JohnnyReggae Posted February 24, 2009 Share Unicycle Gliding is an advanced skill and is the unicycling version of free-wheeling and basically entails taking your feet off the pedals and allowing gravity to propel you. Arne Tilgen who is an excellent unicycle rider from Germany who is currently in the country did some Power Gliding over the weekend on the very quiet road past the Cable Way on the side on Table Mountain. He posted some stuff to his blog about it. The link is a translated version (originally in German) so the text may not make complete sense. Some photos from the ride: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
parabola Posted February 24, 2009 Share Even for unicycling, Thats pretty mental. You obviously have mush less control over your foward balance. I think I've seen you at Tokai a couple of times on the singletrack, I was quite taken aback to know that such a sport as MTB unicycling exists! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spinnekop Posted February 24, 2009 Share http://www.advrider.com/forums/images/smilies/pillepalle.gif Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnnyReggae Posted February 24, 2009 Share Even for unicycling' date=' Thats pretty mental.[/quote']Agree with you totally !! I think it's insane, but that's probably because it's a "higher-grade" skill which I haven't gotten close to yet One day perhaps...... I think I've seen youat Tokai a couple of times on the singletrack' date=' I was quite taken abackto know that such a sport as MTB unicycling exists![/quote']We're slowly getting more recognition. In Canada, The States, and Europe it's getting a lot larger as a sport. On the weekend, Team OddWheel in JHB did the Subaru Sabie Classic on Uni's. A few of us are doing the Argus MTB Challenge this coming weekend. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kranswurm Posted February 24, 2009 Share http://www.advrider.com/forums/images/smilies/pillepalle.gif For the life of me I cannot think of one good reason why! I mean really Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WOFT Posted February 26, 2009 Share For the life of me I cannot think of one good reason why! I mean really Does one really need a reason? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TNT1 Posted February 26, 2009 Share What drugs do you guys take? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shebeen Posted February 26, 2009 Share They've become a familiar and friendly site in tokai.On saturday I saw there was some girls in the group and i was like.. jirrah bru, they've convinced some crazee chicks to come join them. and they weren't just for show either. stopped to say howzit on the way down...and once we got chatting, it was quite obvious that these girls were not local. much respect Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnnyReggae Posted February 26, 2009 Share What drugs do you guys take?Why .. ? What you selling ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TNT1 Posted February 26, 2009 Share What drugs do you guys take?Why .. ? What you selling ? Figures, to do that crazy ****, you okes will smoke seaweed soaked in meths....TNT12009-02-26 06:52:52 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnnyReggae Posted February 26, 2009 Share They've become a familiar and friendly site in tokai.On saturday I saw there was some girls in the group and i was like.. jirrah bru' date=' they've convinced some crazee chicks to come join them. and they weren't just for show either. stopped to say howzit on the way down...and once we got chatting, it was quite obvious that these girls were not local. much respect [/quote']Linda is from Germany, over here at the moment with Arne. She rode from Cape Town to Durban on a MTB recently. Jane is also German, but is a Cape Town local and is studying at a local Varsity. Soon you'll blink and only see Uni's in the forest Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wernervdmerwe Posted February 26, 2009 Share A few of us are doing the Argus MTB Challenge this coming weekend. What distance you guys doing? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gumpole Posted February 26, 2009 Share do these things have 'back-pedal brakes'?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WOFT Posted February 26, 2009 Share What distance you guys doing? We'll be riding the 26km. do these things have 'back-pedal brakes'??Nope. It is a fixie, set in 1:1 gearing ratio ie: no gearing. What that means for us, is that to brake or slow down, we need to apply backpressure whilst we pedal. I am running a brake on my 29er, but it is used as a drag brake to take some pressure off the knees on the long downhills. I don't use it to stop suddenly, as I would faceplant painfully JReggae doesn't run a brake at all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Windbreaker Posted February 26, 2009 Share do you have life insurance & medical aid? If so I hope that they don't get hold of these pics Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tumbleweed Posted February 26, 2009 Share They've become a familiar and friendly site in tokai. On saturday?I saw there was some girls in the group and i was like.. jirrah bru' date=' they've convinced some crazee chicks to come join them. and they weren't just for show either. ? stopped to say howzit on the way down...and once we got chatting, it was quite obvious that these girls were not local. ? much respect ?[/quote']Linda is from Germany, over here at the moment with Arne. She rode from Cape Town to Durban on a MTB recently.Jane is also German, but is a Cape Town local and is studying at a local Varsity.Soon you'll blink and only see Uni's in the forest they aren't with a couple of german guys are they? the guys me and hog saw at the bike park? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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