Hit the road first thing yesterday morning for another ride toward my challenge, rode 23 miles bringing me to 93 for the month, got to see a nice sunrise over the river on my first leg of the ride
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Great pictures.
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It was a little warm today (101F), but I was able to ride the Large Marge wheel-build a little more. It currently has a Specialized Big Roller 24X2.8 installed on it. The Large Marge rim makes that tire a full 3 inches wide.
It’s hard to see the spokes in the photo above so I uploaded another from another day, here:
There is a plan for the Large Marge wheel, and it will ultimately be installed in a different frame.
And @mindbalance , I don’t have a video of me in the “Large Marge Sent Me” tshirt yet. Hopefully this will do in the meantime. 
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Imperial Place, Tokyo, Japan
On Sundays, the Road on the Eastern side of the station is closed for Cyclists
I made it around 1 lap 3km before I got called out and kicked off. I don’t understand much Japanese, but I think I heard “Ichi Rensha” - one wheel… I think the slalom weaving of the road cones didn’t help…
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I once heard an “Ichirinsha” spoken by a Mum to her kids, but it was when riding here in Sydney. So I replied in Japanese (my very limited Japanese). I’m not sure which they were more surprised about. We have Japanese guests from time to time, it’s common for the kids to know how to ride, and the parents to try and remember when they rode one at school.
One day I’ll get to ride in Japan as well, one day. But only if my Japanese wife says it’s OK, too easy to get those unspoken rules wrong.
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Cycles need to be covered on the trains.
Was a bit of an effort to get to the Palace, but well worth it.
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Okay @Unicyc (Norm),
I don’t know what to call it, but you need some kind of award or medal or ribbon, for the effort it has taken for you to unicycle on this trip.
Anyone traveling to unicon via airplane may qualify for the same award, especially if they are required to cover their cycle while on public transport.
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Team Ursli has some incredible riders!
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Went on a unipacking trip with friends. Planned 2 50km days with 900m of climbing the first day on gravel roads. Brought my carbon 29" with 100m cranks and it did the climbing well. I don’t do a lot of climbing and it was nice to test the 45c tire gravel tire on rougher gravel. By no means close to muni but enough rocks, sand and terrain to make the ride interesting.
Second day we were all sore so we took the main road back to the car, 27km that day on much flatter terrain.
The fall colors are slowly coming out and it was a nice test of a new sleep set up (bringing warm clothes instead of a quilt) and was a good adventure after a few months of no unipacking. Was good for the soul and I’m hoping to get out next weekend of my legs are less sore lol.
I’m getting some 100/75mm cranks made for next year’s trips. It will be fun to see how a 4kg 29 does when I can get my strength trained for the cranks with a bag to be able to safely stop.
For you’re viewing pleasure, Canada in the fall:
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The fact your uni’s are labeled as bikes bothers me far more than it should for any normal person.
Well done on putting the km on your unis. Over how long a time frame did you ride that far?
That’s Strava’s labelling.
Just under 5 years. I pale into insignificance compared to the distances that other riders on Strava do.
The post was a kudos to the longevity of that unicycle.
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That’s quite an accomplishment. Congrats.
How do you like that gravel wheel setup? I’m curious about building a similar wheel since I mostly just want to do light XC gravel-style riding. Currently on 29x3.0
I’ve run 29 x 3.0, 2.6, 2.25, and 1.75.
I love my current 100m crank with 45c tire and a 4kg uni because it’s fast, nimble, and I can keep pace with my friends on bikes. I have a few years under my belt with small cranks, winter riding here in Canada, and a very light weight uni that can be twitchy if you don’t have practice.
I love that set up because it’s great for distance and I can air down my tire and still have good control on loose over hard
In a perfect world I’d get an XC tire (Maxxis Rekon, Ardent, or Victoria Mezcal) in a 2.4 or 2.6. 2.25 of you’re feeling like you have good control. This would be if you don’t have as much experience with the above.
Paired with a TPU tube (200g or so less than a regular one, or tubeless and a above tire (down from 1-1.2 kg on a 3.0 tire) to a 700g ish tire (Rekon 2.6) you’ll notice you still have a good sized tire for control that could do muni but a significant reduction in weight. If you’ve got the budget carbon rim, fancy spokes save some additional weight too.
I run brakeless because I’ve learned the stopping distance my uni needs and it saves weight. On a bigger hill or descent I just walk and it’s a nice break.
Having a bit of tread on a smaller tire makes a huge difference, I’m running a slick tire but this build most for light gravel and mostly urban riding. It did really well and I dropped it down to about 20psi for this trip and fell a few times but was able to handle most of the terrain.
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