yes, but you can also use a slight downhill.
I reckon you use your dominant foot to pedal when riding one-footed, right. Possibly a dumb question.
Not a dumb question at all. I can ride one-footed with either foot, but it is much easier for me to ride one-footed with my non-dominant foot. I’m not sure if non-dominant foot one-foot pedaling is typically easier or not.
my dominant leg tends to be stiffer than the non-dominant leg. Maybe by forcing the dominant foot off the pedal, the other leg is looser to make the rotations. I’d need to try. I’ve never tried riding one-footed.
I suppose, several spokes will be broken out if hevy wheel falls down to a side. Is it?
Regarding dominant leg: Your analysis may be correct. Based on having a similar experience, it sounds very reasonable to me.
Riding with one foot is a nice skill to have. I learned the vast majority of my unicycling skills as a kid, after meeting legendary unicyclist John Foss, so it was quite some time ago. However, I seem to recall that when learning, it was easier to ride with one foot on the frame rather than extended. I’m pretty sure I learned to ride one-footed with one foot on the frame before learning one foot extended. As you pointed out, I think the main thing that takes getting used to is getting past the dead zone. I suppose the key to it is getting comfortable doing strong down strokes of the pedal, immediately followed by easing up. If you can learn to ride with two feet, I think you have what it takes to learn to ride with one foot. If you plan on making it a goal of yours, keep us posted on your progress.
I’ve never broken any spokes from my (previous) heavy-wheel unicycle falling down and I’m not aware of anyone else having that problem. I don’t think it’s an issue.
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This thread makes me curious about filling a 36" tire with water and seeing how it behaves. I imagine with the proper equipment, you can pump water in instead of air. Then it’s a matter of figuring out what makes for a “good” tire pressure. As well as how to measure it…
Riding One-Foot: Definitely easier with the dominant foot, in my experience (hanging out with lots of unicyclists). Doesn’t mean the non-dominant foot can’t learn it. Once upon a time, to win the “Compulsory Artistic” Unicon event required competitors to complete a Standard Skill figure-8, one-foot backward, with each foot. Nobody liked the Compulsory event, and it added more time to competitions, so it was dropped after that. But I did work on my left-footed backwards figure-8 riding to reach that goal.
Hey HardcoreCokerRider; it was great hearing about your leaning to ride One-Foot back in the day; I didn’t even remember that! Must’ve been around 1986-7 or so, with Bradley Bradley. In between Sumo matches! 
Filling a tire with water has been done to eliminate the buoyancy for riding under water but it would likely be a poor choice to add rotational inertia because the water could flow around inside the tire. Maybe if the water/wheel was frozen it would work.
Best ride in winter then when it freezes.
Isn’t there like a like a high pressure water gun with a small enough nozzle that can fill the innertube without damaging the valve. With enough water the flow wouldn’t matter.
I would love to see anyone try and put it on youtube though. Im not gonna waste my 36 for this experiment 
It would definitely be interesting riding with (liquid) water in the tire. I’m sure it would be an odd feeling. Freezing said tire would be a little scary; you would need enough pressure to make sure the tire is round, but not so much that something breaks as the water expands during freezing.
So next idea on using the tire itself as the weight source might be some sort of heavy compound that turns solid after being pumped into the tube. I’m sure there are various products out there that would provide enough weight for experimenting.
But for me that would be more of a thought experiment. The trails and areas I ride are not flat enough for enjoying a heavy tire. If I still lived in the Midwest I’d be much more into the idea. 
I find one foot on a (slight) downhill more difficult than on the flat.
Ahem, how do I determine my dominant leg? It‘s way easier for me to mount with my left foot on the pedal, easier to idle one foot with my right foot on the pedal, somewhat easier to ride one foot with my left foot on the pedal, impossible to ride one foot with the right foot extended (but quite easy the other way round).
for me the dominant leg is the one I have on the uni’s back pedal and on the skateboard and non-electric kick scooter, on the board. To me the leg that gives me most control. The other is weaker.
For me the dominant foot has nothing to do with the foot itself. It is just he foot that I happen to teach a specific skill. For mounting I used my right foot as the lead when learning, my dominate for mounting is my right foot. For idling I working on each foot equally and I have no dominate foot, they are both exactly the same.
Thanks, John. It may have been 1986-87, but I thought it was earlier than that. I seem to recall first meeting you when I was still in middle school, which would have been sometime during 1981 - 1984, but I could be mistaken. I remember meeting up with you and Bradley Bradley to practice unicycling skills (and enjoy Uni-Sumo) at the grade school in my town, at Eisenhower Park, and at the Bethpage High School gym, if my memory serves me. And who could forget riding in that parade in NYC! I think it may have been Puerto Rican day parade. Good times!
I just figured that my dominant leg is the leg I place in the rearward position when skateboarding, snowboarding, or slalom water skiing. Another way to figure it out is whichever foot your better at kicking a ball with is probably your dominant foot. However, for some reason I find it easier to do certain things (such as riding one-footed) with my non-dominant foot.
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I still think you need an odd number of wheels if you don’t want to ride backwards, inless you also put a ring or something in the middle for the pedals.
No, they’re all going to be stuck together like a giant tubless tire
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What’s the latest weight?
That will look just awesome! But I assume you are not actually making each tubeless, raising the question of where you are putting the valves. On the sides? 
And also how you are going to ensure side to side integrity of your tire-stack. They might become a twisted mess after a while unless really high tire pressures actually wedges the whole shebang stuck. Like really stuck. I really hope this is actually possible and rideable over time 