At the risk of arrogantly blathering on to the sensible offense of those reading, I will make one more post then call it done.
Juggleaddict, I think you had it right the first time. The 20 mile ride I mentioned is not the objective of the unicycle, just something I might try once I am up and riding consistently. The gentle slopes of that particular trail are not what I will most often find myself on, the majority probably being steeper slopes or flat ground. The “replacing a bicycle” part is valid, though, but I think the rationale behind the arguments for a 29’’ make sense.
I will explicitly clarify at this point that I haven’t a clue, and that any impression I may give in what I type that I might “know something” or have some kind of insight into any of this is based solely and EXCLUSIVELY on my trusting the words others have written. Maybe the 36 is the right answer. Maybe a 20 is the right answer. Please do not take my agreeing with things said here as any kind of arrogant endorsement of those positions, and if it seems I am bla bla bla blathering on about it, that is only to make certain that the point is understood.
Thanks again for the helpful input. Going back to lurk mode.
A newb comes here asking for suggestions on what his next wheel size should be. Gets perfectly helpful answers from others here. Decides others’ suggestions weren’t good enough for him and decides to insult them with his little humor. And all along he had his own ‘perfect’ answers to his own questions. Returns here for a final post to further trying to insult me by calling me a jackass on his own blog. Very nice try.
It’s your story, UPD, you can tell it like you want. An intelligent person would look at the dates between corresponding posts and realize that most of the recent decisions made in my blog were directly attributable to very much welcomed answers provided here, but I’m guessing people don’t use words like “intelligent” around you very much. Putting plugs for unicyclist.com into my blog seemed appropriate at the time, considering that it was, briefly, one of the more useful resources I had found.
The suggestions and inputs from others on here were very much welcomed, and, at no point remotely insulted. In fact, the only insults I have levelled in relation to cycling at all were in one post on my blog and the the above paragraph.
And I’m still a bit lost on where you get the impression I had my own perfect answers all along. My blog is simply a daily update on what is going through my mind regarding unicycling. If I recall correctly, I have changed my mind about which uni to upgrade into three times since starting that blog, and it’s only a week old.
Feel free to continue burning your hormones on here relative to me - this kind of BS I DEFINITELY do not have a need for.
I’ll be laughing about this one for a while. Calling people names on one’s blog for giving free advice sounds like an entry for the worlds most pointless internet flame.
We have much in common. I learned to ride when I was 17 and didn’t mind taking lots of risks, but Trials and Mountain unicycles didn’t exist then so the risks were less physically damaging (most risk of breaking axles and other parts that might force a 6-month wait for replacements). Now I’m mostly where you are in terms of not wanting to “break myself” though I probably try harder stuff based on my past experience.
I also had a 26" Huffy (3-speed!) at the time I started unicycling. Used to do jumps on it, and bent the one-piece crank!
Possibly, but that’s a big jump from a 20", especially for a brand new rider, and a lot more unicycle to lug around. For someone of Deke’s description I would recommend a 26" or 29" first.
That would probably be a perfect setup for you. Start with the 127s for pavement and the 150s for dirt. Then, depending on the dirt, use the 127s. My 29" Muni has 150s on it, but for a really fun ride on not-too technical trails, 140s are a blast. For easy dirt (like fire trails) 127s will probably be fine as well, and even faster.
Ouch, UPD got word-hurt! Poor fella. Isn’t what you described above pretty much what every new person does on here when asking for advice? Most of us talk too much. If we were all standing around in a parking lot with our unicycles, we’d mostly be saying “Try this one.” “Now try this one.”
Deke, I guess you were right. I was only concerned some of the guys were offended. But I must be wrong if none were taking it offensively, maybe it’s just my misinterpretation. .
With your stated criteria, it does sound like you can either go with the 26er or 29er as your second uni. Agreeing with juggleaddict, 36er will probably be your 3rd uni and fit you best if you want to somewhat replace the one speed bike. Slower, however, distance wise is comparable. Climbing on most hills shouldn’t be a problem either.
So true…puts our petty flame wars into context…I will remember that next time I get bent out of shape about something on the forum. In celebration of the above reconciliation and the extinguished flame war, a poem:
Sticks and stones may break your bones
Wear safety gear for mUni
