Forwarded message: > From bkonarsk@mcs.kent.edu Thu Oct 6 12:26:53 1994 Date: Thu, 6 Oct 1994 > 17:25:57 +0100 (BST) From: Akuma <bs1dwc@bath.ac.uk> To: unicycling Subject: > Monocycles Message-ID: > <Pine.SUN.3.90.941006172407.13238B-100000@midge.bath.ac.uk> MIME-Version: 1.0 > Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII > > > I’ve been wondering, has anyone got a picture of a monocycle? I’d love to > ride one (it sounds like the perfect way to get around town), but I’ve > never even seen one. If you can send me a picture file, or better still > stick it on the web, I’d be grateful.
I have some pictures, but unfortunately no scanner. If you can get hold of The
Unicycle Book or The Complete Book of Unicycling you will see some pictures and
get some discussion. I guess part of the problem is stopping, so a pure
monocycle would be tricky. They will sometimes have a small wheel out front to
keep the rider from terminal spins when they try to stop.
Beirne
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>> I’ve been wondering, has anyone got a picture of a monocycle? I’d love to >> ride one (it sounds like the perfect way to get around town), but I’ve >> never even seen one. If you can send me a picture file, or better still >> stick it on the web, I’d be grateful. > >I have some pictures, but unfortunately no scanner. If you can get hold of The >Unicycle Book or The Complete Book of Unicycling you will see some pictures and >get some discussion. I guess part of the problem is stopping, so a pure >monocycle would be tricky. They will sometimes have a small wheel out front to >keep the rider from terminal spins when they try to stop. > >Beirne >
There are also some monocycles in operation in Southern California. Steve Gordon
and Dave Moore (who also have the world’s largest wheeled unicycle, at 73") have
at least two of them. I saw a picture somewhere, it might have been in Bicycling
Magazine a couple of years ago. They were very large, and probably weighed about
100 pounds (50 kilos?) each. Each looked to be at least 6’ in diameter, and the
riders were in a laid-back position, practically on their backs. I’ve also seen
a film from the 1930’s or 40’s with a guy on a motorized monocycle. The other
drawback of riding a monocycle is probably difficulty in steering it.
John Foss, President International Unicycling Federation unifoss@cerfnet.com