tandems

General
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I am looking for or the plans for to build a tandem unicycle.

If you can help please e-mail me.

Thank You

cycle on Alan

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RE: tandems

> Wouldn’t that be a bicycle??

I think he means tandem people, not wheels. but are you planning a stacked (one
above the other) tandem or a front to back (like a bike) tandem? I have seen
both, and neither one is very easy to ride.

>From the little knowledge I have (watching Sem Abrahams and Ken Fuchs trying
to ride one Ken had at NUC a few years ago), for a regular tandem, put the two
riders as close together as possible. The farther things are laterally from
the center of mass of the cycle, the harder it will be to control and
especially steer.

For a stacked tandem, basically get the bottom rider to be very passive, and let
the top rider make the control moved to keep the balance. Steve McPeak rode one
of these on a high wire in the 70’s.

> > I am looking for or the plans for to build a tandem unicycle.
> >
> > If you can help please e-mail me.

Good luck,

John Foss

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RE: tandems

This is not a bicycle, but a two person unicycle. Only one wheel! Ken Fuchs has
one where the riders sit one in front of the other with the wheel between them.
It is very difficult to ride, but several of us learned to ride it in a big
circle around a gym. Turning is awkward. A tandem where one rider sits over the
other would be interesting and probably easier to ride but more dangerous.

            -----Original Message----- From: The Cline's
            [<a href="mailto:ncline@eup.k12.mi.us">mailto:ncline@eup.k12.mi.us</a>] Sent: Thursday, January 28,
            1999 3:22 PM To: unicycling@winternet.com; alan sawyer
            Subject: Re: tandems

            alan sawyer wrote:

>
> I am looking for or the plans for to build a tandem
unicycle.
>
> If you can help please e-mail me.
>
> Thank You
>
> cycle on Alan

            Wouldn't that be a bicycle??
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Re: tandems

alan sawyer wrote:
>
> I am looking for or the plans for to build a tandem unicycle.
>
> If you can help please e-mail me.
>
> Thank You
>
> cycle on Alan

Wouldn’t that be a bicycle??