Just reading a few posts which had a common thread: the quality and performance fo uni equipment. What is the best tyre size, strongest frame etc. The usual stuff.
Then, being of a certain disposition, I think to myself, ‘Surely the fun is in the challenge. If we wanted it easy, we’d ride bicycles or tricycles or motorbikes or something.’
Then I think, ‘Why get a uni which is such high performance you get no fun on the local trails, and have to travel miles to find something challenging?’
Then I think, ‘In fact, on a basic small uni, almost everything is challenging, so there is fun to be had riding quite simple local trails and paths on a bog-standard 20 inch…’
Then I think, ‘But if it was a 24, it would be a bit faster… or maybe a 26…’
Then I think, ‘With a fattish tyre, coz it could roll over obstacles better… and some decent pedals… and…’
But now I need to go further afield to find a challenging ride… why not ride something more basic?
The circularity of this though pattern vexes me overmuch.
You’re doing way too much thinking Mike. This reminds me of the scene in Austin Powers when he talks about time travel and goes cross eyed, too much thinking
I don’t know why, but your post reminds me of George Peck. He got his first uni from a dumpster rode it , broke it, fixed it etc. He’s now doing on an ultimate wheel what most of us are aspiring to do on our Munis.
You can buy all the equipment in the world and it won’t buy skills. It all comes down to practice and just enjoying the ride.
my little 20" uni broke really fast–that was the main reason i got a MUni, higher quality components dont break as much, and we all know, busted parts mean less ride time(esp when you cant just go down to the local store and buy a part, you need to get it mail order–takes a bit of time) and i want to be riding as much as possible, means i get more challenges. the other thing, i live in new hampshire, and we have a distinct lack of large paved surfaces in which to do street riding, so off-road it is. street tires wear out quickly on dirt, so its another thing that i need to upgrade. im sure i could have the challenge of a savage seat, but that also means less ride time as i wait to recover(or a whole lot more tricks with seat out in front)
i dislike when the uni cant do stuff that i might be able to otherwise–i do draw the line when i see the flatland riders with 10" travel shocks n stuff to make it over larger drops, im concerned with my body being able to do stuff, not the cycles(a rider only has a certain amount of travel in his body, thats just about all i think he should get
although basic things on a 20" would be as challenging as harder things on a 26" (you know what is easier with what) having to ride a 20" everywhere I went would probably limit me to my back yard, and maybe down the driveway.
The better suited the equipment, the easier a bigger (and more fullfilling) challenge is.b
I like this train of thought, I’ve been through it myself many times.
Lowell
Mikefule wrote:
>
> Just reading a few posts which had a common thread: the quality and
> performance fo uni equipment. What is the best tyre size, strongest
> frame etc. The usual stuff.
>
> Then, being of a certain disposition, I think to myself, ‘Surely the fun
> is in the challenge. If we wanted it easy, we’d ride bicycles or
> tricycles or motorbikes or something.’
>
> Then I think, ‘Why get a uni which is such high performance you get no
> fun on the local trails, and have to travel miles to find something
> challenging?’
>
> Then I think, ‘In fact, on a basic small uni, almost everything is
> challenging, so there is fun to be had riding quite simple local trails
> and paths on a bog-standard 20 inch…’
>
> Then I think, ‘But if it was a 24, it would be a bit faster… or maybe
> a 26…’
>
> Then I think, ‘With a fattish tyre, coz it could roll over obstacles
> better… and some decent pedals… and…’
>
> But now I need to go further afield to find a challenging ride… why
> not ride something more basic?
>
> The circularity of this though pattern vexes me overmuch.
>
>
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> I like this train of thought, I’ve been through it myself many times.
But is it a train that takes you somewhere, or one that goes round and
round in your living room?
As for myself, I am glad of any advances in unicycle technology
(barring training wheels) that make the fun things more
accessible. Maybe in a few years’ time when I am a master unicyclist I
can afford myself the luxury of choosing “more difficult”
equipment. On the other hand, a unicycle is ipso facto a
difficult instrument, so why try to make it easier? I think this train
of thought just ran over me…
Janne
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I like your good humor. I got ran over by that train too. But
the main point I liked was that things can get too complicated
and actually distract from the fun part. It’s kind of like when I
was a little kid a bunch of guys would get together and play
baseball on an empty lot. We had fun. When the parents get
into it and organize everything, get offical uniforms, and get
to arguing among themselves about points that we kids would
just pass over and let it go, it gets to be no fun at all. The same
with unicycles. The more complicated it gets the less fun you
have. Do what you enjoy and can afford and have FUN.
That’s my 2¢.
Lowell
> “Lowell Terry” <yoda@socket.net> writes:
>
> > I like this train of thought, I’ve been through it myself many times.
>
> But is it a train that takes you somewhere, or one that goes round and
> round in your living room?
>
> As for myself, I am glad of any advances in unicycle technology
> (barring training wheels) that make the fun things more
> accessible. Maybe in a few years’ time when I am a master unicyclist I
> can afford myself the luxury of choosing “more difficult”
> equipment. On the other hand, a unicycle is ipso facto a
> difficult instrument, so why try to make it easier? I think this train
> of thought just ran over me…
>
> Janne
> –
> Most of the girls, as they walked along, seemed % shem@erasethis.iki.fi
> to be absorbed in silent prayer; but he supposed, %
> on second thoughts, it was only gum they were %
> thus incessantly ruminating. Gum, not God.
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