Its no where near finished but there are a few things on it that might interest
people. You’ll have to make allowances for the loading speed, I’ll try to
improve that shortly.
When finished this site should provide enough info for a complete newbie to get
started. I’ll also be including a ton of pictures and a comprehensive guide to
buying a unicycle.
At present most links don’t do much but you might like to check out the pics,
especially my sequence demonstrating the swedish flying jump mount.
If you have any suggestions let me know, Happy browsing,
Peter
o o Peter Bier o O o Juggler, unicyclist and mathematician.
o/|\o peter_bier@usa.net
I wanted it to be more finished looking but without others input for content its
hard to maintain a magazine. -Mary
At 01:16 AM 2/3/00 MST, you wrote: >Its no where near finished but there are a few things on it that might interest >people. You’ll have to make allowances for the loading speed, I’ll try to >improve that shortly. > >http://www.crosswinds.net/~unicycleguide/ > >When finished this site should provide enough info for a complete newbie to get >started. I’ll also be including a ton of pictures and a comprehensive guide to >buying a unicycle. > >At present most links don’t do much but you might like to check out the pics, >especially my sequence demonstrating the swedish flying jump mount. > >If you have any suggestions let me know, Happy browsing, > >Peter > > > o o Peter Bier o O o Juggler, unicyclist and mathematician. >o/|\o peter_bier@usa.net > >____________________________________________________________________ >Get free email and a permanent address at http://www.netaddress.com/?N=1
> http://www.crosswinds.net/~unicycleguide/ > > When finished this site should provide enough info for a complete newbie to > get started. I’ll also be including a ton of pictures and a comprehensive > guide to buying a unicycle.
Most excellent! As more and more newbies find the world of unicycling on the
Web, they end up with similar problems; mostly how to find useful beginners
information. This was always something I wanted to do on my own site, but my
fabled redesign is still somewhere in the future. Glad to see someone’s putting
up such useful content! As the content on unicycling.org ages, your site
provides a concise way to find some of the more useful information in there.
> check out the pics, especially my sequence demonstrating the Swedish flying > jump mount.
I was wondering where you got the idea for that? Was it from Connie, or from a
picture in the Miyata book? Anyway, looks like you might want to put a little
more air in your tire before you practice that any more. To duplicate the mount
as the original guy (Hakan) did it, hold the unicycle at the fork crown. This
puts your hand more toward the center of the unicycle, and keeps it off the seat
so you can land on it. Grasp the crown from the front, with one or two fingers
underneath, where the tire goes. This was easier back in 1983, when all Miyata
frames were 24", even if they had 20" wheels.
> I was puzzled by the learning technique described as the MIT Mrethod. It is > basically similar to the method developed by Bill Jenack/Jack Wiley, and > somewhat modified in my book Anyone Can Ride a Unicycle. I wonder how MIT got > involved.
Here’s a partial answer:
If you look at your list of USA Founding Members, you will see the name Andy
Rubel. He was involved with the MIT Unicycle Club back in the early 70’s, when
the USA was founded. At that time (I read it somewhere in one of the earliest
newsletters), the MIT Unicycle Club had over 70 members.
Now it’s the MIT Juggling Club. I don’t know what they do these days, but
definitely more focus on juggling. I met Andy Rubel once, at a juggling
convention in Amherst or Purchase. Since it looks like they used to teach a lot
of people to ride, there is definitely some experience there.
In message “RE: New unicycling home page”, John Foss wrote… >> http://www.crosswinds.net/~unicycleguide/ >> >> When finished this site should provide enough info for a complete newbie to >> get started. I’ll also be including a ton of pictures and a comprehensive >> guide to buying a unicycle. > >Most excellent! As more and more newbies find the world of unicycling on the
I, too, was impressed by your sight. Congratulations – by all means, keep up
the good work!
I was puzzled by the learning technique described as the MIT Mrethod. It is
basically similar to the method developed by Bill Jenack/ Jack Wiley, and
somewhat modified in my book Anyone Can Ride a Unicycle. I wonder how MIT
got involved.
> >Keep up the good site, John Foss President, Unicycling Society of America >Director, International Unicycling Federation (reply to jfoss@unicycling.com) >http://www.unicycling.com > >