Does having only one knee shaved effect your balance?

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Do think I will need to shave the other leg so I don’t end up riding in circles? Anyone have any experiance unicycling with only one hairy leg?

JM

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It really depends on how fast you are going.

Riding with the wind or against?

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I suggest you put a counterweight in your shoe.

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If you need a decent counterweight just eat a big meal before you go to bed and lie on your side that’s opposite of the shaved knee. The trick here is to do your ride early in the morning.

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To remain more centered you might consider some manshaving.

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Joe-

This already sounds very disturbing.

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If the thought of it even enters your head it effects your balance. Everything effects your balance. I’ve had a bird sitting up on a power line watching me, that certainly effected my balance.

The question is does it make it worse or better?

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strangly i do know the feeling of riding with on shaved leg ( ask my girlfriend )
it got strangly sweaty under my armour and i got a kinda cold shin :stuck_out_tongue:

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2 x with that comment coming from you. :slight_smile:

But now I’m curious. Just how much knee hair do/did you have??

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… enough to keep warm.

JM

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A Lycra leg warmer over the hairy leg might help to balance the aerodynamics.

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Eww.

Anyway, if you ride with the unshaved knee on the high side of the road crown, I figure that ought to balance things out. :slight_smile:

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If you shaved the opposite side of your head (mustache, eyebrows, hair), I think it would probably counterbalance out the shaved leg. Of course, it might induce torque at high speeds.

Give it a try and let us know how it turns out.

A video would be great!

Scott

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A quick fix:

Rub grease on both knees, this will effectively elimiate any difference in drag, keep your knees warm, and no one will know you shaved your knee :smiley:

Make it some nice black axle grease, yeah.

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Will it “effect” your balance? Unlikely, unless you already have a slight imbalance in the opposite direction.

Will it “affect” your balance? Probably, but only to a very small degree indeed.

Pedantically,

Mikefule

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I was wondering how long it would take for a human spell checker to pop up… :roll_eyes: