Like Steveyo said, that trail is above the University of Utah (you can see one of the two Medical Student Towers in one photo). It’s part of the Bonneville Shoreline Trail, which runs approximately along the high waterline of the ancient Lake Bonneville, and stretches (in fits & starts) from Ogden to Provo.
It’s a great early-season trail because it dries out before any of the trails higher up in the Wasatch Mtns., and because it’s so close to town. One slight problem though, it’s rather hilly and sees a ton of Mountain Bike traffic. Still it’s a nice mix of XC, semi-tech & tech.
That thing is a total beast. I have absolutely no desire to ride any of my other unicycles. Offroad on a 24" muni is painfully tedious compared to this. Its actually exciting and starts pumping the adrenaline like back when I used to mountain bike. I’ll be selling my Large Marge 24" Muni(with KH frame).
Hey brian: how are those torker cranks holding up for you? and can you jump decently far/high on the 36 inch wheel ir is that just because of the drop in the picture
The cranks are actually the standard square taper cranks that come with the Coker Big One. The whole uni is a stock Coker Big One aside from the saddle (I put my CF base on it). They are holding up perfectly fine to some pretty ridiculous jumps and drops. The trick is to just make sure the crank bolt is tight before every ride. People totally underestimate that gear. The wheel itself is absolutely invincible, I’ve launched off stuff at a good speed attempting to 180 and end up landing at a 90 degree angle and the wheel didn’t go out of true at all.
I can rolling hop reasonably high with it and with some speed you can launch really freaking far, especially with the help of a root, its amazing and like flying.
They are insane pictures! I hope I can be that good at some point.
Riding 9 months now but only riding trials for 3 weeks
And an image of a kinda recent ride (last weekend). Maybe some day I’ll hop over those. I think I could manage it now but I didn’t want to get wet that day!
