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chirokid
May 11th 04, 10:50 PM
My daughters and I are the only unicycle riders in my town. Or at least
that is what I thought. Today, on my way driving back to my office from
lunch, I spotted an "Impossible Wheel" laying outside the door of an
apartment building. This apartment is on the road directly beside my
office and only two blocks away.
Would someone have an "Impossible Wheel" and not have a unicycle also?
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It's a trap!
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johnfoss
May 11th 04, 11:07 PM
A BC wheel *is* a unicycle. So how do you know it was a BC wheel? I
don't like the name "impossible" for something that more and more people
are proving isn't. Could it be the front wheel from a BMX freestyle
bike? Or did it have L-shaped foot brackets like the newer ones?
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chirokid
May 11th 04, 11:13 PM
John, I may have mis-named the wheel. It is a 20" rim, with solid spoke
covers on both sides, then pedals. The cranks looked to be 125's or so.
No frame or seat. So what is it called? --chirokid--
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chirokid
May 11th 04, 11:15 PM
Whoops, Zod already told me, it is called a TRAP! --chirokid--
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johnhimsworth
May 12th 04, 12:02 AM
That would be an ultimate wheel, basically a unicycle with no frame, and
the pedals generally bolted to something like a disc in the rim, no
spokes / cranks etc.
An impossible / BC wheel is where there are no pedals and the it
freewheels while the rider stands on pegs / platforms.
John
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chirokid
May 12th 04, 07:01 PM
johnhimsworth wrote:
> *That would be an ultimate wheel, John *
Thanks John, yes, it was an ultimate wheel. I sure hope I can find the
"rider". --chirokid--
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unicycleboy
May 12th 04, 10:15 PM
A bc and Impossible wheel are completly differnt, The impossible wheel
is actually hard compared to the Bc wheel. Impossible have stunt pegs on
them and a Bc has special made plates or cranks.
Trev
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johnfoss
May 12th 04, 11:40 PM
unicycleboy wrote:
> *Impossible have stunt pegs on them and a Bc has special made plates
> or cranks.*
You mean round pegs at axle level that spin and roll your foot off them?
Yes, that's definitely harder than a "proper" BC wheel. But I would not
call it anything other than a "bad design" wheel.
I actually found out about that "design" many years ago when I tried
some BMX pegs on my old BC wheel. Oops, I didn't realize they would
roll! That's not what I want, I want to stand on them!
Having the pegs at axle level (even if they don't spin) is still harder
than a BC with the pegs below the axle. David Winston had one like this,
with pedals or small platforms right at axle level. They were flat on
top, so they didn't spin once you got your weight on them.
I've never seen anyone do anything interesting on your description of an
impossible wheel, other than "fix" it.
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Tmornstar
May 13th 04, 02:21 AM
It was a trap laid by Eddie from Crossville! Look away from the
light!
Or... it was a divine vision...
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unicycleboy wrote:
> *A bc and Impossible wheel are completly differnt, The impossible
> wheel is actually hard compared to the Bc wheel. Impossible have stunt
> pegs on them and a Bc has special made plates or cranks.
>
> Trev *
Wait but BC wheel is called that because of the newspaper comic rode a
stone wheel that had a round peace of wood through it that look like
pegs.
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john_childs
May 13th 04, 05:49 AM
unicycleboy wrote:
> *A bc and Impossible wheel are completly differnt, The impossible
> wheel is actually hard compared to the Bc wheel. Impossible have stunt
> pegs on them and a Bc has special made plates or cranks.
>
> Trev *
A BC wheel and an "impossible" wheel are the same thing. The different
names do not refer to different designs whether it's a peg at axle level
or a platform below the axle level.
We've had the discussion about names for the BC wheel before. The name
"BC wheel" has problems because people outside of the US who have not
seen the BC comic strip have no idea why it's called a BC wheel. The
name "impossible wheel" has major problems because it is not impossible.
There was a suggestion to call it a "coaster wheel". That's a
descriptive name and I think it works well.
I'd prefer that people stop calling it an impossible wheel and instead
call it a coaster wheel. The name BC wheel is not going to go away just
because it is such a neat name and the images of it in the BC comic
makes it very visual, even though the name makes little sense to people
outside of the USA.
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Naomi
May 15th 04, 08:21 AM
"john_childs" om> wrote
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> I'd prefer that people stop calling it an impossible wheel and instead
> call it a coaster wheel. The name BC wheel is not going to go away just
> because it is such a neat name and the images of it in the BC comic
> makes it very visual, even though the name makes little sense to people
> outside of the USA.
Even though I am in the UK I had no problems with the name BC wheel. It
made immediate sense despite never having heard of the cartoon.
However I have ridden one before if my memory is serves me well........many
times........in one of the few computer games I have actually spent time
playing.
Anyone else remember "humans".....and was it a spin off from BC or vice
versa? Humans was first out quite a few years ago now.
Nao
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