” – Brett Bymaster (who rode every inch of the
“hard” stuff)
> does anyone know if anyone has ever managed a backflip on a unicycle?
I’ve never heard of such. I know it has been done on regular bicycles over
100 years ago by performers wtih ramps, but I’ve never heard of a forward
or backward flip on a unicycle before.
> I suppose you’d need a not too large wheel (20"?), and long cranks
> (very, if it was a 20" wheel. maybe 24" would be better) so you’d be
> light but fast. Then if you rode fast enough at something steep, leaned
> back in a flippy sort of a way, and held the saddle?
Problem is I think you would need a fair amount of speed. The one thing
you don’t get on a unicycle with ramps is any speed. Plus, the faster you
go, the more unstable you are do to the furious motion of your legs.
Therefore a bigger wheel would probably be more realistic than a smaller
one. By big I mean Coker or better.
I’m not going to say this is impossible. It’s just a matter of someone
figuring out how to do it… 
Stay on top, John Foss, the Uni-Cyclone jfoss@unicycling.com
www.unicycling.com
“Rain, slickrock, and unicycles. Bad combination.” – Tison, a Moab bike
shop employee (who also unicycles and does Trials) advising Brett Bymaster
on a tire purchase for the Slickrock Trail
“This rock is hard.” – Brett Bymaster (who rode every inch of the
“hard” stuff)
john_foss@asinet.com writes:
>> does anyone know if anyone has ever managed a backflip on a unicycle?
>Problem is I think you would need a fair amount of speed. The one thing
>you don’t get on a unicycle with ramps is any speed. Plus, the faster you
>go, the more unstable you are do to the furious motion of your legs.
>Therefore a bigger wheel would probably be more realistic than a smaller
>one. By big I mean Coker or better.
>
>I’m not going to say this is impossible. It’s just a matter of someone
>figuring out how to do it…
Seems like the only way to get the speed up would be to coast or glide
into a ramp and then – well, you try it and let me know.
David
Bethan asked:
> does anyone know if anyone has ever managed a backflip on a unicycle?
I’ve done it hundreds of times. All you need is a SNES (or SNES emulator)
and a copy of Uniracer
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Bethan wrote:
>
> does anyone know if anyone has ever managed a backflip on a unicycle?
Well in Unirally (cool unicycling game on the SNES), all you need do is
hold down the L or R buttons (depending which way you’re travelling).
You can do flips, double flips, triple flips, or (gasp) “Flip City”.
Although if you land on your saddle it’s just Wipeout.
But it all looks really easy, and the more flips you do, the faster you
end up going!
… I’ll go back and hide in my box now. sorry …
- Richard
PS. Of course you all know that it’s easier on a red one.
On 7 May 2001 17:15:33 -0700, john_foss@asinet.com (John Foss) wrote:
>> does anyone know if anyone has ever managed a backflip on a unicycle?
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>Stay on top,
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