If you do not know I guess it’s because you are still using the saddle in-between your legs. Seat out means you are holding your seat with one hand in front of you. For example here I’m not seating on the saddle but I’m using the saddle to control the unicycle. It allows higher jumps.
I do have recommendations.
I ride with a tubular saddle from mad4one because I really like how my hand can have a firm grip. But I would say it’s not optimized for beginners. And even some very good trialists don’t like this saddle, it depends on your personal preferences.
Some saddles are build for trial and have more space on the back for your fingers. Here is an example:
I would recommend those saddles because it allows comfort and is “easy” to use for seat out position (hand in the rear part of the saddle.
Trialists prefer thin foams to have a good grip (seat out)
The model in picture is the “Impact Athmos Unicycle Saddle” but you can also find a similar shape with the “Nimbus Flat Unicycle Saddle” (the foam is bigger on this model).
I tried the Athoms, the foam is very firm.
You can also find some more classic saddles like:
Kris Holm Fusion Slim
Qx Flat saddle
Mad4one Slim saddle
Impact Noami
@Setonix mentioned it, if you want a more rigid saddle you can add some plate reinforcement like this (be careful to match the brand of the plate with the brand of the saddle):
All the saddles I mentioned are more rigid than the one you have anyway.
But the best solution for a rigid saddle in a carbon saddle (but you don’t need one for now)
Hope it helps
one would think that riding seat out is easy when you can ride Ultimate Wheel, but it always feels kinda scary. For me UW is easier and… no seat needed.
The Fusion Slim isn’t very comfy. It is so narrow that it takes away control when you do sit on it. At least that was how I experienced it. I can understand it will be easier to slide out in front of you than wider seats.
My only trials interest is being able to hop a bit, but mostly I use the uni because it is super easy to mount and I can easily do 10kms with it.
I ordered it off of the Huni Rex Facebook Group, and I’m pleased to report they delivered! The ordering process is a little different than ordering off of, say, UDC or other sites, but I believe it’s legit.
Unfortunately I haven’t given it a test ride yet being that it’s snowy, icy, and firmly in the negative double-digit Fahrenheits here temp-wise
The thought of one of the chains snapping makes me think twice about trying to ride it very fast Not to mention there are two chains to worry about, compared to just one on a typical giraffe or a fixed gear bike. I’ll have to make it a point to inspect the chains frequently
Seems like the two chains are there to make the torque symmetric? I think you might still be able to ride it with only one chain installed … but busting a chain while riding would suck. Might be worth adding a chain checker to your maintenance toolbox and checking it every few months of riding, but chains are awfully hard to break. You would likely notice significant stretch on your chain before you ever had a break. Single speed b*kes that I’ve seen get very sloppy chain sag before they have trouble.
Each side is independent of each other, so if the chain breaks on one side that crank would kinda just flop around. It’s a KMC K1 1/8” single speed chain so I don’t see the likelihood of the chain snapping to be very high. Also I’ve got a few bike specific tools lying around so thankfully I’ve got myself covered there
Haha, I had to check the photo again, and indeed they are independent. They HAVE to be, since they are off-center. Imagine having a bar thru the spokes
Well, you might be able to ride it one footed still?
I tried to send them a message via Facebook Messenger and received an error that the message could not be sent. @MrHydra , do you have any suggestions?
There’s a few links floating around for the Huni-Rex FB pages, one of them is a private one and one is the public one. I bought the uni from the link in my original post (Reposted here)
Assuming that’s the link you used, I glossed over some of the privacy settings on FB and nothing jumped out at me that could interfere with messaging (might be worth a deeper dive though). Could be a network issue, could be a Facebook issue
As an alternative, @Huni-Rex posted an e-mail in this thread you may be able to contact
I detailed a bit of the handling characteristics in the Today I… thread, though now that I’ve had some saddle time on it I can further elaborate
I was worried at first that it would handle funny due to its non-standard design, but for me at least I find it rides pretty normally (Apart from being much closer to the ground than a 36er). Tight turns are still possible despite the lower pedal clearance, maybe just don’t try to make fast tight turns to keep the lean in check No pedal strikes so far!
In the other thread I also speculated that UPDs might be more risky being that it’s lower. After a few at-speed UPDs, I’m leaning towards it being not as much of an issue as I thought I was still able to land on my feet and outrun them thankfully. I still expect the chances of having a UPD to be higher than riding my 36er, however, being it’s a smaller wheel size and thus more prone to road irregularities.
More generally, I’m really enjoying the Huni Rex so far despite it not quite being at it’s full potential yet Biggest thing I still need is a longer seat post; I’ve strained my legs a bit riding it with the saddle a little too low. But once I get the longer post, a brake, and a bar on it, I think I’ll feel pretty comfortable doing some proper long rides on it.
The Huni takes a 27.2mm post. I think the length of the post shipped with the uni is 150mm-175mm.
This was my first unicycle with a 27.2 post, most of the others use 25.4 posts so I have a bunch of them lying around. It wasn’t until I brought the unicycle with me 3 hours away to university that I remembered that I had a 25.4-27.2 shim in my parts bin Being that I plan on using a Nimbus Shadow handle I will have to switch to a pivotal post at some point, so I’ll hold off on getting a new post until then. In the meantime, when spring break rolls around I’ll use a longer shimmed 25.4
A friend of mine got one of these quite a while back. if memory serves the company that made them was going out of business and someone worked out a deal to buy all the inventory instead of it getting scrapped. he told me it takes a little to get used to riding it, and then it takes a little to go back to a regular uni after you do get used to it. I believe his is geared to be the equivalent of a 40” wheel.
The ordering process is a little different than ordering off of, say, UDC or other sites, but I believe it’s legit.
Not to mention there are two chains to worry about, compared to just one on a typical giraffe or a fixed gear bike. I’ll have to make it a point to inspect the chains frequently
Biggest thing I still need is a longer seat post; I’ve strained my legs a bit riding it with the saddle a little too low. But once I get the longer post, a brake, and a bar on it, I think I’ll feel pretty comfortable doing some proper long rides on it.
Being that I plan on using a Nimbus Shadow handle I will have to switch to a pivotal post at some point, so I’ll hold off on getting a new post until then. In the meantime, when spring break rolls around I’ll use a longer shimmed 25.4