Hi!
I have always wanted to learn to ride a unicycle and am now considering it
seriously. What I would like to know is how much should I expect to spend for a
unicycle, given that I expect that I will be a casual user?
Jamie
Re: Potential Buyer
< What I would like to know is how much should I expect to spend for a unicycle,
given that I expect that I will be a casual user? >>
Semcycle has a web site where they advertise their unicycles. Their
basic model looks pretty good, and it’s about $160 plus $15 freight in
the U.S. 'Course you might be one 'o them Eur-o-peen types that we see
here on this board. In that case, I would recommend a “Snottingshireham
Excalibur Favourite” available from Ian’s Cycles & Whatnot in
Badweather, Northern Wales. They are available for a hundred quid, two
stone, nine shillings, and a pint. ;-} Gary Vermont, USA 1975 Schwinn
20" Weighs a ton but keeps on going.
Re: Potential Buyer - Too Late!!!
Jamie Kerr wrote:
>
> Any advice would be appreciated…
>
Get on with your back against a wall and open flat carpark in front.
Push off with your hands and pedal.
Look straight forward… arms out… back straight.
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Re: Potential Buyer - Too Late!!!
Jamie,
Take your time… and wear knee pads and bike gloves.
Body position: weight on seat, legs/thighs spread slightly, torso erect, (pubic
area forward, not shoulders), arms out from side, head erect, smiling
confidently…
I learned by holding to a post, letting go and pedalling, don’t think about
pedalling, it must be automatic. I learned solo, which I think works better than
using an assistant. The balance thing must become an automatic reflex, just
focus your eyes on the goal, not the process.
They told me it’d take ten hours, and it did. Heck it’s MUCH easier than
juggling which took me 20 weeks.
Safety:
-Learn to jump off using the foot on the higher pedal first: VERY IMPORTANT.
-Learn to jump off forward, with the uni behind you, much much safer. -Keep
practicing, and don’t hold on to anything! You will get farther and farther and
then you can do all your shopping on it like I do.
To turn (your arms are already pointing out from your side) on the side you want
to turn: turn head and look where you want to turn, move that side’s arm
rearward, and you’ll be turning.
To practice turning,
- try turning in a circle, keep arm AND head pointed in the direction
of the turn - do slalom practice, this really helps.
Take a course, In montreal the Ecole de cirque de Verdun offers circus classes
with unicycling, although it focuses a bit much on acrobatics and uni is
primarily self-instructed, but it is an indoor space to use in the 9 months of
winter we have here.
Just remember, it’ll come with practice.
You’ll find that one wheel provides true inner happiness!
BTW If you live anywhere near the plateau I can give you a lesson if you want (d
j williams in the phone book), but it just comes down to practising, and
bandaids…(mountain bike pedals = ouch!)
Let me know how it goes.
Doug Williams Montreal
Jamie Kerr wrote in message …
>Hi again,
>
>Too Late for advice! I bought a new unicycle today in Montreal for $119.00. Its
>a Taiwanese model with a nice solid foam- rubber seat. As I write this, I am in
>great pain. My shins are a mess, my right knee bore the brunt of a nasty fall.
>I think I am a hopeless rider, but I’ll keep trying. I haven’t been able to
>pedal more than 2 rotations. I was alone so I guess I should get someone to
>help me out.
>
>Any advice would be appreciated…
>
>Jamie Kerr wrote in message …
>>Hi!
>>
>>I have always wanted to learn to ride a unicycle and am now considering it
>>seriously. What I would like to know is how much should I expect to spend for
>>a unicycle, given that I expect that I will be a casual user?
>>
>>Jamie
>>
>>
>
Re: Potential Buyer - Too Late!!!
Hi again,
Too Late for advice! I bought a new unicycle today in Montreal for $119.00. Its
a Taiwanese model with a nice solid foam- rubber seat. As I write this, I am in
great pain. My shins are a mess, my right knee bore the brunt of a nasty fall.
I think I am a hopeless rider, but I’ll keep trying. I haven’t been able to
pedal more than 2 rotations. I was alone so I guess I should get someone to
help me out.
Any advice would be appreciated…
Jamie Kerr wrote in message …
>Hi!
>
>I have always wanted to learn to ride a unicycle and am now considering it
>seriously. What I would like to know is how much should I expect to spend for a
>unicycle, given that I expect that I will be a casual user?
>
>Jamie
>