I don’t know if this has been thought of before, but…
I was watching Sofa’s UW wheel video and a thought came to my mind. Why not make an ultimate wheel like the Yuni but with taps for several pedal positions. This would allow the rider to choose from several “crank lengths”. There would also be a set of taps in the middle to turn the UW into a BC.
I think pedals would make for a good BC, as long as you weight them so they don’t spin wildly in the initial roll. They should be exponentially easier then pegs because they won’t roll out from under your feet, but won’t be as easy as using dropped platforms.
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> I don’t know if this has been thought of before, but…
>
> I was watching Sofa’s UW wheel video and a thought came to my mind. Why
> not make an ultimate wheel like the ‘Yuni’
> (http://www.unicycle.com/shopping/shopexd.asp?id=577) but with taps for
> several pedal positions. This would allow the rider to choose from
> several “crank lengths”. There would also be a set of taps in the
> middle to turn the UW into a BC.
>
> I think pedals would make for a good BC, as long as you weight them so
> they don’t spin wildly in the initial roll. They should be
> exponentially easier then pegs because they won’t roll out from under
> your feet, but won’t be as easy as using dropped platforms.
>
Good idea. One wheel with multiple uses.
My BC wheel already has pedals but is a spoked wheel so couldn’t convert
to a UW.
On the BC there is no need to weight the pedals down as they won’t be
spinning wildly (only once per revolution of the wheel).
good idea! Im gonna have to figure out how to make something like that. got any design ideas? maybe we could be business partners and sell these things. haha