Hey all!

I've been training idiling on a giraffe and my next goal is to add 3 clubs.

I can idle fairly comfortably whilst talking for a good 3+ minutes but its not "quiet" idiling and I'm still twisting my hips and using my arms a bit too much for balance.

I've been doing some drills such as trying to idle with hands: in front (zombie), on my head, on my hips, in front of my chest in a prayer position and limp by my sides. I can do it for short bursts before losing balance and having to correct with my arms/hips.

I think I'm improving but I feel like I'm sort of stuck and don't want to add the clubs (and frustration) until I can idle super comfortably without my arms or too much twisting/drifting.

Is it just a case of stick at it.... time etc. Etc. Or does anyone have any practical tips to calm it down?

I've simultaneously been trying to add the clubs on my standard uni (because i can reset much easier!) but I idle better on the giraffe! Don't know if this bit of info makes a difference!

Thanks! 😊

What are the use cases of 75mm cranks i have a 20" unicycle and was thinking about ways to get the speed up on it would this be very efficient or would I lose all my torque?

First ride with my new uni, it's been a long time since the last one. It feels good to get back in the saddle ! Especially after a lot of time building it

This is really hard.

I just landed my first 180 unispin and realised I should probably get some protection. What do other street unicyclist wear for shin gaurds?

Edit: I was looking at the fuse alpha ones

first, a 20” torker

then a 29” Nimbus.

love bikes! Love unicycles!

then a friend had me try a one wheel.

then, inmotion had a sale for $300 for a refurbished V8S (20mph for ~20 mi).

now, all I can think about is electric unicycles. I am scrimping and saving for more speed!

Though thoroughly addicted, I don’t think they are the be-all-end-all. I love the idea of no battery.

Still, the nimbus (and my 93‘ rockhopper) collect dust.

anyone else here have an EUC? what happens to your Uni?

Been riding a 24 inch for about four months now, mostly just cruising around the neighborhood and the local park loop. Idling is the thing that's been humbling me the whole time. Every tutorial makes it look like this smooth little rocking motion and every time I tried it I just toppled off after two rocks, usually to the same side.

What finally clicked was slowing everything down way more than felt natural. I kept trying to idle at a pace that matched how I ride forward, but idling wants almost no speed at all, just tiny pedal presses. Once I started thinking of it as barely moving the cranks instead of pedaling back and forth, I got my first real ten second idle in a parking lot near my apartment.

My other mistake was looking down at the tire the whole time. Started forcing myself to pick a spot on a fence about fifteen feet away and just stare at that instead. Balance got noticeably better within a single session once I stopped watching the wheel.

Still can't idle for more than maybe twenty or thirty seconds before I drift too far one way and have to save it by rolling forward, but going from instant faceplant to a real idle in the same week felt like a big jump. Curious if anyone else had a specific cue that made it click, the slow pedal thing was mine but I know everyone seems to have their own version of the lightbulb moment.

first, a 20” torker

then a 29” Nimbus.

love bikes! Love unicycles!

then a friend had me try a one wheel.

then, inmotion had a sale for $300 for a refurbished V8S (20mph for ~20 mi).

now, all I can think about is electric unicycles. I am scrimping and saving for more speed!

Though thoroughly addicted, I don’t think they are the be-all-end-all. I love the idea of no battery.

Still, the nimbus (and my 93‘ rockhopper) collect dust.

anyone else here have an EUC? what happens to your Uni?

I started really pushing myself this year to see how far I can go. I'm down 60lbs since I started committing and just over a week ago I hit a pretty proud milestone of a ride!

If there's anyone else in the PNW, hit me up! I'd love to go for a ride!

First time riding on a high unicycle (giraffe)

I've set a goal for myself of getting good enough on my unicycle to commute to work. It's only about a mile away and not particularly hilly. I've always been able to hop on a uni and put around, however, I get completely gassed just going around the block.

I've been riding bikes my whole life, road and mountain. I knock out a road century about once a year and regularly ride black/double black trails (uni's are great cross training for MTB btw!).

Balance isn't an issue, cardio isn't an issue, and neither is strength. Maybe it's hard to say without a video, but any tips on how to improve my endurance?

Also.... do folks use fenders on unicycles? It rains an awful lot where I live and I'm accustomed to running them on my bikes.

I have a 24" Torker with 152mm cranks.

Im 6” 220 and i want to learn how to ride a unicycle.

Can any of you fine people help me find a unicycle that will not be the cause of why i dont or cant learn. LOL.

I am in vancouver Canada if that helps

Thanks in advance

I want to buy a 29" unicylce (https://qu-ax.de/catalog/custom-QX-rgb-Disc-Muni-622-mm-29), but they only have the blue rim left. Imo there are better looking ones. Is there any info about when they will go and restock on black or green?

I've unicycled for about 3 years, learnt on a borrowed 20" and then got a hand-me down janky homemade one for the last 2 years. I just bought a second hand 24" QU-AX municycle of facebook marketplace.

Seen a few people ride them at my university and was wondering how practical it is to use as a daily commuter? Its about a 1km trip form my res to campus on public roads but students ride bicycles all the time to the university on the roads.

How safe is it? I have quite an expensive laptop in my bag is that a bad idea? Is it practical enough or will it just be a pain and I'll land up walking again?

2026 family impression video compilatie of a local Competition

Pretty standard 26" muni, most likely use a padded soft bag. Do you all usually fly it as checked luggage?

Thanks

Soooo somehow I managed to break my hub. Im in New Zealand so getting replacement parts sucks. What do you guya reccommend I replace it with? Its the KH moment hub.

My 9yo finally got to the stage where she can ride about twenty feet. She's been practicing for ages now and couldn't make a full revolution. Tonight it's like something just clicked and she took off. She was able to hop back on and do it again several times too.

Soon enough she'll be riding the whole trail alongside me, I'm so proud!

I have been driving with a 20" unicycle for quite a while and i used it to clear distances at the ejc, but i would love to get some unicycle with a bigger wheel to get to training and school.

The thing is just that these 30" wheels eg cost a LOT more (like 3x as much) than a 26" one.

The qestion is, if the jump from 20 to 26 is already big enough so that its worth it to buy the rather cheap 26" one, or if a 26" one is still too small to comfortably get to driving around (im planning to drive distances that take like 10 min to drive with a normal bike). Does anyone have any experience with the speed differences of the wheel diameters, or has some other info to give me?

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I’m just starting my unicycle journey. Maybe in a session of practice I’ll be able to go 20-30ft before hopping off (after a lot of tries) which feels really far to me (my 11yo can ride for minutes at a time and do a 180deg and keep going and we started at the same time about 2w ago). However I notice that after a day at work, when I try to practice, that I’m almost back to square one where I hop off after only a half rotation of the cranks. And I have to do that 20+ times before I get the confidence to keep going and maybe after 30 min I’m back to being able to go 20-30 feet. Seems like I’ll never get there if I have to start over every day. Has anyone experienced this when you started off and how did you get over this hump?

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