Originally Posted by
TFS Jake
I'm hoping I can handle it, I want to mix it up a little bit.
You'll love it!
Originally Posted by
noglider
Doesn't look easy in the least bit.
There's a 13 year old girl on my block who can do it.
I did a 100 mile bike ride through NYC, and one guy on a two-speed unicycle went faster than I did.
So, uh, unicyclists impress me.
The 36er is definitely harder to ride due to the heavier, more sluggish wheel mass, and also they usually have shorter cranks which is great for speed and less leg movement, but also much harder to control and takes longer to stop. But they are a trip to ride and on flat it feels like it almost goes by itself with a kind of "flywheel" effect. It's a feeling of perpetual forward motion. I'd like to do a century, and so far I've ridden 50 miles in one go.
Originally Posted by
jeffpoulin
You make it look so easy! BTW, where do you get 36" tires?
www.unicycle.com or
www.cokercycles.com. the first link has more types to choose from.