That is some nasty, evil stuff.
Nice looking uni! Is that a 29x2.4 in a Mad4One Medium frame? I like the tight tire clearance.
Thanks! I also selected specifically that frame to get a tight looking setup with only the needed clearance. And yes you are almost right as the tire is a Vittoria Mezcal 29x2.35 in a M40 Medium “gold” frame.
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Very cool. How do you like that width tire for Muni? I just got back into riding again and built a 29x3.0 Muni with the M4O Large frame, and I can see my self downsizing the tire width eventually and I was eyeing that Medium frame because it advertises 29x2.5" clearance.
Currently I mostly ride paved bike paths and some gravel (“fire tracks”/dual tracks) with only a few sections that I would describe as a bit technical. So I prefer narrower tires with higher pressure (~45psi) for a silent and more nimble ride as I don’t need the cushioning a wide tire can provide at lower pressure.
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Arakawa River cycle way.
Riding on narrow strip of land between Nakagawa River on the left and Arakawa River on the right. Under the Metropolitan Expressway approaching Kiyosuna Ohashi-Dori Bridge, Tokyo Bay.
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Great picture. Print it (big), frame it, and slap it on your wall.
Thanks Highlandtiger,
Yeah, managed to get a leave pass from family duties on holiday (it was raining) and spent a day cycling on the Arakawa River Cycleway.
58km from Sashiogi Station, Saitama Prefecture to Kasai Rinkai Park Station, Tokyo Bay.
Here are some other photos I posted on Strava.
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My first riede was today after my bad Injury. I couldn’d ride for 3 Months. Now I was able to ride the fidrst 4 kilometers on Asphalt witch the 24" Muni and 150mm Cranks but it feels not very well and I was a little bit scary to fall of my Unicycle. But I think it’s possible to go back on the Uni Level from 2022. This Year was a bad Uni Year for me with a lot of injuris and the doctor said don’t ride your Unicycle it’s too dangerous for you and your bones. At the beginn of this year I couldn’t ride for 2 Months and now 3 Months with out of riding. Now I started slowly my recovery I hope. The Pace of the 24" Uni is enough for me i don’t won’t to go faster which it and I don’t want to go bigger witch bigger Wheels like 36" or the 26" Schlumpf.
The Mini T-Bar is a prototype of a Project for my own Unicycles, it works very well. It doen’t flex so much as a KH T-Bar but it’s really the same but mine is nearow on the saddle which is for me confortable as the KH T-bar for ride Muni with it.
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Weather has been great for unicycling for the last two days. Almost no wind, 15 degrees Celsius and a bit of sunshine, so took my Schlumpf out yesterday and today for the first time in 4 months. Actually it’s just my 9th and 10th ride on this beast as I haven’t actually used it much.
I tried some new pedals this time. Wellgo C211. Fair grip in dry conditions and it at least made the upshifts quite easy to achieve.
It still feels a bit like starting over learning to unicycle. I can ride comfortably in high gear in ideal conditions but anything unusual and it will make me UPD. Had to run out a high gear UPD today at ~20km/h (according to my Garmin). It scares me a bit… it will probably become second nature someday with enough practice, and maybe I should add some protection gear as I only ride with helmet and gloves.
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Back on my favorite unicycle. For some reason I even think it looks faster than my Schlumpf a few post up and it is just a reasonable priced alu rim in a Nimbus steel frame … with my own custom handlebar.
Even the sheep are amazed 
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Last weekend I was on a uni trip of 26 km through the nearby forests:
I was surprised to find that one path where water must have done its work since I have been there last time…
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Fall Ride
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100mm cranks on a 29"? Sure, not the worst in the world. But what’s about 75mm? This was the dumb thought that lead to the creation of a 100/75 custom cranks. I have done 3 rides, a 10km and 15km, and a 62km with unipacking gear and it was amazing.
With some extra practice I think I could climb and descend with the 75, but they fly on the flats. No major increase in speed yet but today I wasn’t tracking and was def feeling more comfortable going at speed with knee pads and elbow pads.
The handlebar is a must, and I’ve been practicing jumping off the back at speed for emergency stopping.
The 100m hole has become fairly easy for me and I used it on a 77km unipacking trips with 1.5km elevation and walking the hills I can’t was not horrible. I kept pace with friends on bikes and this new shorter hole has me thinking I might be ready for a 36" finally.
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Go for it. I went from a 24 to 36 and had success. Dive right in to it. It’s a blast.
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Very beautiful photos, but the trail looks quite bumpy. Is the entire trail like that or does it smooth out?