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Do you have a unicycle and are they cool, fun, and easy to ride? (Personal Expieriences Plz)?
Question:Do you have a unicycle and are they cool, fun, and easy to ride? (personal expieriences)?
I'm seriously considering getting a unicycle, but i want to know.are they 1. worth the $80-$150 they are 2. Are they fun 3. Are they easy ride within about a month and can you eventually do tricks with training. Everyone already thinks im crazy cause I like Canada more than America and am just weird and stuff, but this will just make them think i belong in a mental institute...but.what the hel, lol
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I have been unicycling for 35 years, Of course they are cool, but that doesn't stop the occasional idiot from yelling out insults, they think they are being clever.
It is not difficult to learn but it takes patience, most people can learn in a week to 10 days if they practice about 1/2 hour a day. A helmet and wrist protectors are a good idea, because you will fall a lot. but each time you get back on you will be able to ride a little bit further than before.
It is difficult, not impossible, to ride a mile takes about the same effort as riding 5 on a bicycle. But it is fun, or I wouldn't do it.
Don't buy the cheapest uni you find, Some of the really cheep ones are so poorly made that they are not ride-able, you will just get frustrated and quit before you learn to ride. Try to find a bike shop where someone there has ridden one and can recommend the one they are selling to you,
good luck with patience and some effort you will learn to Uni!!
Al
How big of a motorcycle chest protector do I inevitability for a 6 yr frail?
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You need for your six year out-of-date to try on several, and it needs to fit him approaching a lifejacket would. snug enough to stay on, but loose plenty for him to be able to move.
It should be of partly of a metre in lenght, Go for a right store for more details.
Riding a bike!?
Question:Ok, so my mom is trying to ride a bike from last week but she's getting trouble contained by riding her bike, she's not able to ride it correctly. She fell down masses times but couldn't do it well...
Plz give a hand me! Give me some good advices for my mom.
Thank you adjectives very much!
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Alright I get all the know how contained by a step by step procedure.Place mom on the bike on a flat paved surf,consequently have her start pedaling why you waddle swiftly along whit her for 500 feet.I guarantee when you tolerate go-mom will be off and biking.
start on a slight mount and try if yo can to take her on a ride on a bike built for two.
consent to her try more.
And soon she will get used to it.
If she didn't fell approaching almost 5 times believe me she wont ride it at all lately let her try and she will do it.
administer the bike a good check..esp brakes..does she know how to shift gears? lower the form for her body height...receive on the bike to see if you can ride..ride the bike for her, showing her how to dismount[stopping, sliding off form,planting feet on the ground...
Fork Conversion Woes?
Question:Hello everybody! As the new season promptly approaches us, the annual tuneups/upgrades come to mind. I am curentlty wondering whether I should upgrade my fork. I am riding an '04 Trek 4500 with a Rockshox Judy TT fork. When I bought the bike, the sale rep told me that this fork is adjustable from 80mm (which it is set at now) and 100mm. The bike is set up for 80mm, but I would really like to win the extra bit of travel. If I was to do this, what could arise to the geometry, handling and/or frame (stresses)? Do you believe it would be worth it? Any advice would be greatly appreciated, gratitude a lot!
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Number 1, if Trek spec'd that fork for that bike, they know that the bike would handle ably in both instances.
Number 2, 20mm = 2cm= smaller amount than 1 inch. It is very unlikely that you will identify any difference on how the geometry of the bike has be affected, nor will you see a significant difference of travel. Most of the auxiliary travel will be eaten up by "sag" or the ammount of downward pressure exerted on a suspension component next to the rider sitting on the bike. To see a real difference, replace your inner components on the fork, i.e. elastomers/springs, grease, seals...
You know I a short time ago use a normal stainless steel fork approx. 15 centimeters long, and as a rule I try not to get through while on my bike, so I don't know that I have ever have a fork on my bike. But you sound adjectives gung ho about it, so rock on. Can you guzzle noodles while riding?
If you're going to increase your travel from 80mm to 100mm, consider the type of riding you're planning to do. With general cross country riding, an 80mm fork slapped on a rugged tail will do the job. But if you're looking for more travel dance ahead and experiment with your current fork. This would clearly have an effect contained by the bike's handling. With a higher fork, you would categorically need to put more solidity in front during climbs to prevent the front from losing traction. As for my warning, upgrade your fork to Fox or Manitou. You would be surprised with the adjustability of these forks.
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