When I cracked the seat post of my other uni, I decided that it was
breaking WAY to often--since it is my transportation to and from class,
I really do need something in working order.
So I ordered a Sun 28" to use mainly as a backup to my heavily upgraded
70s Schwinn, and for when I'm running a bit late.
I've put 10 miles or so on it since it arrived yesterday.
Initial thoughts:
What is with these cranks? 6" cranks with a very wide spread/"Q-factor"
hardly seems the best choice for unicycle designed for speed and
distance.
The seat post is really long. I'm 5'10" and I sawed about an inch and a
half off to be able to ride it in the lowest posistion.
This thing is light. Much lighter than my 24"
When I hit a bump, I bounce. I've got the tire inflated to 70psi, and at
any sort of swift pace, those bumps really can throw off your balance.
This thing isn't all that much faster than my 24". I wasn't expecting a
huge difference. I'll have to try it with shorter cranks, though.
My spills have been a lot worse with this one. Only two so far...one
when I was seeing how fast I could take it down a steep hill. On the 24,
if I hit something, I can run fast enough once I come off it that I can
usually not fall and trip over the uni.
Not so now...couldn't come close to catching the seat, and the uni
actually bounced and landed over the other side of a small fence. I'm
just glad I fell off this side of the fence.
Second spill was today, coming back from class. I was riding one footed,
which I was suprised to find easier, if anything, than my 24". But
puting my foot back on the pedal, I totally missed the pedal, tripped
over the leg, fell over backwards, and managed to kick the uni into the
air and hit the back of the hot girl about 10 feet in front of me.
And no matter how badly you fall off a uni, you don't get sympathy
points from anyone you hit with a uni.
It's weird...my 24 doesn't fly out in front of me nearly as far as this
one does...
Idleing is a bit awkward feeling, but easy enough after a minute or so
of practice.
One foot and backwards seem to be just as easy, if not easier, as the
24". That's the limit of my freestyle skill, so I can't comment much on
anything else, other than to say that I can't even get my legs in the
right posistion to WW because the wheel is so close to the saddle.
Haven't tried anything else because I've been warned about this uni
being very weak. I've got the tire inflated to 70 because I figure this
will lessen the chance of damaging the rim...Am i right about this? It
makes the ride a lot less smooth...is it worth it? I would have though
smoothness would be better for the uni...but I guess rim damage only
happens from bottoming out?
I thought the seat was fine until this morning...now I can really feel
it. I might try to make it an air-seat. Otherwise, probably go to KH.
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Skippii - Kingpin, One for the Road
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