I want to do some mountain unicycling, but I don’t know where to do it. Does anyone know of any good trails near Washington DC? Also, I only have a Nimbus freestyle. Would I need a muni?
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You wouldn’t really need an actual muni, skills can compensate for suboptimal equipment. But longer cranks is recommended. Do keep in mind that if you are using square taper it could break with enough abuse. My 24" broke when using 100 mm cranks not on muni but bad snow conditions on the road. So a decent isis uni could be a good investment
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@SirCranky, What do you mean by longer cranks? I have 114mm
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been there, done that with the taper cranks. that was when I knew I had officially moved past beginner mode
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Depends on how technical the trail is as well how steep it is.
Assuming you are using a 20", 114 mm could be quite versatile, but i would probably go for 125-140 mm. I recommended trying what works for you and luckily square taper cranks are quite cheap at like ten bucks a piece if you need any more.
With the proper skill you could go shorter for just gravel riding.
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You can do light muni on that and with the ISIS cranks you’re not going to break them.
The biggest challenge is braking downhill, which is why longer cranks were recommended above. With long cranks (>140 on a 26/29 or >125 on a 20) you can brake with your pedals using back pressure. Nowadays most use disc brakes for muni which allows the use of shorter cranks (faster).
I would try an easy/middle mountain bike trail. Just be aware that you may have to bail if you go down something too steep.
But can’t help you out with trails, as the closest to you that I know would be Philadelphia (Wissahickon).
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I was thinking longer cranks for uphills and obstacles as when riding downhill you can just let it ripp. Although i really havent done much muni at all so i cant rally say