Hi. I didn’t know where to post this, so I thought I 'd put it here.
I am considering purchasing a unicycle, and I have a specific one in mind, but I can’t tell if it will fit me. It says that the highest the seat can be from the ground is forty inches. I’m 5’8". Is that unicycle going to be too small for me to ride? Please help me out here.
Iwantone
Good for you!
I think you might more responses if you post on the Recreational Sport Unicycling (RSU) forum.
I get my unicycles from Unicycle.com they have a good selection, and an easy to navigate website. Their service is good and they are knowledgeable on the phone. What you really need to know is the distance from the seat to the pedal at its lowest position.
I’d invest in a better seat than is often provided. 5’-8", you could probably go with either a 20" wheel or 24"wheel. There are pros and cons to each. I am 5’6" and prefer to work on my 20" for freestyle.
Seat Height, I don’t think you’ll need anything special for the seat post unless your legs end at your armpits
Good luck!
So that’ll fit me…okay. Thank you.
I’m 5 fot 7 ish. I can ride a standard 20, 24, 26, 28 or Coker. You should have no problem with anything except a 16 or smaller.
If in doubt, remember it is easier to shorten a seatpost that is too long than to stretch one that is too short.
To get a good estimate you should know your inseam. Your inseam should be less than or equal to the height of the seat minus the radius of the wheel plus the crank length. If so, you can properly adjust the seat height.
Thank you for the help. I am ordering my unicycle tonight! haha! I’m going nuts! Soon I’ll be able to juggle and unicycle at the same time.
yes…I’m a rookie.
It wont be soon, ill tell you that, once you figure shipping time learning time, then you have to learn to juggle on your unicycle, just cause you can juggle dont mean you can unicycle or juggle on a unicycle
Heh, after about 3-4 weeks of riding (I’m a newbie), I probably move my arms around as much as my legs (ok, exaggerating quite a bit)… I can juggle just fine, but have no idea how long it’ll be before I could do so while riding.
Could you tell us what unicycle it is?
I understand that. I know it will take me quite a while to figure everything out. I’m just looking into the future 
tyler what about that rule you made about useless posts?
i believe asking what a unicycle is in a forums for people that can ride unicycles, when you have posted 2000 times, i think that post was useless
habbywall, he said ‘what unicycle is it?’ as in which brand, not ‘what is a unicycle?’ Now who’s posting uselessly?
That’s one more of us and one less of them.
Welcome.
I’d just like to say thanks to you guys for giving me aide in purchasing my first unicycle. I have it now and it fits me perfectly. Thanks a bunch.
So far I’ve tried riding it around the house and I can balance just fine. I can’t turn, though, but I went outside and I rode it straight for a good 30-40 feet. I’ve figured out how to get on without the aide of a wall or a stool, though I miss more often that I actually get on and start moving. I’m very excited and I hope to do a demonstration on unicycling for my 4-H club. I’ve already showed them how to juggle, now I can drive them nuts even more!!!
Once again, I would like to ask for help from those much wiser than I. Have you any tips for me as far as turning? I’d also like to figure out how to keep still so I can juggle on my cycle. Help, anyone?
youre doing great!
Check out a thread in Just COnversation called Journal of a new unicycler. He’s learning to turn now and has very careful descriptions of what is working for him!
keep it up!
The best advice I ever saw on turning was on this forum somewhere when someone suggested that you ride straight at a wall and make sure not to hit it, then simply do what you did to not hit it again.
Turning a unicycle involves a fascinating bit of body-mechanics. If you search on the term ‘turning’, you’ll find some of the threads that got into the very scientific explanation of what’s involved.
The advice that worked for me was much simpler.
The body-twist that allows you to turn involves the hips and the shoulders but I find that you can’t think about these things. They happen subconsciously.
Let me know if this worked for you.
What you need to learn to do is ride without using your arms to help you balance because they’ll be busy juggling.
The best way to do that is to work on riding with your arms crossed in front of your chest.
It feels really awkward at the beginning but you’ll snap into it soon enough.
Then you may want to start the way you started learning to juggle, with one ball going onto two and eventually three. I would recommend learning to juggle’nride using balls. You don’t want to ride over your clubs during UPDs. Once you get the hang of doing it with balls, the transition to clubs is pretty straightforward.
Then you’ll want to learn how to idle so you can juggle’nidle…
Oh yeah, check this out.
Okay, I’m doing pretty good so far. I can turn pretty well, but I can’t do any sharp turns yet. But I’m figuring it out, so that’s not really an issue any more.
However, I was wondering if you guys have any tips for me as far as idling? I can’t figure it out…
Thanks.
Start learning how to ride backwards. During the process of learning how to go backwards you’ll eventually start to be able to go forwards, stop, and go backwards a few revolutions then stop and go foward. After a bit you’ll be able to cut those revolutions down until you can easily continuously switch between backwards and forwards… and then you’re idling.
And slow down, chances are you’re trying to move too fast. Idling is a very controlled move, going from balance-point to balance point, not furiously wagging the uni underneath you.