In the www.unicycle.fr cataloge, there’s a special cycle called a Mono-guidon,
which looks like a unicycle without pedals and with handlebars where the seat
normally is. Does anyone know how the heck one’s supposed to ride that,
er…“thing”?
Also, has anyone ever riden a unicycle in which the axis of the wheel isn’t in
the center of the wheel, like the Eccentric wheel, on the www.unicycle.fr page?
Cheers,
Matt
> Be patient with unicycle.fr. They are VERY slow. They do have a direct > drive trick bicycle but it is does not have the double pivot like the Super > Trick Cycle. > > By the way, I just spotted a super trick cycle on one of my sites. > http://www.sat.net/~bberlin/circusfreaks/calendar.htm Can you spot it? Also > can you spot the flying Coker? Or is it a Sem? Hard to tell. > > Brian Berlin > > munibods <munibods@breathemail.net> wrote in message > news:3921cf0d_3@news1.vip.uk.com… > > Can anyone give me the Website etc for a supplier of unicycles with > attached > > but fully rotating handlebars, I know the product as a UNIBIKE and Mini > has > > one but I have failed to identify a supplier. > > > > I’ve tried unicycle.fr without success and Mini may be able to come up > with > > a phone no, but i’m lookin for more & pics. > > > > Apologies for the Bi(ke) query o/s the usual chat, > > > > Roger will confirm we still comit to instability by adding a v’tasty > giraffe > > to our stable- It’s what all kids need to develop an unstable perspective > > of life. > > > > Duncan > > > > Unstable & Unable (excl’ kids) > > > > > > >
you don’t ride it. You just hold it out in front of you while you ride your
unicycle. It looks like a bike from the front and back but when you turn
sideways they see a gaping hole in your “bike.” Bb
Matthew Macauley <mmacauley@hmc.edu> wrote in message news:39272FE4.84C546EF@hmc.edu… > In the www.unicycle.fr cataloge, there’s a special cycle called a
Mono-guidon, > which looks like a unicycle without pedals and with handlebars where the
seat > normally is. Does anyone know how the heck one’s supposed to ride that, > er…“thing”? > > Also, has anyone ever riden a unicycle in which the axis of the wheel
isn’t in > the center of the wheel, like the Eccentric wheel, on the www.unicycle.fr
page? > > Cheers, > > Matt > > > Be patient with unicycle.fr. They are VERY slow. They do have a direct drive > > trick bicycle but it is does not have the double pivot like the
Super > > Trick Cycle. > > > > By the way, I just spotted a super trick cycle on one of my sites. > > http://www.sat.net/~bberlin/circusfreaks/calendar.htm Can you spot it? Also > > can you spot the flying Coker? Or is it a Sem? Hard to tell. > > > > Brian Berlin > > > > munibods <munibods@breathemail.net> wrote in message > > news:3921cf0d_3@news1.vip.uk.com… > > > Can anyone give me the Website etc for a supplier of unicycles with > > attached > > > but fully rotating handlebars, I know the product as a UNIBIKE and
Mini > > has > > > one but I have failed to identify a supplier. > > > > > > I’ve tried unicycle.fr without success and Mini may be able to come up > > with > > > a phone no, but i’m lookin for more & pics. > > > > > > Apologies for the Bi(ke) query o/s the usual chat, > > > > > > Roger will confirm we still comit to instability by adding a v’tasty > > giraffe > > > to our stable- It’s what all kids need to develop an unstable
perspective > > > of life. > > > > > > Duncan > > > > > > Unstable & Unable (excl’ kids) > > > > > > > > > > > > >
Hmmmm… very interesting indeed. I’d say this is something like an “ultimate
handlebars unit”. “Handlebars unit” is what we would call it if it had pedals.
Now that I think of it, perhaps “handlebars
B.C. wheel” is more appropriate.
I can imagine this being used in two ways:
Like a regular handlebars unit, where the rider rides a normal uni and holds
so it look like a bicycle and does various maneuvers.
Like a B.C. wheel while holing on to the handlebars.
I wonder who we need to ask to find out how it is actually ridden. Fascinating.
>Good luck at the Championships! > > >-Matt Macauley >
Does anybody have any info on where to get one of those giant wheeled russian made monocycles? You ride along side it on a platform that slides on the wheel and propell yourself by moving the fat spokes with your arms. Thank You al
In our club “La Beaumanoir” in the city of Dinan, France, (you are all welcome!), we have these two “things” : Mono guidon (from unicycle.fr) and excentric wheel (self made by Patrick who is now on a motorised uni project).
Progress and fun. All different properties we can use are good to make progress.
These two (circus) relatively not too expensive props are very very useful and used by our kids.
With a Mono guidon you can ride fun, slow and smooth slalooms (interesting for our shows) and it can give self confidence for beginers (kids or not).
You can finish the show with it on your shoulder.
Excentric wheel is not too hard to ride. It 's also for the fun. Kids can do it. For my case, i didn’t yet.
In our club “La Beaumanoir” in the city of Dinan, France, (you are all welcome!), we have these two “things” : Mono guidon (from unicycle.fr) and excentric wheel (self made by Patrick who is now on a motorised uni project).
Progress and fun. All different properties we can use are good to make progress.
These two (circus) relatively not too expensive props are very very useful and used by our kids.
With a Mono guidon you can ride fun, slow and smooth slalooms (interesting for our shows) and it can give self confidence for beginers (kids or not).
You can finish the show with it on your shoulder.
Excentric wheel is not too hard to ride. It 's also for the fun. Kids can do it. For my case, i didn’t yet.
While stranded on the hard shoulder of the information super highway allevine75.fvosm@timelimit.unicyclist.com typed:
>
> Does anybody have any info on where to get one of those giant wheeled
> russian made monocycles? You ride along side it on a platform that
> slides on the wheel and propell yourself by moving the fat spokes with
> your arms. Thank You al
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Sounds like the mono-quidon is what we call a Handlebar Unit. Jack Halpern seemed a little confused on the description though, so look at it this way:
A Handlebar Unit is like stealing the front end of a bicycle. Wheel, fork, handlebars. No pedals. Not intended to be ridden by itself.
When the handlebar unit has pedals, I call it a Handlebar Unicycle. This seems like a sensible name to keep the two variants straight. A Handlebar Unicycle is not the front end of a bike, because it has to have a unicycle hub, bearings to fit the hub, cranks, pedals, etc. So it’s usually a unicycle with a stem and handlebars where the seat should be.
You can do a lot more with a handlebar unicycle, including almost all the stuff you can do with a handlebar unit. But a handlebar unit is of course much easier to make, especially if you have junk bikes laying around (and who doesn’t?).
I have a handlebar unicycle made from an old Miyata 20" with a heavy duty BMX stem and BMX handlebars. One trick I always wanted to do but was afraid to try was to jump over the handlebars while riding, to land on the pedals in front of the frame and keep going. A higher set of handlebars/lower stem would make this trick a lot more paletable…
