But do you also prefer a Huni to a 36"? I mean did you ever regret getting a Huni?
I didnāt get the huni rex because the shipping was over $200.
Between a 36er and a Huni Rex, if I had to choose to keep only one or the other, I would still choose a 36er. My biggest reasons are that itās mechanically simpler (easier to work on) and thereās no risk of pedal strikes.
Ranking the Huni among my other unicycles though, Iād say itās easily in my top 3. Most of my riding in general is road riding so the Huni is right up my alley. Iāve spent time on both my 36er and Huni about equally last summer.
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Iāve only tried Hunirex several times. I found that its Q factor is so wide that my legs are at an unnatural angle, which might cause knee pain after long rides, though I havenāt tried riding for long distances. Besides, I found that itās more comfortable and smoother to ride a regular 36er, and I feel safer. To ride a geared unicycle, I would need more robust protection to make myself feel comfortable.
I guess I will see when I tumble off at a good speed. From the EUC I also learned that at the start I donāt really trust the machine and donāt go so fast, but quickly you feel comfortable. Now that I can do 40 kph with it, I do wear shinguards, wristguards and fullface helmet.
But I only do wristguards when riding my 36" UW. Unicycles with a seat will always land you on your feet, and my top speed with the 36" unicycle has maybe been 18kph, but I never UPDād at that speed.
For now I can only speculate how the Huni-Rex will feel and I just need to be a bit more patient. But Im really looking forward to trying something new
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I disagree that a unicycle with a saddle will always land you on your feet. I have been on the ground enough times to prove it, including twice this year. Wrist guards saved me both times.
ok, but then you must have done some tricks or with muni done steep descents or something? With the way I ride, primarily on bike paths, the chance of landing on my bum is very very small.
This year I had a Crash during a sweeping right turn on an uphill , at speed, a turn I have made a hundred times with out fail. The other was at the tail end of a ride within 20 feet of my dismount I road up a wood ramp and where it mated up with the pavement there was a hump I wasnāt counting on and went down, with an audience. Also on my Sunday ride this week, which was a beautiful 8.5 mile fall ride I had a near UPD when I hit a hole in the path that was covered with leaves bouncing my left foot off the pedal unexpectedly, I was able to recover, reposition my foot and kept riding. They can happen on routine rides where you are riding along comfortably and confidently, most of the time you will run it out but there are times you donāt. Iām sure Iām not the only one out there crashing on a routine ride. Just as I told my audience at my one crash " it happens, not often but it does happen.
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Thatās just the difference between a UPD, and actually falling off.
When I fall off, it tends to be pretty catastrophic. Last time I fell off properly I cracked a rib, which I then broke by sneezing a day later. That wasnāt a fun few weeks of recovery.
That kind of thing also doesnāt happen to me often, but a fall normally results in at least a bit of missing skin.
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I always land on my feet, but it Iām going fast enough, my feet land me on my face. I like going fast, so I always wear knee pads, elbow pads, gloves and a helmet when I ride my 36er.
It took me a while to adopt all the gear, but road rash is a bigger pain in the ass than wearing pads
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Iām curious, did you ever need the elbow pads? I too wear them on the 36er and the G29, but so far I only needed knee pads, gloves and crash pants.
I usually go for a dive roll in a high speed crash. From the initial foot plant, I slap the ground hard with both hands to get the roll going, then roll through my right elbow to shoulder to hip, and usually to my knee too for some reason. Its generally just my right side that gets the impact, but the pads on my left side have really come in handy when thereās trees or parked cars in the way
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I can see Im just a different rider. I donāt care much for speed. I guess with anything smaller than the 36, I stay below 15kph. I UPD or hop off the front when chickening out often enough, but those speeds donāt require a role. Also I hardly do tricks with my uni. Only on the Ultimate wheel do I wear wrist guards. The full protection (knee, wrist, helmet) I do wear on EUC when riding 40 kph, but even with that I ride very conservatively when it comes to bumpy sections or bends and slow down dramatically.
Different peeps, different styles.
For the Huni Rex, I may also just wear wrist guards. Btw, can it handle a thrashing? I expect in the learning period, it will land on the ground a few times.
Something else, I saw various vidz on youtube about mounting a Huni and those peeps said you shouldnāt mount too much to the front, because the wheel needs to pick up momentum first. Would this be the same as with ( I wanted to say UW 36, but most of yous havenāt ridden that), so a normal 36" at static mount?
Itās is a pity it is getting so cold and rainy and dark when I come home from work, but looking very much forward to taming the Huni.