Muni or street tire

Unicycles and Equipment
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I was wondering if other people who ride Muni practice other skills (riding backwards etc) on a Muni tire or a street tire?
Anyone?

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It depends on which unicyle I have with me.

I do practice muni related skills on the muni. This would include seat out front, backwards riding, and general goofing around. It’s useful to have those skills on a muni so it makes sense to practice them on the muni.

For general skill development I like a 20" freestyle uni. I find it easier to learn or improve skills on a 20" freestyle uni than on a muni. It’s generally easier to first learn a skill on a 20" uni and then transfer that skill to a muni than to first try to learn the skill on the muni.

john_childs

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Re: Muni or street tire

Hey there,
Yeah, I do all the time, the only unicycle Iown is a Hunter 26" Muni with
2.6 Gazz so I kinda have to, mind you I’m not the greatest at riding
backwards or one footed but I’m getting there.
Dustin
Zupancic

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> It depends on which unicyle I have with me.
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> I do practice muni related skills on the muni. This would include seat
> out front, backwards riding, and general goofing around. It’s useful to
> have those skills on a muni so it makes sense to practice them on the
> muni.
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> For general skill development I like a 20" freestyle uni. I find it
> easier to learn or improve skills on a 20" freestyle uni than on a muni.
> It’s generally easier to first learn a skill on a 20" uni and then
> transfer that skill to a muni than to first try to learn the skill on
> the muni.
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Idling and riding backwards etc., I found the 20 inch easiest to learn on. Then I transferred the skills up to the 24, then 26.

For mounting-related skills, I sometimes find a slightly bigger wheel easier as bigger wheels are more stable and less fidgety. For example, I’ve recently learned/developed a semi-dynamic mount somewhere between a quarter to three static mount and a running mount. (I don’t know if it’s a standard mount or has a proper name, but it works well for me.) I learned this on the 26, then transferred it to the 24, and it took a little while to get it on the 20.

For improving skills, I’d say practise on the biggest wheel you have (except perhaps a Coker!). When you can idle a muni comfortably, a smaller uni is dead easy.