n+1.5

[Kranswurm]

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So in a moment of madness I committed to do something mad.

 

I thought an excellent buy at R900. Dont spoil it if its not true.

 

Will post about my experiences as I go along.

tsk tsk....I ask myself...why???

[unishaun]

Wait until you hit the trail...

 

If you get it right, it is very addictive, I have 3 atm and always looking to buy more

[DJR]

Wait until you hit the trail...

 

If you get it right, it is very addictive, I have 3 atm and always looking to buy more

Note to Slowbee

You did notice all the elbow and knee pads, didn't you?

[Slowbee]

Note to Slowbee

You did notice all the elbow and knee pads, didn't you?

NO!

 

One wheel going down a mountain is either wheelie or the wheel has lost its owner. One wheel with a seat does not down a mountain go!

[LeoKnight]

https://www.onedayonly.co.za/20-or-24-unicycles-4.html

 

Guess what..

[Dirkitech]

https://www.onedayonly.co.za/20-or-24-unicycles-4.html

 

Guess what..

Also saw that but Slowbee did ask not to spoil if it wasn't true. It's also hard to tell the final product, because each picture shows a different unicycle?!

 

20" for 1000

24" for 1200

 

If you have a 24" Slowbee, it seems you received value. If you have a 20", you still saved 100 + the amount it would cost to make the new one blue lol

[Slowbee]

:cursing:

[Slowbee]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KhKvgVFsiVI

 

For now I am sticking with the "I got a bargain 20 inch".

 

I reckon it is a bit easier to start with a 20 inch. If things work out and I want to go round the block, as opposed to round the bend, then I will upgrade to 24 inch.

[Kalahari Vegmot]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KhKvgVFsiVI

 

For now I am sticking with the "I got a bargain 20 inch".

 

I reckon it is a bit easier to start with a 20 inch. If things work out and I want to go round the block, as opposed to round the bend, then I will upgrade to 24 inch.

But slowbee........ you are basically on the 26er of the unicycle world. And we all know 29ers(24ers) are far superior in every way......

[Slowbee]

fads come and go. 26ers rule ....

[Slowbee]

So.

 

I googled the "getting on a unicycle". Then I went to try.

 

I am 15 minutes in of trying to learn.

 

Today I have sore shins. More importantly, that seat is a killer !

 

When your full weight is on the seat the gonads turn to tonsils and your voice squeaks. If you get on the thing wrong and try shift weight - well you fall off.

 

We have a great stoep at home with a window. I was using the window ledge as leverage and that might not have been the best idea as I was not doing it correctly. Today I will try using a wall and see what happens.

[ChrisF]

At least you can invite a camera man or two ..... no pichas it neva happened and all that .... 

[Sepia]

Keep the reports coming Slowbee.  Interesting to find out how this pans out?

[DJR]

Keep trying and reporting Slowbee

[Boerklong]

If N = N@@! Then 1.5 = depth

[Slowbee]

So I tried to get on this bloody darn thing for about 15 minutes while next to the wall.

 

Its difficult. And tricky and difficult.

 

So the idea is that you keep the pedals horizontal and step onto one pedal and the wheel then comes underneath you. Which works well, expect the wheel keeps on going underneath you and you blixem over the front, in well rehearsed OTB protection mode. Except there are no bars to OTB. So you pretend there are bars and you just blixem over.

 

At 16 minutes I was like not a chance. So i used the ledge method to help me get on. Worked well. Now I was able to rock the wheel back and forth. But this is really really higher than high grade cycling. Your front pedal stroke is the carburetor so to speak, your rear pedal stroke is the brake and your body weight the gyroscopic accelerator. So each leg is either acting as a brake or a carb on 50% of each revolution. Left and right. All this while keeping the gyroscope still.

 

And the daughter was laughing at me.

 

Currently I am rehydrating with pure ethanol. The thinking alone drained me. My two sets of tonsils need to settle (move?) down again. But I dont have painful shins. AND my excel spreadsheet looks funky.