is this something many people can do? just wondering…
-Dylan
yep, its not too hard. Just absorb the curb with your legs. Its hard to explain, but its a very simple thing to do in terms of technique. I’ll have to go off and do it again to remind myself of what i do. I’ll get back to you. I think loads of people can do it, although if i’m only riding on a skinny/under inflated tyre i’d be inclined to hop. What size curbs are you trying to roll, by the way, 'cos around my area some are more than a foot high, and would be hard/ pointless to roll
Re: Rolling up curbs on a 20"
In a message dated 01/05/2002 14:44:59 GMT Daylight Time,
extremeunicycler@aol.com writes:
> is this something many people can do? just wondering…
>
Rolling rather than hopping? My first and only uni for my first 15 years’
riding was a Pashley UMX with a 20 inch BMX wheel and was good for rolling up
kerbs up to around 3 - 4 inches in height. In practice, this means that
there is usually somewhere along a length of kerb where it is possible to
ride up, but you have to choose carefully. I’m not convinced that rolling up
kerbs is good for the wheel rim or the rider’s lower anatomy though.
Re: Rolling up curbs on a 20"
I can easily roll up curbs on my 20" (about 5 inch curbs) I was just wondering
how many other people out there could. I’ve heard people talking about how
George Peck rolls up curbs and they seemed to describe it as a challenging
task, although I found it quite easy.
I dunno…
12 Years back, when I got my first wheel (24"), rolling up curbs was the ONLY way I could get up 'em. In retrospect, I must have become fairly accomplished at it. Now… well, I’v got a hopping crutch preventing my developement; however, I use this same basic skill all the time- off road.
Christopher
Actually, yeah, i was meaning to ask about George Peck riding up a curb. I might be remembering wrong, but John Foss, didn’t you describe it as a thing of beauty or something? I might be wrong there, but i remember wondering what a beautifull roll up a curb looks like.
rolling into a curb
that’s pretty much what my efforts have culminated in
i’ve been trying and hope to get the hang/knack of it soon
it does look slick when done correctly tho
Re: Rolling up curbs on a 20"
MikeFule@aol.com wrote:
> In a message dated 01/05/2002 14:44:59 GMT Daylight Time,
> extremeunicycler@aol.com writes:
>
>
>
>> is this something many people can do? just wondering…
>
>
> Rolling rather than hopping? My first and only uni for my first 15
> years’ riding was a Pashley UMX with a 20 inch BMX wheel and was good
> for rolling up kerbs up to around 3 - 4 inches in height. In
> practice, this means that there is usually somewhere along a length of
> kerb where it is possible to ride up, but you have to choose
> carefully. I’m not convinced that rolling up kerbs is good for the
> wheel rim or the rider’s lower anatomy though.
rolling up curbs (kerbs) is pretty common skill, and very important
basic skill for most rough terrain riding. A 20 incher is going to be a
little less effective at it than a larger diameter wheel but it will
still do a good job.
as far as being bad for the rim and body, when done properly the cycle
(and rider) float up and over the curb so there shouldn’t be a problem.
It can be done hands on the saddle, or, preferably, hands off the
saddle.
george
That was me who described George Peck’s curb rolling skills as a thing of beauty. He is so smooth. It’s almost as if the curb isn’t even there. It’s total control of the uni. He can also roll curbs on an ultimate wheel, but I have not actually seen him do it.
I can roll some curbs on my muni, but not consistently. I’d like to get better at rolling curbs to the point that I can consistently roll up an average city curb. But that would require dedicated practice and I don’t put in very much actual practice time. I just ride and hope that new skills just happen by magic.
john_childs
Is there a short video of this skill? I’ve heard how graceful it looks and I’ve tried to do it myself, the results falling far short of graceful (with emphasis on the falling).
.ya,someone needs to get this skill down on video.it sounds to me like its a upward pelvic trust while sqeezing the seat in your thighs and after all that, the unicycle kind of follows up/over the curb
We have been wondering for a while now, but Jagur, what is that thing under your random member???
Please magnify.
I can ride up a curb, but it certainly isn’t a graceful thing. I just sort of ride at it and bump up. How do you do it smoothly? I’ve heard people talk about “unweighting” the pedals at just the right time, but I don’t really understand it.
Ben
This is something that deserves a good instructional video segment. If I hadn’t seen George Peck do it so well I wouldn’t believe that it was possible to roll up a big curb that smoothly.
Heck, a library on the web of little video segments showing different unicycle skills would be really cool. I’ve seen a BMX flatland site that had a library of videos demonstrating different flatland skills. It would be cool to have something similar for unicycling.
john_childs
Lewis and I began shooting little skill clips last night. It will be a long process, and still needs some refinement- and we don’t have a realy broad selection of skills- but at least it’s getting started. Once I get the HTML done, I’ll post an address and format for submissions. Then people can start posting requests, and it might just be usefull…
More later,
Christopher
Re: Rolling up curbs on a 20"
“john_childs” <john_childs.43b0m@timelimit.unicyclist.com> wrote in message
news:john_childs.43b0m@timelimit.unicyclist.com…
> I can roll some curbs on my muni, but not consistently. I’d like to get
> better at rolling curbs to the point that I can consistently roll up an
> average city curb. But that would require dedicated practice and I
> don’t put in very much actual practice time. I just ride and hope that
> new skills just happen by magic.
>
How big is an average city kerb in America? Just wondered because everyone
seems to say how difficult a trick it is, whereas in the UK it’s a very easy
trick, the average kerb is about 3-4 inches or so and you don’t have to do
anything other than ride at it. Are kerbs much bigger in the US? It’s harder
on the 24" I’ve got with a narrow tyre, but the 26"/29" munis and the coker
just eat up kerbs no problems.
Joe
Re: Re: Rolling up curbs on a 20"
About the width of a spread hand, finger to thumb tip- about 8", or twice the width of your wimpy, British curbs (surely our curbs are so tall because of our erratic driving habits…) 
Curbs here can be anywhere from 4-12", rounded or sharp, but tend to be right angled and around 8".
Christopher
Re: Re: Rolling up curbs on a 20"
Joe-
Everything is bigger in America. Here, the snow is just melting off the tops of the curbs. The first tree trunks are visible below the curb timberline. I took the tram to the top of my curb last weekend to put the garbage out for pickup. I could see Scotland from up there and I live on the west coast. Most people avoid curbs in America because of the threat of oxygen deprivation.
RE: Rolling up curbs on a 20"
> How big is an average city kerb in America? Just wondered
> because everyone seems to say how difficult a trick it is,
> whereas in the UK it’s a very easy trick, the average kerb
> is about 3-4 inches or so
I think the average US kerb (curb) is a few inches higher, though they run
the range from very short to very tall. 6", or even a little bit more, seems
more average to me.
So “kerb” (curb) should not be used as a unit of measure unless you include
the height of said kerb. Plus wheel size to complete the picture.
JF
Re: Rolling up curbs on a 20"
On Tue, 7 May 2002 10:18:38 -0500, rhysling
<rhysling.4ah4a@timelimit.unicyclist.com> wrote:
>> How big is an average city kerb in America?
>> *
>
>About the width of a spread hand, finger to thumb tip- about 8", or
>twice the width of your wimpy, British curbs (surely our curbs are so
>tall because of our erratic driving habits…)
It’s very simple really. Kerb and curb are not different ways of
spelling, they’re just different words describing different things. So
we should stop saying “kerb (curb)” or vice versa.
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