Stand up unicycles

Searching on ebay.co.uk, I found someone selling 'unique' stand up
unicycles. He has ten of these 'unique' items, so at best, they are
'decique'.

As far as I can tell from the pictures, they are normal 20 inch
(approx.) unicycles, but with handlebars instead of a seat post and
seat.

The handlebars look suspiciously like they were 'borrowed' from one of
those fold up aluminium scooters that were so fashionable a year or so
ago, and went down in price from £200 to about £10 over the course of
the summer.

Riding one of these things would be similar to riding seat out in front,
but I guess you'd have more control. It would be tiring.

I believe (from general readding and hearsay) that the first unicycles
had pedals and handlebars, rather than pedals and seat. If so, then the
idea has come full circle.

Have any of you ridden one of these things?

The present price is about half that of a cheap beginner's unicycle, so
I was tempted, but having bid for 4 other items tonight, I thought I'd
better restrain myself.

Does anyone out there have one of those scooters? If so, can you check
if the handlebar stem is the right diameter to fit a standard unicycle?


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Some stuff is "unique" because one is enough, and nobody wants it. In
this case, somebody apparently manufactured a lot of them, to lower the
price, in hopes they would be something.

A link or picture would be nice...


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Mikefule wrote:

Riding one of these things would be similar to riding seat out in front,
but I guess you'd have more control. It would be tiring.

I used to ride a handle bar uni a bit, it was good to
take to conventions and stuff, at one point I used it to
handicap myself in uni races at juggling conventions. My
handle bars came from the skip behind a bike shop. I
still have them in the celler, must dig them out some
time.

yes it is tiring to ride, it also bashes the knees quite
a bit so I used pipe lagging foam to cushion the frame a
bit ( esp round the seat clamp). It is easier than an
ultimate by a long way as you use the frame agaist your
leg to keep the balance. In fact its easier to ride it
with out holding the handle bars,I found my knees kept
the frame from toppling over and that way I had both
hands free to help balance. Holding the bars with both
hands made it a lot harder as it changes your body shape
and balance point.

Fun, but not an essential part of the collection.

Sarah
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By and for UK riders
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"Mikefule" wrote in message
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Searching on ebay.co.uk, I found someone selling 'unique' stand up
unicycles. He has ten of these 'unique' items, so at best, they are
'decique'.


Might they be related to these? Same seller I guess.

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.d...tegory=16 170


Again the question: cheap: but any good?


Naomi