mounting big wheels

Unicycles and Equipment
1

Hi,

I’ve been learning to ride on a 24" Miyata that belongs to our juggling club but
now want to get my own unicycle. I intend to use it mostly for commuting and I’m
not interested in tricks, so I’m thinking of getting a bigger wheel – 26" or
28". On the other hand, I can’t free mount yet. Is it more difficult to learn
mounting on a bigger wheel? Significantly more difficult?

Also, does anybody know what’s up with www.unicycling.org? It’s been down for a
while now…

Thanks a bunch, Borislav

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Re: mounting big wheels

At this point I still think that nobody rides a Unicycle. Somehow they use
mirrors to make it seem like it. The one I am trying to ride is one mean
horse… Dave. Borislav Deianov wrote in message
<7e8qjs$ic6@blather.cs.cornell.edu>…
>Hi,
>
>I’ve been learning to ride on a 24" Miyata that belongs to our juggling club
>but now want to get my own unicycle

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Re: mounting big wheels

Mounting a 26" or 28" unicycle is a little bit harder than mounting a 24", but I
wouldn’t consider it significantly harder. Changing wheel size is going to
change the feel of the unicycle though. Reaction times are going to change. The
amount of force that you need to use on the pedals to stop and slow down is also
going to change.

I learned on a 20" and when I first tried a 24" I was barely able to ride it
since I was so used to the 20". When I got my 26" unicycle I again had problems
the first time I tried to ride it.

But don’t let this discourage you from getting the larger uni. Just plan on
spending a day or two to get used to it and don’t be surprised if you can’t ride
it right away on the first try.

John

>From: Borislav Deianov <borislav@cs.cornell.edu> Reply-To: Borislav Deianov
><borislav@cs.cornell.edu> To: unicycling@winternet.com Subject: mounting big
>wheels Date: 4 Apr 1999 22:54:52 GMT
>
>Hi,
>
>I’ve been learning to ride on a 24" Miyata that belongs to our juggling club
>but now want to get my own unicycle. I intend to use it mostly for commuting
>and I’m not interested in tricks, so I’m thinking of getting a bigger wheel –
>26" or 28". On the other hand, I can’t free mount yet. Is it more difficult to
>learn mounting on a bigger wheel? Significantly more difficult?
>
>Also, does anybody know what’s up with www.unicycling.org? It’s been down for a
>while now…
>
>Thanks a bunch, Borislav

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