I live 2 miles from the dirt trails in Folsom Lake State Park that I ride
on regularly. The only way to get there is on a paved road. In addition to
not wanting to wear down my knobby tire on my Muni, the 4 relatively
boring miles on a flat road would reduce the time I have to spend riding
on the much more interesting trails. So, I end up driving to and from the
park, although I would much rather find some relatively quick way to get
me and my muni to and from the park under my own power.
My question is: Has anyone ever strapped a uni to a bike to transport it?
My Muni with a 26" Gazz jr. is fairly awkward. Has anyone rigged up a
device to pull a uni behind a bike? Like one of those little kid
trailercycles?
I had some ideas on this, mainly along the lines of making a webbing
harness to attach my uni either to the back of a rucksack, or just onto my
back (which would be uncomfortable).
Also, if you have a coker, you can probably ride it while pushing the
other unicycle in front of it, I’ve done it with smaller unicycles, but on
a Coker it’ll be hard though with the seat being a lot further down.
What would be pretty cool, although it’d require lots of work and
probably an ability to do some kind of welding, would be to get the back
wheel and frame of a bike and work out some kind of clip mechanism to
attach the unicycle instead of the front forks. Steering with the seat as
handlebars would be a bit funny, but it’d be a very fast way to get a
unicycle somewhere.
Maybe simply cutting off the forks of the bike so they are a bit of pipe
attached to the handlebars which could be put into the seatpost of the
unicycle would give you better control and all you’d have to do is undo
the quick release, take out the seat of the unicycle and put in the bike
fork pipe to convert it into a bike. You’d lose the front brake etc. Pity
bikes don’t come with a bit more frame clearance or else you could make a
great big tilted coker bike, that’d be cool! Hmm, might have to go and
talk to the nice bike shop man…
Joe
“John Hooten” <jhooten@rcsis.com> wrote in message news:3B143C4E.CF83DB9C@rcsis.com… > I live 2 miles from the dirt trails in Folsom Lake State Park that I > ride on regularly. The only way to get there is on a paved road. In > addition to not wanting to wear down my knobby tire on my Muni, the 4 > relatively boring miles on a flat road would reduce the time I have to > spend riding on the much more interesting trails. So, I end up driving > to and from the park, although I would much rather find some relatively > quick way to get me and my muni to and from the park under my own power. > > My question is: Has anyone ever strapped a uni to a bike to transport > it? My Muni with a 26" Gazz jr. is fairly awkward. Has anyone rigged up > a device to pull a uni behind a bike? Like one of those little kid > trailercycles? > > John Hooten
> My question is: Has anyone ever strapped a uni to a bike to transport > it? My Muni with a 26" Gazz jr. is fairly awkward. Has anyone rigged up > a device to pull a uni behind a bike? Like one of those little kid > trailercycles?
I remember one of the first times I saw unicycle racing great Floyd
Crandall, he was riding up on his motorcycle with his old Schwinn strapped
on the back. A cool sight.
To strap onto a bike you would probably have to build some sort of
mounting device. I think it would look cool to have the unicycle standing
upright behind the back wheel. Or leaning toward the rider.
Obviously you can’t tow the uni itself (it will oscillate out of control)
but I know Tim Bustos has a one-wheeled bike trailer that he really
likes. One of those would be the appropriate tool for trucking a
unicycle, I think.
But if you want to train for Nationals, put a less aggressive tire on your
MUni and just ride it to the trails, at least until the end of July…
My system works well for hiking although you have a rather big backpack
when you get to the riding part: I recently got a snowboard carry pack
from Arc’teryx. It’s a prototype and not available but I think there area
a few others out there. A unicycle can be clipped to the snowboard
attachment points and it really works well- this was the pack that I used
when climbing/unicycling on Mexican Volcanoes this spring.
-Kris.
— Joe Marshall <joe_marshall@bigfoot.com> wrote: > I had some ideas on this, mainly along the lines of making a webbing > harness to attach my uni either to the back of a rucksack, or just onto > my back (which would be uncomfortable). > > Also, if you have a coker, you can probably ride it while pushing the > other unicycle in front of it, I’ve done it with smaller unicycles, but > on a Coker it’ll be hard though with the seat being a lot further down. > > What would be pretty cool, although it’d require lots of work and > probably an ability to do some kind of welding, would be to get the > back wheel and frame of a bike and work out some kind of clip mechanism > to attach the unicycle instead of the front forks. Steering with the > seat as handlebars would be a bit funny, but it’d be a very fast way to > get a unicycle somewhere. > > Maybe simply cutting off the forks of the bike so they are a bit of pipe > attached to the handlebars which could be put into the seatpost of the > unicycle would give you better control and all you’d have to do is undo > the quick release, take out the seat of the unicycle and put in the bike > fork pipe to convert it into a bike. You’d lose the front brake etc. > Pity bikes don’t come with a bit more frame clearance or else you could > make a great big tilted coker bike, that’d be cool! Hmm, might have to > go and talk to the nice bike shop man… > > Joe > > > “John Hooten” <jhooten@rcsis.com> wrote in message > news:3B143C4E.CF83DB9C@rcsis.com… > > I live 2 miles from the dirt trails in Folsom Lake State Park that I > > ride on regularly. The only way to get there is on a paved road. In > > addition to not wanting to wear down my knobby tire on my Muni, the 4 > > relatively boring miles on a flat road would reduce the time I have to > > spend riding on the much more interesting trails. So, I end up driving > > to and from the park, although I would much rather find some > > relatively quick way to get me and my muni to and from the park under > > my own power. > > > > My question is: Has anyone ever strapped a uni to a bike to transport > > it? My Muni with a 26" Gazz jr. is fairly awkward. Has anyone rigged > > up a device to pull a uni behind a bike? Like one of those little kid > > trailercycles? > > > > John Hooten > > > >
John Hooten wrote: > My question is: Has anyone ever strapped a uni to a bike to transport > it? My Muni with a 26" Gazz jr. is fairly awkward. Has anyone rigged up > a device to pull a uni behind a bike? Like one of those little kid > trailercycles?
This question and the responses about towing or pushing the MUni while
riding another uni or a bike made me smile when I considered the
possibilities re “what people say”.
Klaas Bil On Tue, 29 May 2001 17:18:21 -0700, John Hooten
<jhooten@rcsis.com> wrote:
>I live 2 miles from the dirt trails in Folsom Lake State Park that I ride >on regularly. The only way to get there is on a paved road. In addition >to not wanting to wear down my knobby tire on my Muni, the 4 relatively >boring miles on a flat road would reduce the time I have to spend riding >on the much more interesting trails. So, I end up driving to and from the >park, although I would much rather find some relatively quick way to get >me and my muni to and from the park under my own power. > >My question is: Has anyone ever strapped a uni to a bike to transport it? >My Muni with a 26" Gazz jr. is fairly awkward. Has anyone rigged up a >device to pull a uni behind a bike? Like one of those little kid >trailercycles? > >John Hooten >
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I have used a bob yak to transport a 24’‘x3’’ AND 26"x2.6" at the same
time. I will try to dig up some pictures of the load. It worked great for
going 2+ miles to a park and doing trials/muni without having to ride
there and back.
-Bronson
“Danny Colyer” <danny@speedy5.freeserve.co.uk> wrote in message news:9f3e1j$2e6$1@newsg4.svr.pol.co.uk… > John Hooten wrote: > > My question is: Has anyone ever strapped a uni to a bike to transport > > it? My Muni with a 26" Gazz jr. is fairly awkward. Has anyone rigged > > up a device to pull a uni behind a bike? Like one of those little kid > > trailercycles? > > A 26" is easy enough to strap to a Bob Yak > http://www.bobtrailers.com/index.html?main=yak.html ), provided you use > a few bungees. I’ve also seen a 20" towed on a Bike Hod > http://www.bikefix.co.uk/bikehod.html ), which may be even better than
the > Yak for carrying unicycles. > > – > Danny Colyer (remove your.mind to reply) > http://www.speedy5.freeserve.co.uk/danny/danny.html "The secret of life > is honesty and fair dealing. If you can fake that, you’ve got it made" - > Groucho Marx
Bronson Silva wrote: > I have used a bob yak to transport a 24’‘x3’’ AND 26"x2.6" at the same
time. > I will try to dig up some pictures of the load. It worked great for > going 2+ miles to a park and doing trials/muni without having to ride > there and back.
Yup, I’ve carried a 20", a 26" and a UW on mine all at the same time. The
challenge with the Yak is distributing the weight so that the mudguard (US
fender) doesn’t get pushed down onto the tyre. I can’t see that being a
problem with the Bike Hod, which is why I think that might be a better
trailer if you’re only towing one unicycle. I’ve never used a Bike Hod
myself, so I don’t know how easy it is to load, but I think it’d be
difficult to get a second unicycle on it.
The main benefit of the Bike Hod IMHO is that, being seatpost mounting, it
should be possible to tow it behind a unicycle. You certainly can’t do
that with a Yak.
john_foss@asinet.com writes: >> My question is: Has anyone ever strapped a uni to a bike to transport >> it? My Muni with a 26" Gazz jr. is fairly awkward. Has anyone rigged up >> a device to pull a uni behind a bike? Like one of those little kid >> trailercycles?
Depending on the distance covered, you can always ride one uni and push
the other. En route to my club (we meet outdoors), I always ride my Monty
and push my Giraffe. Sometimes I have to teransport another uni or two,
and it gets interesting. The 4th uni is sometimes my daughter’s 16"er, and
I hang it off the giraffe or thru the straps of my backpack. This would
not be fun over long distances, tho! David