I wanted to thank everyone for their input and feedback, in this thread, another one I created asking about disc brakes, and the original thread that spurred me to build my freewheel unicycle (jona and lobbybopster, especially). I’m going to backpedal a bit from the idea that coasting be such a big part of it. That’s the place I went to because that’s my background and I had no experience with brakes until recently. There were certainly suggestions about a brake but I was fairly skeptical how much it would help except to slow down on an incline. However, as I get more practice with it I’m finding it to be much more useful. Pedaling is probably the most stable action but not a lot is necessary to get going at speeds I was comfortable with which meant a little pedaling and a lot of coasting as demonstrated in my first two freewheel videos. Using the brake more lets me pedal more. I can pedal to get to a speed beyond which I’m comfortable simply coasting and then use the brake to get more control. I can also use the brake to control turns more easily. I’m planning to practice a few more weeks with the brake and I expect I’ll be able to go faster and take on paths and terrain that I cannot at this time. I’ll make sure to make another video with my progress. By then I may also figure out if I can order a disc brake compatible freewheel from UDC and decide on a wheel size.