Look here, MTB’s are owning us uni’ers. We have to kick it up a notch. But really, this is insane MTB’n. Kewl stuff.
Seen it…but its still sweet stuff.
just search for " new world disorder" and you will find tons of freeride and dirt jump videos.
Yeah I’ve seen most of that footage before…
It’s awsome.
The advantage for unicycling is that we can have much fun with much less risk of bad consequences.
Awesome moves. Unfortunately we unicyclists still can’t coast, which limits us size-wise.
I think it would be a greater challenge to master top Uni-trials skills than to master top mtb-er skills.
someone should ride those things at 1:15 (see saws thingys)on a uni
No, I think somone needs to try that first big road gap on a unicycle…
Those hucks are sick!
Yebbut, the commitment required for jumping off a cliff with an awkwardly shaped metal thing between your legs is a lot greater.
Amen to that.
Kris Holm rides one in Universe 1. I have a picture of him doing this up at Vancouver’s North Shore, but I just realized it was pre-digital so I don’t have an electronic version of it…
Why does everyone (re: skiers and skaters) feel the need to say that their sport is so much harder and more ‘challenging’ than others? It’s like saying bass is easier than guitar. It’s only as far as you take it.
Mountain biking and BMX are hard as hell. To get to the point where you can hop forever takes about a week on a unicycle (after learning to ride), but MUCH longer on a bike. Basic unicycling trials and skills are actually quite easy and really don’t take that much commitment.
That’s exactly the point. You can’t go as big on a unicycle.
Messing up a big road gap jump on a bike could land you in a wheelchair. That’s what I mean by big consequences. There have been some freeriders who’ve been killed or paralyzed. We haven’t had that happen in unicycling and aren’t likely to.
I think that if serious suspension that took a LOT of the force of drops (i.e. not just seatpost of frame suspension, wheel or cranks suspension) was developed, people would be able to go way bigger on unicycles. The problem is that unicyclists have to take all of the impact of drops on their body. Bend the knees and fold over the waist. Bikes have suspension to take most of the impact. The human body can’t take a 40 foot drop, but the human body can take that 40 foot drop if it is helped with suspension.
John made another good point. Unicycles can’t coast. We have to pedal to roll out of a drop, so even if our bodies could take the impact, the equipment definitely couldn’t. You would be so busy trying to stay ontop of the uni, that rolling out wouldn’t be foremost in your mind. If unicycles could coast,and they had the kind of suspension that bikes do, I wouldn’t be suprised to see people taking 40 foot drops on their unicycles.
yeah freeriding has progressed so much. The first roadgap in that vid was done by someone on a quad too. It must have been relatively easy doing it on a quad because due to their weight they don’t tend to move around in the air as much as a bike.
Meh.
No, the reason that those guys could do 100 foot drops is case of the roll out. What they land on is pretty much vertical, so they don’t get the full force of falling 100 feet.
People can do very big drops on bikes with only front or no suspension just because of the ability to freewheel and use landing ramps.
Same as big drops on skis. As long as it’s a steep landing, the impact is greatly reduced and the speed isn’t.