My "inner balance"

General
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I moved off my learner uni and onto a bigger wheel (29er) pretty quick and have been riding my 29er exclusively for the past few months. Recently I jumped back on my 20" trials (that felt weird) to begin working on idling and riding backwards. I’ve noticed a couple of things…

It seems that you need less balance on a bigger wheel, and not putting in the time on a smaller wheel in the beginning has come back to haunt me now. Is it the speed or inertia of the big wheel makes it possible to ride with less balancing ability (or maybe you spend less time standing still or moving slow)? Not that I’m not having fun, actually I’ve discovered how fun it is on the trials uni and have become very interested in working on street/trials skills (I really suck at these). I haven’t ridden my big wheel much lately.

If someone would have offered me a case of beer for my trials uni last week I would have considered the trade :astonished: Now there is no way I would sell it, I’m having way to much fun right outside my house on the street.

It’s cool how the different branches of this sport pull you and how you can end up someplace you thought you would never go.

Sorry for this big long post, but I don’t have anyone else to talk uni with and have spent a lot of time lately in the saddle so I need to let it out.

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I just went down to a 20 from a 24 and have noticed that it’s been so much easier ti fund balance. Also, I have found that I can recover from almost UPDing much easier. Also, I’ve been able to learn to idle and go backward in the past five days having it.
Sorry l’m not directly answering the physics of it, but in my limited exp I’ve just found smaller easier.

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Dear Sir,

You will be hearing from my lawyers about this blantant example of copyright infrigement.

:slight_smile:

And just think, a 20" and a 29" are only two types of unicycling, you’ve got many more to try out still!

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I think it’s mostly ascribed to inertia. The larger wheel “keeps rolling” more easily. Add to that a time factor: more time to make corrections, so less dismounts. The 20" is going to be a little more harsh, which makes for a richer learning environment.