Are Tricks Possible on a MUnicycle??

ya pretty much but it takes mor practice...like for unispins the uni is
heavier so you have to work harder. and stand up or foot on frame
tricks are also harder because there is less space between the seat and
the crown.

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No, tricks like side riding don't work with long cranks, cross-riding
can't be done with a too large wheel and unispins and pirouettes don't
work if your tyre is too chunky. These are mostly the higher level
tricks, stuff like 1ft wheel walk etc. can all be done, but they are a
little harder on a Muni.

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You can learn most tricks on a MUni, but some of them, especially
freestyle ones are going to be far harder to learn. A knobby tire and
pinned pedals make some things really awkward or dangerous. Side-riding
does actually work all right with longer cranks, (I learned on 150s)
but short cranks really make a difference for a lot of freestyle
tricks.

So, if you want to do easy stuff in all genres, your MUni should be
fine, but when start moving toward more specific advanced tricks, you
really should consider getting a freestyle and/or street/trials
unicycle.

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kington99 said:

No, tricks like side riding don't work with long cranks, cross-riding
can't be done with a too large wheel and unispins and pirouettes don't
work if your tyre is too chunky. These are mostly the higher level
tricks, stuff like 1ft wheel walk etc. can all be done, but they are a
little harder on a Muni.

I disagree...all tricks -can- be done, just considerably more
difficult.

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I have myself and seen many people one-foot and wheel walk a MUni. I
have seen Irene Genelin stand up one foot wheel walk a MUni downhill in
the dirt. I have seen Kris Holm sideride a MUni with 175 cranks and
glide at speeds high enough that smoke was pouring off of his shoe.

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kington99 said:

unispins and pirouettes don't work if your tyre is too chunkyi.

Let me disagree.
I can do unispins on my 24" Nimbus Muni. They are a bit harder (the 180
unspin, that is) but they can be done.

Other stuff like pedalgrabs, crankflips, grinds, gliding and 360 can
also be done on a 24" Muni. But you will have to be stronger to pull
some of that stuff off.

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fexnix said:

Other stuff like pedalgrabs, crankflips, grinds, gliding and 360 can
also be done on a 24" Muni. But you will have to be stronger to pull
some of that stuff off.

Strength is only necessary to overcome poor technique. My Jedi master
Gerblefranklin is only slightly larger than master Yoda, yet he can
pull insane trials moves on his 24" Muni. He may never win an
arm-wrestling competition, but he pulls rolling hops over cars. The
long way. While in traffic.

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James_Potter said:

I disagree...all tricks -can- be done, just considerably more difficult.

I thought this for a while, until I got to seat-on-side on the Coker.
That is a leg length / wheel size issue, not a matter of finesse or
strength.

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U-Turn said:

I thought this for a while, until I got to seat-on-side on the Coker.
That is a leg length / wheel size issue, not a matter of finesse or
strength.

I agree that the leg length/wheel size is a factor for doing certain
tricks, therefore certain tricks CAN"T be done on a Muni especially if
the person has really short legs. One trick I can for sure think of is
cross-over (your leg would have to bend in an impossible position in
order for you to do it, especially not to hit the tire and scrape your
skin off-it's hard enough on a 20" freestyle with a smoot tire).

So most tricks you can probably do on a Muni, but there are some that I
think you can't.

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I've never done trials, until now. I have two unicycles; a Coker and my
new '06 torker dx 24" that I bought mostly for muni. I've have been
using the dx to try to learn trials, but I will say that using the 24"
for trials is kinda like using 2 or 3 bats to warm up! When you finally
pick up the one bat (the 20" Metaphor) it's a breeze!

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fexnix said:

Let me disagree.
I can do unispins on my 24" Nimbus Muni. They are a bit harder (the 180
unspin, that is) but they can be done.
.

Apologies, i meant the trick when you ride in a very small circle that
usually preceeds a pirouette, I can't remeber its name right now.

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kington99 said:

Apologies, i meant the trick when you ride in a very small circle that
usually preceeds a pirouette, I can't remeber its name right now.

A spin?

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