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Old July 27th 06, 03:26 AM posted to rec.sport.unicycling
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Hey, I just got a Unicycle today, it's a Sun 26 I think, trying to learn
to ride it. How would y'all suggest learning to balance/go places on
it? And what types of tricks are there to do on it? Also, should there
be lots of air in the tire, or just a little? Thanks for all the info
dudes.


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Old July 27th 06, 03:36 AM posted to rec.sport.unicycling
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well, a 26" tire probably meant to be higher pressure because it's a
skinnier tire, but I would suggest you keep it lower than usual. this
gives more surface area (tire squishes more) and makes it easier to
balance.

for tips, you can do a search on the forums. there's tons of
information here.

as to what tricks you can learn to do later, check 'this thread'
(http://www.unicyclist.com/forums/showthread.php?t=47406) out.

welcome to the forums, and feel free to talk and ask questions.


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Old July 27th 06, 09:30 AM posted to rec.sport.unicycling
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i think youll find theres a fair bit you can do on one wheel


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Old July 27th 06, 09:50 AM posted to rec.sport.unicycling
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Learning to ride isnt that hard, jsut tideous and takes dedication.

Keep your weight on the seat, and hold onto a wall, push off and pedal
and keep trying. It will take about a week to learn and be a pretty
good ridder, as in you can go from a to b without falling, or only a
few UPDS.

Trick wise, theres tons, and I mean TONS!

Freestyle has tons of tricks from riding one-footed to doing backward
stand-up one footed extended gliding. There tons of combos and
virations.

With street, theres also tons of tricks, from grinds, crankspins,
unispins, varials, leg wraps, big spins, hickflips, sex change.

search for the video 'nacht nada' and there lots of other stuff on
'www.unicycletips.com' (http://www.unicycletips.com).

Do some searching and youll find people riding on tiny rails or bridges
from a few feet into the air, up to having a 500 foot drop to watch out
for. Riding awesome North shore trails, doing complicated trials line
and jumping higher than youd think they could, to gapping 9 set and
doing 360s into a grind and a backflip out of it.


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