Has anyone actually tried jumping. I mean off a ramp. you would need a bigger
wheel for faster speed. Think about the landing!
Re: [Jumps]
“Kip Koski” <ki@sopris.net> wrote: Has anyone actually tried jumping. I mean off
a ramp. you would need a bigger wheel for faster speed. Think about the landing!
But of course! Tips from my past experience include,
*Use a wide ramp, it makes things a lot easier. *If using a landing ramp
increase the distance between gradually *You don’t actually need a ramp for
jumping, distances of 1m or so are quite possible without the use of a ramp.
*Jumping is hard on your unicycle. Jumping is likely to bend your cranks, break
your axle and pretzel your wheel if you push yourself. Either get a better
unicycle or take it easy. *In many respects tt is easier to jump things
sideways, rather than riding directly towards it.
My personal best is about 60 cm long. If you can clear 1m you are doing well,
Have fun, Peter
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RE: [Jumps]
> Has anyone actually tried jumping. I mean off a ramp. you would need a bigger
> wheel for faster speed. Think about the landing!
>
> But of course! Tips from my past experience include,
>
> *Use a wide ramp, it makes things a lot easier. *If using a landing ramp
> increase the distance between gradually *You don’t actually need a ramp for
> jumping, distances of 1m or so are quite possible without the use of a ramp.
> *Jumping is hard on your unicycle. Jumping is likely to bend your cranks,
> break your axle and pretzel your wheel if you push yourself. Either get a
> better unicycle or take it easy. *In many respects tt is easier to jump things
> sideways, rather than riding directly towards it.
>
> My personal best is about 60 cm long. If you can clear 1m you are doing well,
Back in the 70’s, when Evil Kneivel was popular (the world’s most famous bone
breaker), unicyclists jumped ramps on their Schwinns. The Pontiac Unicycle Club,
who hosted the first USA National Meet in 1973, used to jump over prone people
with a ramp. I think Floyd Crandall was able to clear 6 or more (with his dad
always the last one).
Later the Redford Township Unicycle Club also used a ramp, but we were a bit
more squeamish and jumped over foam bags. These were each about 12" in diameter
and I remember being able to clear 8 or so. Our ramp was about 30" long and
about 10" high. There are diagrams of Pontiac’s equipment in one of the early
USA Newsletters, and in the Tidbits For Beginners book you may have received
when joining USA.
Oops, not a member of USA? Don’t live in the USA? No matter. Our stuff appeals
to all English speaking unicyclists, so check it out:
http://www.unicycling.org/usa/
I wish I had a picture of somebody ramp jumping on my site; I’ll have to get one
on there eventually. For now I have this:
http://www.unicycling.com/unifoss/thingnot/dontdo.htm#22 Those were the days…
Stay on top, John Foss, the Uni-Cyclone (reply to jfoss@unicycling.com)
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