Hi, I am interessted in off-road unicycling, but I do not have a unicycle
suitable for this, I was wondering if any one had a second hand one for sale
or if any one can recommend a good off-road unicycle to me. Thanks for your
help, Gary
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RE: Off -road unicycling
> I reckon her speed on the bike should be a good match for my speed on a 26"
> (and would be a good first outing, as the route goes past my office and I’d be
> able to check the commute time before actually doing the commute). The only
> problem is she wants me to take my trailer so that we can carry more shopping,
> and I can’t attach the trailer to a unicycle
Sounds like you need a different trailer 
Or you could try attaching the trailer to your SO’s bike. I know it’s not as
gentlemanly, but even I would have trouble keeping up with a “slow” bicyclist on
a 20 mile ride, even on a 26" unicycle…
Stay on top, John Foss, the Uni-Cyclone (reply to jfoss@unicycling.com)
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high speed in his first true MUni race, at NUC 99
RE: Off -road unicycling
I think it would have to be a “truni”
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Re: Off -road unicycling
Danny Colyer <danny@speedy5.freeyour.headserve.co.uk> wrote:
: I’ve ordered my new Pashley 26" from Roger - I’m having the red one …snip…
: The only problem is she wants me to take my trailer so that we can carry more
: shopping, and I can’t attach the trailer to a unicycle
: 
Why not attatch the trailer to SOs cycle? And would a trailer and uni make a
trike? sarah
Re: Off -road unicycling
Gary Titherly <gazza_pro@hotmail.com> wrote:
> Hi, I am interessted in off-road unicycling, but I do not have a unicycle
> suitable for this, I was wondering if any one had a second hand one for
> sale or if any one can recommend a good off-road unicycle to me. Thanks for
> your help,
I can’t help with your quest for a new uni, but most unicycles can be taken
off-road at a pinch. I started riding off-road on the North York Moors (one of
the best places to mountain bike or Muni in the UK - and not easy terrain) on my
old 20" DM with (modified) T-bar saddle. It might not cope well with massive
drop-offs (the DM might have) long distances (although Danny does very well
indeed on a 20"), or particularly rough ground, but it is a good way to get
started on easier trails and see if you like the experience.
–
Paul Selwood paul@vimes.u-net.com
Re: Off -road unicycling
Gary Titherly <gazza_pro@hotmail.com> wrote:
: I am interessted in off-road unicycling, but I do not have a unicycle suitable
: for this, I was wondering if any one had a second hand one for sale or if any
: one can recommend a good off-road unicycle to me.
Almost any Uni can be used for muni. At least to begin with, it may need a
knobbly tyre, but with so many kids bikes haveing MTB styleing these days, 20
inch or 24 inch Knobblys are getting easier to find, It doesn’t even need to be
VERY knobbly to start with . NO one starts out on Thick gloopy muddy downhills
in the middle of winter for their first Muni ride… (well I did actully but
thats another story…)
Start muniing on what you’ve got and sooner or later a Muni will show up that
you can afford and by then you’ll really appriciate it 
If your in the UKor Europe, why not come along to the British Muni Weekend in
Dorset in May, lots of other people with munis and one or two spares around if
you don’t have one of your own or want to try out some differnt makes and
models. more Info at www.vimes.u-net.com
sarah
Re: Off -road unicycling
John Foss :
>Or you could try attaching the trailer to your SO’s bike. I know it’s not
as
>gentlemanly, but even I would have trouble keeping up with a “slow” bicyclist
>on a 20 mile ride, even on a 26" unicycle…
I unicycled to work this morning (5.6 miles). My average speed was 7.2mph, with
a maximum of 9.7 (I got the max up to 10.3 on the way home, though the average
dropped a little). This compares to an average of 8.3 and a max of
16.1 when I cycled into Bath with Catherine at the weekend at her pace. So
you’re right, it’s not quite such a good match.
I expected to go a bit faster on the 26", but I can’t maintain the same
pedalling cadence that I can on a 20". Maybe it’ll come with practice, or maybe
I’ll end up fitting shorter cranks.
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Danny Colyer (remove your.head to reply) http://www.twjc.co.uk/danny.html
Getting out of bed is a terrible way to have to start the day.
Re: Off -road unicycling
Paul Selwood :
> (although Danny does very well indeed on a 20")
I’ve ordered my new Pashley 26" from Roger - I’m having the red one
Then I’ll have to get into training ready for BMW. I discovered last night that
Richard’s also got a Pashley 26" on order from Roger, and as his house is a
couple of hundred yards from mine we should be able to train together.
My SO wants to cycle into Bath on Saturday (about 20 miles round trip). I reckon
her speed on the bike should be a good match for my speed on a 26" (and would be
a good first outing, as the route goes past my office and I’d be able to check
the commute time before actually doing the commute). The only problem is she
wants me to take my trailer so that we can carry more shopping, and I can’t
attach the trailer to a unicycle
–
Danny Colyer (remove your.head to reply) http://www.twjc.co.uk/danny.html
Getting out of bed is a terrible way to have to start the day.
Re: Off -road unicycling
Danny wrote,
> The only problem is she wants me to take my trailer so that we can carry more
> shopping, and I can’t attach the trailer to a unicycle
>
At the BUC in Gloucester, Dan (I think) from Oxford who rode 30 miles through
the night with a trailer attached, He was saying that it handled ok.
Roger
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Re: Off -road unicycling + off topic whinge
I wrote:
>I’ve ordered my new Pashley 26" from Roger - I’m having the red one
>:-)
>
It’s arrived! And a very pretty red it is too. I took it for a quick spin round
the car park at lunchtime. Several people complained in the afternoon that
they’d missed it, to which I replied that they’d have to wait until I ride it
in, as I’d already boxed it back up ready to take home.
It’s arrival was the only thing to brighten up what has to be the worst day I’ve
had in a long time. Off topic whinge follows, because I feel like sharing with
anyone who’ll listen.
I arranged for the unicycle to be delivered to the office. I cycled in yesterday
with the trailer (and left it at work), so that it’d be there ready to take the
unicycle home. This morning I heard a hiss as I passed a pub just down the road
from work - the sort of hiss that I’d usually expect to stop me in a few yards,
but the tyre got me the rest of the way into work OK.
When I went to fix the puncture at lunchtime, I dug an enormous shard of glass
out of the tyre - I haven’t decided yet whether I’ll have to replace the tyre.
Then I found a hole in the inner tube that I just could not seal. And I didn’t
have a replacement tube with me (unless I cannibalised my shiny new unicycle).
Bizarrely, though, for such a bugger of a puncture, the tube was able to hold
air for about half a mile before I had to stop and pump it up again. Fortunately
I had my track pump with me (because the trailer’s got a puncture so slow that I
can’t find it, but fast enough that the tyre needs pumping up every couple of
days). With just a frame pump I wouldn’t have had a hope of cycling home.
Anyway, I pumped up the tyre good and hard before leaving work, then stopped 8
times before the tube was so shredded that I gave up and walked the last
couple of miles. The journey took nearly an hour and a half - it usually takes
25 minutes.
To top it all off, most cyclepaths in the UK are blockaded by numerous
anti-motorcycle barriers. They don’t keep the off road motorcyclists off, but
they are a right bugger for anyone with a trike, panniers or a trailer. I have
some experience of lifting bike and trailer over them, but this evening I
managed to knock my horn off on a barrier. And destroy the quick release
mechanism. I shall have to rig something up with that miracle of cycle repair
technology, the plant tie.
Anyway, I think I’ll go and replace that tube now.
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Danny Colyer (remove your.head to reply) http://www.twjc.co.uk/danny.html
Getting out of bed is a terrible way to have to start the day.
Re: Off -road unicycling
Danny Colyer <danny@speedy5.freeyour.headserve.co.uk> wrote:
: I’ve ordered my new Pashley 26" from Roger - I’m having the red one …snip…
: The only problem is she wants me to take my trailer so that we can carry more
: shopping, and I can’t attach the trailer to a unicycle
:
Why not attatch the trailer to SOs cycle? And would a trailer and uni make a
trike? sarah
Re: Off -road unicycling & Trailers
Sarah Miller and John Foss both suggested:
>Why not attatch the trailer to SOs cycle?
There are some things I’ll never persuade her to do, although maybe I just need
the right lever. She always said I’d never get her on a tandem, until we passed
a couple on one just before Christmas and she noticed that the stoker was doing
hardly any work. Now she wants one.
Any ideas how I’ll get her on a unicycle? I persuaded her to have a go at the
BJC in Durham, but she hasn’t tried since and she won’t go to unicycle
conventions with me. Maybe Sarah and Ali can help with that one at York? It
might help for her to talk to a female unic. Then again it might help even more
for her to talk to a male unic’s non-unic partner - Isabelle?
Anyway, back to the trailer, I seriously doubt that Catherine would be fit
enough to tow a trailer full of shopping 10 miles home. And transferring the
fittings from my bike to hers would be more faffing around than I can be
bothered with on a Saturday morning.
Then Sarah asked:
>And would a trailer and uni make a trike?
Not in this case, because it’s a one-wheeled trailer (a Bob Yak). I thought
about getting a Bike Hod, which fits to the seat post (and has got 2 wheels),
but the Yak suits my needs better. I’ve been thinking for the past few days
about rigging up some sort of device to attach it to a unicycle, but I don’t
think it’ll work.
Most trailers that would fit to a unicycle would have 2 wheels, though. The only
exception I can think of is the Pac-Dog, which I think has one wheel and I think
fits to the seatpost.
Anyone got any pictures of a unicycle towing a trailer. A friend of mine (Kevin
Fletcher, aka Topper the Clown) had a trailer made for him a few months ago, but
I haven’t seen it yet. My mate Orinoco might be able to get a picture.
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Danny Colyer (remove your.head to reply) http://www.twjc.co.uk/danny.html
Getting out of bed is a terrible way to have to start the day.
RE: Off -road unicycling & Trailers
> Anyone got any pictures of a unicycle towing a trailer. A friend of mine
> (Kevin Fletcher, aka Topper the Clown) had a trailer made for him a few months
> ago, but I haven’t seen it yet. My mate Orinoco might be able to get a
> picture.
When Cannondale came out with what must have been their first trailer, in the
late 70’s, USA founder Bill Jenack when right out and stuck one on a unicycle.
The trailer was called the “Bugger” (hey UK folks, I didn’t name it! Probably
had a different name if sold there), and they still make trailers using a
similar plastic shell. It’s roughly triangular, with a rear-facing seat and two
wheels. Bill Jenack used it as a sag wagon in unicycle parades.
Anyway, there’s a picture of it in one of the old USA newsletters, maybe
1976 or so?
John Foss, the Uni-Cyclone (reply to jfoss@unicycling.com)
http://www.unicycling.com
“Oh my goodness!” - speed champion Yuichiro Kato, headed down the mountain at
high speed in his first true MUni race, at NUC 99