Has anyone ever noticed how cool norco is? really, no one in the world has enough guts to even recognize that we unicyclists exist, then here comes norco to save the day, wow! I wish that a company would sponsor me, Unicycles galore…unicycle road trips…it just doesn’t lose it’s shine.
I would like to point out that profile, not only reconises we exist but builds the best hub out there, all norco has done is made a passable trials uni and sponserd kris. so i would have to say go profile.
Joeyi would also have to say Profile.they make a frame too.
lets not forget about Roach for that seat cover.
And Viscount, for that…oh, never mind.
viscount=terrable
viscount are terrable, they hurt!!! and they have nothing to hold onto. I like to hold onto the very front of a seat, right under it, sorta like the seats that many people seam to like, there on the kris holm unicycle, i forget their name. I have a old seat that i got from my first unicycle from a garage sale, its also very hard, but not so hard with a inertube in it. But what i dont like viscount seats, i have 2, and i only ride them when i want to walk teh wheel or try to glide.
I agree with bagpiperboy. Norco is a great company that puts a lot into the bike trials community as well as into the unicycle community. They have sponsored Kris for years and have had a trials team for years as well.
Not to take anything away from Profile but I haven’t seen or heard of any teams or sponsorship. With sponsorship comes visibility, knowledge of the sport, education etc. Manufacturing a product isn’t enough IMHO. If it was, Miyata would rule the world because of their seats (excluding the last batch). There is a lot more people on Miyata seats than riding on profile hubs.
Re: Two words- go norco
In article <bagpiperboy.51cha@timelimit.unicyclist.com>,
bagpiperboy <bagpiperboy.51cha@timelimit.unicyclist.com> writes:
>
> Has anyone ever noticed how cool norco is?
Speaking of which, anyone know the status of the “KH” Muni?
I tried e-mailing them a couple of months ago, and so far
nothing. Anyone have the inside scoop? Kris?
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The KH MUni and Trials uni are available from unicycle.com. I don’t think Norco has anything to do with them. Norco does make an entry level Trials uni, but dispite what there website says, Kris apparently had very little input in its design.
Ben
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The Norco KH Muni is coming along- should be out soon. Velo’s new unicycle seat is also coming
out soon and is really good- I’m riding on a prototype right now.
I’ll post info on krisholm.com when it’s available.
-Kris.
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Can you elaborate on the Velo unicycle seat or is that proprietary?
Re: Two words- go norco
unicyclejoe <unicyclejoe.51e3n@timelimit.unicyclist.com> wrote in message news:<unicyclejoe.51e3n@timelimit.unicyclist.com>…
> I would like to point out that profile, not only reconises we exist but
> builds the best hub out there, all norco has done is made a passable
> trials uni and sponserd kris. so i would have to say go profile.
>
> Joey
I think that to some extent its still up to us to prove ourselfs.
Profile has steped out and taken a risk saying, hey, maybe this is a
real sport and might just have some potential, lets build um a damn
good product and help um out of the underground a little, and see what
they do with it. if it shoots, we’ll take um. and theres nothing
wrong with that. just good buisness. and personaly, i am
extrodinarly happy with the possition this sport has right now. we
have the equipment we need do do the job we need done, yet tricks can
still be created and named by avarage riders, theres enough people who
have done it before us that we know where to aim for, yet our
neighbors dont have unicycles in there garages, and we are free to set
our compatition as high as we want, nobodys on the street is gonna
look at us and see anything other then how amazing it is that this kid
can do this on a unicycle, unlike skateboarding, where all they see is
how much there in the way, and how much not as good they are as tony
hawk. plus our tony hawk (kris) responds to the same newsgroups as
the beginer riders do! have you ever tryed getting in touch with chad
muska? personaly i think if you want more publisity, go pick up a
skateboard! please dont go puting unicycling into hte mainstreem,
cause then im gonna have to go learn all thsi shit on a ultimate weel
or something.
-trevor andersen
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— trev <chxwitbrix@aol.com> wrote:
please dont go puting unicycling into hte mainstreem,
> cause then im gonna have to go learn all thsi shit on a ultimate weel
> or something.
>
Ultimately, I can’t see unicycling as ever being fully mainstream, due to the threshold difficulty
involved for learning.
That said, if you had to boil it down to the basic things I want in this sport, that are
benefitted by more people getting involved, they would be:
- Good Equipment that’s easily available
- Friends around the world to mountain unicycle with.
As long as that’s there, I don’t think anything else matters very much.
-Kris.
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“Kris Holm” <danger_uni@yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:mailman.1023212587.3774.rsu@unicycling.org…
> 1) Good Equipment that’s easily available
John Drummond seems to have answered that call nicely. And you’ve done an
incredible job getting companies to make things for John to sell to “the
rest of us”.
> 2) Friends around the world to mountain unicycle with.
You’re welcome to come ride with me (though I’m quite sure I wouldn’t be
able to keep up).
I’m sure anyone reading this would welcome you also.
Looking forward to meeting you and everyone else that will be at UNICON!
-mg
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> — trev <chxwitbrix@aol.com> wrote:
> please dont go puting unicycling into hte mainstreem,
> > cause then im gonna have to go learn all thsi shit on a ultimate weel
> > or something.
> >
>
> Ultimately, I can’t see unicycling as ever being fully mainstream, due to
the threshold difficulty
> involved for learning.
That’s something I’ve pondered over and arrived at the following
conclusion…
When people stop me and ask about the uni they invariably always ask how
difficult it is to learn. I always say that it’s just like learning to ride
a bike. Maybe that’s enough to put them off there and then? However, if you
can ride a bike then you can learn other things too. As my memory of
learning to ride a bike goes it seemed to take a long time (stabilisers then
riding along with someone holding me up etc) and loads practise. As I see it
I learned to ride a uni much faster in fact. It also took me a good deal of
time to learn to ride my skateboard and there’s certainly plenty of those
trundling around where I live.
So, if virtually everyone can ride a 2 wheeler and plenty of folks can go a
4 wheeler, it surely goes to follow that they can almost as easily learn to
ride a uni. So why don’t they??? With the advent of Universe and more and
more videos coming out and the advances in trials unicycles there’s more one
wheelers out there on the streets which can only raise peoples awareness of
what can be done… and with not a red noses in sight 
The majority of feedback from people is of amazement and the word “cool”
gets used a lot. So the perception is a positive one. Yet still I don’t see
everyone around me wobbling along gripping to the nearest wall or fence as
they try to learn.
There’s more to it me thinks. Perhaps the current scarcity of riders puts
some off because they will stand out. Looking silly and falling about when
trying to learn might put some others off. But then the skaters that are
half decent (I never was) have had to endure the learning experience and
come out the other end. It is these kinds of people that will start the
unicycle revolution (pun intended, sorry) and bring it more and more
mainstream… that is if youthful peer pressure allows it and enough people
have a go.
Or maybe not…
Suffice is to say that, like it or not, unicycling is becoming more
popular - just look at the increased traffic on RSU, the unicycle.com’s
expanding and the plethora of new unicycle components coming out. I’m
waiting for “Kris Holm’s Pro Unicycler 1” to come out for my XBox!
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> So, if virtually everyone can ride a 2 wheeler and plenty of
> folks can go a
> 4 wheeler, it surely goes to follow that they can almost as
> easily learn to
> ride a uni. So why don’t they???
Because it’s harder.
But that’s not the main reason. First of all, sure it’s harder. Take two
people who never rode a bike before. I’m pretty sure, all other things being
equal, that the one on the bike will be cruising all over the place before
the one on the unicycle goes across a room.
But I think most people give up before they start. The little “Ooh that’s
hard” light goes off in their head, and they don’t even consider doing it.
Just like all the people who, when faced with the idea of learning to juggle
(much easier than unicycling) say “I couldn’t learn to juggle for my
life!”
So the first batch of people cut themselves off for no other reason than
that they think it’s too hard (for them).
A second group of people, probably the vast majority of whose left after
that first selection process, just aren’t that interested. Most kids learn
to ride bikes at a young age because bikes get you somewhere. They can’t
drive, but they can use the bike. It’s a useful machine.
If you already have a bike and can ride it, you’re not improving your
transportation abilities by learning to ride a unicycle. Instead you are
moving into a niche area of cycling, where the rewards are more ethereal.
> There’s more to it me thinks. Perhaps the current scarcity of
> riders puts some off because they will stand out. Looking
> silly and falling about when trying to learn might put
> some others off.
You bet. That’s the social aspect. Not only of looking silly by falling
down, but looking silly by being on a unicycle in the first place. Two
different layers of deterrent. This is why many adults practice in secret
until they think they’re “good enough.” It’s also why so many more adults
don’t practice at all, because they don’t have the time or place to do this.
So when we’re finished with all of that, we end up with people who:
- Aren’t afraid to try something difficult
- Stick with something difficult until they’re successful
- Aren’t afraid to fall down with people watching
- Aren’t worried about what others will say
No wonder unicycling has such a high proportion of smart nerds… 
JF
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That game would be cool!
Personally I think Unicycling has potential to being a big thing. I just think it has to be marketed at the right group of people. (Probably cuz I’m a Marketing Major) In general I dont believe the masses will jump on to unicycling like they did scooters a year or so ago.
But I do believe that Unicycling has great potential in the “Extreme” sports market. With riders like Kris who push the limits of unicycling I think that these skater kids, could be interested in this type of unicycling. However I think that before it really starts to catch on unicycling will need to see some inavative riders who use their uni in ways similar to BMX and Skateboarding.
Now I havent seen in any stores a single unicycling video. On the other hand if I go down to my local skate shop and look for skateboard or bmx video’s they have a wide selection. People need to see what can be done on a unicycle before they are going to decide to start riding. I mean really how cool is it to just ride straight… and for most kids that is all they have seen on unicyling.