Going to try to learn pedal and crank grabs.
Question: Does the trick/technique scratch up your cranks? I’ve never done these kind of ‘stunts’ and the unicycle is the first. New world for me. I mostly see sort of rough stone ledges near me and I feel like it would in a sense, sand down my cranks.
When I start learning something, I become quite obsessive with it and was wondering before I start going all out to learn it.
Public Property:
I’ve always been a little nervous when it comes to public property. I like it quiet and I’m pretty conscious about how I treat others and the property around me. I was at the park recently and there were some great picnic tables and rows of stone benches that would be awesome to jump from.
Would it be okay to do that? I see you guys post videos of it all the time.
I try to understand it by switching places where I’m the person that visits with my family and there’s a unicyclist jumping up on the tables and benches and I would think that would be bad considering it’s a place where people sit and eat and the tires carry dirt and sometimes other even more disgusting stuff that might not be noticed like a bit of dog or geese poop (the park where I’m at have TONS of geese feces all over the grass or near the grass area and throughout the park pretty much).
I just want to have fun without being an eyesore to the other people at the park or place that I practice. Good o’ hard work and fun without the expense of everyone else’s comfort.
So how do you guys deal with it, for those that I commonly see that do hop on benches and pretty much wherever?
I do not have the space to setup my own course and I’m more of in the city area.
Tires:
I’ve been noticing that my Equinox trials/street unicycle that comes with Cyko Lite tires wear out fast. Have done the basic research on why.
- Soft
- Quick swerves wears it out fast (but I find that to be part of the joy of unicycling)
- Low pressure (but I’m running lower pressure because I’m concentrating on hops 25-27 PSI for my weight)
- Rotate tire (which I’ve done yesterday)
Only had the unicycle for about half a month and one side shows significant wear. I mostly ride around paved street areas and on white concrete, I have to avoid in order to not leave tire marks.
Can anyone recommend me a trials tire that is still grippy, but is not as soft? Something more durable and longer lasting. I’m just planning to hop on all sorts of stuff like rocks, benches, wherever. Uniflips, all sorts, everything goes.