There a re many different unicycle contests and conventions these include, Unicon, Fluck, and NAUCC (North American Unicycle Championships and Convention). All those competitions are pretty intense and only the best unicyclist can compete and win, but there are other contests in more of a local level. One contest that I can think of right now is not even a unicycle contest but a trials bike contest that they let unicyclists into that contest is called belle island bike trial. There are many more local contests but I can not name them all.
Contests and the winners.
UNICON 14
1st place street: Adrien Delecroix
1st place trial: Maxime Cabot
1st place flat: Loic Baud
FLUCK
1st place high jump: Mark Fabian
1st place trials: Ryan Atkins
1st place long jump: Lukas Hilficker
1st place stairs: Kristian Andas
Friday, September 19, 2008
Friday, September 12, 2008
About Unicycling And Unicycle History
There are a lot of theories of how the unicycle came to be but the most common one is the idea that the unicycle evolved from the penny farthing bike. People have this theory because they found that you do not need the wheel in the back so they made a simpler version. There are many types of unicycling other then clowning these include Standard, mountain unicycling (aka Muni), street, trials, freestyle, Flatland (aka flat), and long distance.
Standard: The most popular type of unicycling is just men for short transportation. Usually done on a 20” unicycle
Muni: Riding on trials either man made or natural. Usually done a 29”-36”
Street: Done in an urban environment using stairs, rails, or whatever else you can use to set up tricks. Usually done on a 20”
Trials: Done in a natural or urban environment using what ever you want to get up on or over obstacles. Usually done on a 16”-20”
Flat: Doing tricks like street but only on a flat surface. Usually done on a 20” with a long seat post and a square fork
Freestyle: Very similar to flat but with an added performance aspect. Can be done on any unicycle
Long distance: pretty self explanatory riding long distance at a high speed. Usually done on a 29”-36”
For more info go to http://www.krisholm.com/khu/unicycling
And for videos go to http://unicycle.tv/
Standard: The most popular type of unicycling is just men for short transportation. Usually done on a 20” unicycle
Muni: Riding on trials either man made or natural. Usually done a 29”-36”
Street: Done in an urban environment using stairs, rails, or whatever else you can use to set up tricks. Usually done on a 20”
Trials: Done in a natural or urban environment using what ever you want to get up on or over obstacles. Usually done on a 16”-20”
Flat: Doing tricks like street but only on a flat surface. Usually done on a 20” with a long seat post and a square fork
Freestyle: Very similar to flat but with an added performance aspect. Can be done on any unicycle
Long distance: pretty self explanatory riding long distance at a high speed. Usually done on a 29”-36”
For more info go to http://www.krisholm.com/khu/unicycling
And for videos go to http://unicycle.tv/
Thursday, September 11, 2008
How to Unicycle
How to unicycle first you need to buy a unicycle I suggest http://www.unicycle.com/ but you might be able to buy one from your local bike store. Unicycle prices range from $1500 to $70 I would suggest you buy a cheap unicycle for learning on then once you are better you can buy another one. My first and only unicycle is the Torker Unistar CX it cost a bit less then $90 including shipping.
Once you have a unicycle you need to learn how to ride it. First you need to get used to it to do this hold on to a rail of a fence and get on the unicycle at first this will be hard but you will get used to it. Once you can stay still on your unicycle holding on to a rail you should try to ride well holding on to a rail this may seem hard but keep practicing no matter what.
One of the final steps to learn to unicycle is to be able to ride around unassisted when you do this start by holding on to something the push on and ride and remember these things its okay to flail your arms around to balance yourself, try to keep your body over the seat so you wont start to lean and an keep your weight on the seat because if its on the pedals the unicycle will swerve, remember one last thing a unicycle is not like a bike you need to peddle at all times you can not coast.
The final thing is to free mount free mounting is a way to get on the unicycle unassisted. To do this you will put the pedal that is on your less dominate foot close to you. For example I’m right footed so I will put the left pedal close to me. Once you know what peddle you start with you put seat between your legs then push down on the pedal close to you so the unicycle will role under you. Then put your other foot on the other pedal and go remember try to stay over the wheel but if you lean to far forward pedal faster and if you lean back to much pedal slower.
Another simple thing you can do is to static hop. That is an easy trick you even out you peddles and so your good foot is in front and then hop like a pogo stick once you can do this try to hop up curbs and stairs.
Once you have a unicycle you need to learn how to ride it. First you need to get used to it to do this hold on to a rail of a fence and get on the unicycle at first this will be hard but you will get used to it. Once you can stay still on your unicycle holding on to a rail you should try to ride well holding on to a rail this may seem hard but keep practicing no matter what.
One of the final steps to learn to unicycle is to be able to ride around unassisted when you do this start by holding on to something the push on and ride and remember these things its okay to flail your arms around to balance yourself, try to keep your body over the seat so you wont start to lean and an keep your weight on the seat because if its on the pedals the unicycle will swerve, remember one last thing a unicycle is not like a bike you need to peddle at all times you can not coast.
The final thing is to free mount free mounting is a way to get on the unicycle unassisted. To do this you will put the pedal that is on your less dominate foot close to you. For example I’m right footed so I will put the left pedal close to me. Once you know what peddle you start with you put seat between your legs then push down on the pedal close to you so the unicycle will role under you. Then put your other foot on the other pedal and go remember try to stay over the wheel but if you lean to far forward pedal faster and if you lean back to much pedal slower.
Another simple thing you can do is to static hop. That is an easy trick you even out you peddles and so your good foot is in front and then hop like a pogo stick once you can do this try to hop up curbs and stairs.
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