Recumbent unicycle images

General
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The rec.bicycles.tec newsgroup has posted some images of a recumbent
unicycle–geared I guess–as a part of an April Fool’s Day thing.

The images are interesting.

ftp://www.ihpva.org/incoming/1998/00-OLD/unibent1.jpg
ftp://www.ihpva.org/incoming/1998/00-OLD/unibent2.jpg
ftp://www.ihpva.org/incoming/1998/00-OLD/unibent3.jpg
ftp://www.ihpva.org/incoming/1998/00-OLD/unibent.txt

David Maxfield Bainbridge Island, WA

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RE: Recumbent unicycle images

Wow, very cool! I think this is only the second recumbent uni I’ve seen. Here’s
the first one: http://www.unicycling.com/garage/recumben.htm

You can tell the builder of this new one has been thinking. Unlike Eric Kolb’s
recumbent, this one has a chain guard. Every time you drop it (which should be
a lot, even for a unicyclist), the chain would otherwise hit the ground. Also
he’s got a wheelie bar in the back, to keep him from going dangerously over
onto his head.

Though a lot more comfortable, I still don’t know about the practicality of
recumbent unicycles for long rides. You can gear them up, and sip a soda while
riding, but they will never be easy to steer, due to the flattened-out position
of your body. But they certainly turn heads! I used to get lots of requests for
information on Eric’s recumbent. I wish I had gotten more time to play on it,
back at UNICON VIII…

Stay on top, John Foss, the Uni-Cyclone jfoss@unicycling.com www.unicycling.com

“Dad, I’m hypo-icecreamic.” – Woody Hooten, at the end of a long MUni ride
(Woody’s mom is a doctor, and this sounds like something his family developed on
long car rides when the kids were young)

> -----Original Message----- From: owner-unicycling@winternet.com
> [mailto:owner-unicycling@winternet.com]On Behalf Of Maxfield D Sent: Tuesday,
> April 03, 2001 8:39 AM To: unicycling@winternet.com Subject: Recumbent
> unicycle images
>
>
> The rec.bicycles.tec newsgroup has posted some images of a recumbent
> unicycle–geared I guess–as a part of an April Fool’s Day thing.
>
> The images are interesting.
>
> ftp://www.ihpva.org/incoming/1998/00-OLD/unibent1.jpg
> ftp://www.ihpva.org/incoming/1998/00-OLD/unibent2.jpg
> ftp://www.ihpva.org/incoming/1998/00-OLD/unibent3.jpg
> ftp://www.ihpva.org/incoming/1998/00-OLD/unibent.txt
>
> David Maxfield Bainbridge Island, WA