Hi Eman,
Thanks so much for the kind encouragement about my Videos.
I’m just discovered iMovie app on my iPhone is a quick and easy video editor for me to use.
I have some other footage I will be putting into short videos. I just have to be mindful of who watches my videos because there is some footage that is part of the “story” that includes me hill climbing in heavy traffic (trucks/buses) on narrow roads in Hong Kong.
Kowloon Peak and “The Peak”
Back in Jan, I promised the Kong Kong Unicycle Hockey guys I would post the videos.
Not sure if my family or work (boss) would get a good impression of my safe riding - I take great thought in my safety unicycling.
We are the same age, mate!
Excellent hill climbing, keep it going.
I Love hill climbing on a unicycle. Just something about the feel of the pedalling and balance. I think you know what I’m talking about.
Before heading to unicon21, I had a 25km round ride yesterday morning in St. Paul. There was a flood warning before, and some lower trails beside the Mississippi River are still flooded or muddy.
So @UniMyra is of the opinion that a grown man (closing on 50), cycling along at speed on a 20″ pink unicycle might be preventing some bystanders from taking us unicyclists seriously.
Personally I think the only serious thing here is my obvious speed.
P.S. This is one of my kids’ unicycles. Since they rarely use it, I felt the need to give it a bit of attention. It is actually surprising the pace of these little unis actually… once you mount some suitable short cranks of course (75mms in my case). On my little test run I mantained an average pace of 14km/h (8.7mph) over the course of a 9km (5.6 miles) route with 127m (417′) of elevation gain. Perhaps not lighting fast but it is a lot quicker than I would jog/run over that distance with far less effort.
That‘s about my usual pace, too. Though on a 29er… Maybe I should just fit some two inch cranks on my 20er and take off. Yesterday some 100mm and 89mm crank sets were delivered, so I‘m heading in the right direction (currently using 114s).
Not my latest ride, but I only just finished editing this video from January.
I was a bit reluctant to post it, because of the seamingly “close” traffic scenes and I didn’t want to alarm certain people, like my family. It’s unlisted on YouTube to try avoid my work (managers) to see it. I ride regularly to/from work and want to continue to do so.
On a family trip to Hong Kong, I managed some early morning “getaways” to ride my KH29 up 3 hills.
This is the video of the 3rd hill climb
Hill Climbs:
No 1: Jan 3 - Tai Mo Shan, elev. gain 964m in 15.6km, ave grade 6.1%
No.2: Jan 4 - Victoria Peak, elev. gain 489m in 10.2km, ave grade 4.8%
No.3: Jan 6 - Fei Ngo Shan, elev. gain 511m in 5.6km, ave grade 9.1%
It was great! I never realized how much of a shock absorber snow would be. That feeling of gliding on a uni when your balance is just perfect? It’s even more perfect on a fresh coat of snow…
Trails and paths around me are hit or miss in the winter. A week ago it was ok with about 3 inches that had been on the ground for a week, but took extra energy to push through and power over boot prints. After a thaw and freeze, yesterday it was icy and near impossible to ride. Now it snowed 8+ inches overnight and more is falling. Will that be rideable? Dunno. It’s frustrating to gear up just to find out it’s no good.
But yeah, when it’s good it’s fun!
8 inches …would have to be powder for me to have a chance to plough through that. I did 4-5 inches of the snow that we get here. This is of the rather wet kind.
I envy you guys who can go out and ride in the snow. I can’t. Firstly, there’s no snow in my area, secondly, I have an injury that needs to cure before I do any risky stuff. I’m fine with riding on roads (even frozen ones, thanks to the studded tires I use), but muni or lots of snow is a big NO at the moment.
