Has anyone ridden a uni on bicycle rollers? Cheechee
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cheechee
i dont see why it wouldent be possible. im gunna try that.
What about a treadmill? The jackass guys road a BMX bike on a treadmill and it looked awesome… I don’t have acess to a treadmill, but would love to try…
riding a uni on bike rollers wont work unless you have something to hold on to. There is nothing to stop you from falling forwards or backwards on rollers. The effort you put in for pedalling corrections (pedalling faster to keep from falling forward) wont work therefore you will just fall on your face or but.
There are several threads about it if you search “rollers”. Here is one that JerryG started quite a while ago. I think he managed some short rides eventually. I was only able to do a few seconds by holding onto a door frame to start, but I didn’t really try very hard.
Scott
Unicycling on rollers: like the best lingerie, exciting but brief! 
Well that is unless you can add a bit of friction to the rollers which you generally can.
Andrew
I think the issue is not one of friction but one of the wheel being stationary. While riding normally you pedal faster or slower to move the wheel under you. If it is locked in place by a roller all of your balance would have to come from corrective leans.
I think if you were able to make minor corrections side to side then it would be possible (but very difficult). The forwards and backwards balance would possibly be more like riding a coker - staying on top of the uni rather than keeping it under you.
Andrew
Re: ride uni on rollers?
On Sun, 15 Aug 2004 20:51:49 -0500, “TheObieOne3226” wrote:
>I think the issue is not one of friction but one of the wheel being
>stationary. While riding normally you pedal faster or slower to move the
>wheel under you. If it is locked in place by a roller all of your
>balance would have to come from corrective leans.
Initially I thought you were right, Obie, as on a roller you cannot
put the wheel back under you, in the forward/backward direction.
However, thinking a bit more leads me to conclude that Andrew has a
point. If you tend to fall of at the front, you can push yourself back
by leaning harder on the front pedal. I don’t even think you need
friction in your roller for that, just some inertia so that the front
pedal that you push against, doesn’t give way immediately.
Klaas Bil - Newsgroup Addict
I like the idea of not having to balance when out on a ride - joe
Re: ride uni on rollers?
so, have u tried yet?
video please