My wife and I are both learned to ride a unicycle back in the 80’s when we were living in Saskatoon going to University. Ever since then we have made a point of making sure we ride our unicycles at least once a year. I guess we’re afraid we’re going to lose the skill. Surprisingly, it seems to be like “riding a bike”. You don’t really forget how to do it.
Anyhow, looking forward to talking with other unicyclists. Looks like a great community.
We used to belong to a Saskatoon Juggling / Unicycling club called Pastafarians. Slim chance, but if anyone else on here belonged to the club, let me know.
I guess I was in the unicycling mood today. Picked up a 20"off-road Uni today Going to try it out on our local single-track trail this afternoon. Not sure if this will replace my mountain bike, but I’ve always wanted to try some off-roading on a unicycle. We used to use our old Norco’s on trails in S’toon, but this should ride quite a bit better.
I’m from Saskatoon but have never heard of the Pastafarians club.
A quick search shows that they were still active as a juggling club in 1992 under the direction of Bob Palmer, but I’m not finding anything that shows that Bob still resides in the city or that the club is still active. It looks as though they were originally located somewhere in the Sutherland neighbourhood, which is just east of the U of S.
Wow, I’m amazed you found a listing for our old club LOL. The main core of members had all moved away by 1990, I guess Bob kept it going for a few more years. He’s now located in Alberta. This is his webpage: http://www.flybob.com/ . I believe he still incorporates his unicycle in his show.
The Sutherland listing was probably one of our Winter venues. It’s amazing how many different places we were in over the years. However I consider the Bessborough Park as our main hangout. You’d find us there every summer weekend with slack ropes strung between a few trees for walking on, unicyclists, jugglers, etc. We had a blast … lots of good memories.
There is one specialty shop that deals in higher end unicycles http://www.escapesports.ca/ and most of the bike shops in town tend to keep at least one lower price uni hanging on their walls, but over the last couple of years I haven’t seen as many people out riding as in the past.
Bess park is still a hot spot for the slack line crowd.
Welcome
A trials (many call them 20"ers, but they are really 19") isn’t a very good Muni except for little kids.
It doesn’t roll over bumps well, less pedal clearance, and its slow. But it’s fine for the occational ride, and seeing how much you like Muni before buying a 24/26/29. Taller riders and rollers tend to like bigger wheels, hoppers, beginner Muniers, and really tech trails, smaller wheels.
Thanks for the response. I guess my first question is what a Muni / Munier is??? I’m not really into the unicycle culture in terms of what’s the best unicycle, and all the terminology out there. I’ll have to do more reading on these boards I guess All of the unicycles we’ve purchased have all been relatively cheap. I won’t be riding them as hard as I did in my 20’s (we were a bit nuts back then). I’ll post a pic of our three.
I’ve ridden 20" wheels in the past, and haven’t found too many problems with bumps. I actually found them to be a bit more maneuverable. However I haven’t tried them on rougher trails. I guess I’ll find out tomorrow. I was hoping to go this afternoon, but stuff got in the way.
Nice looking trials. Fine for light riding, but eventually you’ll break those cotterless cranks and/or hub. Since you could spend as much as you paid for the whole uni, in upgrading it, it may make more sense to just get a good splined trials (esp if it has a single wall rim). Newer quality unis have flatter seats and a thinner seat for trials (ie KH Street or Slim) makes it easier to hold on to for SIF (Seat In Front).
To make it last, avoid all drops more than a couple of stairs, and if you really get into it, start saving for the best you can afford specific to the style you want to ride most (ie trials or Muni. Nimbus’ are really good, mostly just heavier than something like a KH).
Muni = Mountain unicyde. people usually just say riders, but I wanted to specify a Muni rider (ala Munier or Muniist).
Going to try it out on our local single-track trail this afternoon. Not sure if this will replace my mountain bike, but I’ve always wanted to try some off-roading on a unicycle. We used to use our old Norco’s on trails in S’toon, but this should ride quite a bit better.
All of the unicycles we’ve purchased have all been relatively cheap. I won’t be riding them as hard as I did in my 20’s (we were a bit nuts back then). I’ll post a pic of our three.