wheel size & memory

Unicycles and Equipment
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Ever ride a 20" wheel daily for several days and then try to mount a 24"? “Whoa!
What’s going on? I must be stuck in the mud!”

I don’t have a Coker, but I can imagine what it must feel like to get used to
THAT and then hop on a 20". It takes a little while to re-program your brain.
Does this ever go away with years of riding experience?

And can anyone out there coin a cute phrase or “snigglet” to name this effect?

-rick

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RE: wheel size & memory

> I don’t have a Coker, but I can imagine what it must feel like to get used to
> THAT and then hop on a 20". It takes a little while to re-program your brain.
> Does this ever go away with years of riding experience?

Yes, but not completely. you can still feel the difference. Especially if you
have, for instance, ridden your 45" big wheel for an entire parade, then jump on
your 20" and try to do hard tricks!

I don’t think it needs a name, but you might call it “wheel memory” or
“wheel/leg memory”.

John Foss, the Uni-Cyclone (reply to jfoss@unicycling.com)
http://www.unicycling.com

“I’m okay, I crash like that a lot.”

  • Dan Heaton
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Re: wheel size & memory

>Ever ride a 20" wheel daily for several days and then try to mount a 24"?
>“Whoa! What’s going on? I must be stuck in the mud!”
>
>I don’t have a Coker, but I can imagine what it must feel like to get used to
>THAT and then hop on a 20". It takes a little while to re-program your brain.
>Does this ever go away with years of riding experience?

Try riding a Coker Big One with the usual 6 inch cranks for weeks and then try
to mount a 56 inch big wheel with 4.5 inch cranks. The axle is ten inches higher
in addition to the torque calibration required of the rider!

Sincerely,

Ken Fuchs <kfuchs@winternet.com>

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Re: wheel size & memory

Rick Bissell (rick@tridelta.com) wrote:

: And can anyone out there coin a cute phrase or “snigglet” to name this effect?

I call it over shoot. I ride the coker more regulary than the others and find my
first mount on the 20 will fail due to over shoot, then I think shorter and it
works. sarah