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  1. Are there many people on here that BMX as well as unicycle? It almost
    seems like a natural progression to want to try unicycling if you BMX.

    I personally have been a BMXer for around 5 years and have just started
    unicyling. I thought it would help that I have a lot of years behind me
    on my BMX before I started unicycling, but found that the early
    learning stages of unicycling weren't any easier. It wasn't until I
    started doing hops and tricks that I realised how much BMXing knowledge
    can help. I can already hop a good 30-40cm and I haven't unicycling for
    long at all.

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  2. Cool, another UK rider! I don't ride BMX 🙄
    How long have you been riding for? What can you do on the bike? I've
    pretty much given up BMX since I've been riding unicycles. I was never
    very good anyway.

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  3. Are you anywhere near Woburn Sands by any chance? I used to ride there
    when the dirt jumps were big and being featured in magazines regularly.
    I'm pretty good on my BMX.
    I've been on my BMX about 5years and my unicycle a couple of weeks. On
    my BMX I can 360, grind handrails, dirt jump and pretty much ride any
    street spot i go to. Since I've been riding the unicycle I've noticed
    so many new street spots that I've often rolled straight past when I
    was on my BMX.
    What kind of riding do you do on your unicycle?

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  4. UnicycleJuggler said:

    Are you anywhere near Woburn Sands by any chance? I used to ride there
    when the dirt jumps were big and being featured in magazines regularly.
    I'm pretty good on my BMX.
    I've been on my BMX about 5years and my unicycle a couple of weeks. On
    my BMX I can 360, grind handrails, dirt jump and pretty much ride any
    street spot i go to. Since I've been riding the unicycle I've noticed
    so many new street spots that I've often rolled straight past when I
    was on my BMX.
    What kind of riding do you do on your unicycle?

    Trials and Muni. Im a regular at Chicksands, which is up near Woburn
    Sands. I ride the North shore up there on the Muni.
    Im 8th (I think it was 8th!) in uk trials 🙂

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  5. I grew up bmxing and picked up a used bmx two summers ago to try and get
    back into it. Now that I can ride a bc wheel I'd like to learn some
    flatland freestyling as it seems to look like it uses the same balance
    principals.
    I'm thinking my bmx background did help when I started riding
    unicycles as I've seen other beginers have such a hard time hopping on
    a uni as when I started hopping was easy... it just seemed as natural
    as a bunny hop on a bike.

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  6. Victory said:

    it just seemed as natural as a bunny hop on a bike.

    Yeah, I agree too.

    Since I learned to ride a Unicycle, I've actually improved on my
    Bunnyhop as well...

    I can get a much better extension and tuck on the bike now.

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  7. Can I extend the question to bicycle trials? It seems like it would
    translate well from uni.

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  8. totally different. Bike trials is way harder than unicycle trials. It's
    easier for a bike trials rider to ride a uni than a unicyclist to ride
    bike trials.

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  9. zfreak220 said:

    totally different. Bike trials is way harder than unicycle trials. It's
    easier for a bike trials rider to ride a uni than a unicyclist to ride
    bike trials.

    definitely.

    Bike trials is so insane.

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  10. zfreak220 said:

    totally different. Bike trials is way harder than unicycle trials. It's
    easier for a bike trials rider to ride a uni than a unicyclist to ride
    bike trials.

    I have no expirience w/ this but I think the oposite would be true.

    There is more potential on bikes w/ jump heights and distances
    (especially w/ rolling hops, since they can more easily use speed and
    momentum to their advantage). So, w/ equally skilled riders it's
    easier to jump on say, a 1 m. high box.

    Edit

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  11. zfreak220 said:

    totally different. Bike trials is way harder than unicycle trials. It's
    easier for a bike trials rider to ride a uni than a unicyclist to ride
    bike trials.

    Agreed. I only had a short try of it, and I found the balance is way
    different. But if I could afford to get me one of those fine machines I
    would.

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  12. ls keep to the topic of BMX and not bike trials!

    i made 'this '
    (http://www.unicyclist.com/forums/showthread.php?t=66277) thread a
    while back and it kinda died off. I have been off the fora a bit lately
    b/c of BMX and rebuiding my trails for the spring.

    BMX and uni are the two main things i often switch between for my main
    focus, i just dont have enough time to be serious about both at all
    times:o

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  13. I rode BMX for a long time before I started unicycling, I honestly don't
    think it really helped me. It actually screwed up rolling hops for me
    because I always had the BMX mentality of never having to set up your
    pedals for a rolling hop.

    With bike trials on the other hand however I think my BMX riding helped
    quite a bit. I've only ever been on a trials bike (mod) once and I
    could hop for just about as long as I wanted on the back tire and bunny
    hop pretty high. I don't think it would take much for me to be able to
    hop onto something picnic table height with a trials bike - I could do
    this with relative ease on a bmx. I'd really like to get into bike
    trials as well, though with the costs of unicycling and college I could
    certainly not afford it. I've got a few parts to build a mod bike (back
    rim, frame, fork, stem, back brakes) but not quite enough to make it
    rideable.

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  14. zfreak220 said:

    totally different. Bike trials is way harder than unicycle trials. It's
    easier for a bike trials rider to ride a uni than a unicyclist to ride
    bike trials.

    Depends for what. Jumping, gaps, hights, etc, bikes are much more
    superior. Many many decent bike-trialsers can jump a meter while only a
    few expert unicyclists can do the same.

    Unicycling is easier to learn how to hop, but a lot harder to attain
    good hight.
    Fiddly, cramped lines are easier on a unicycle as the wheel is directly
    underneath us.

    "Bike trials is way harder than unicycle trials"
    That [censored] me off. Are you really so good at both uni and bike trials
    to say this?

    The trials bikers I've let on my unicycle could jump up a curb within
    thirty minutes. I sidehopped a curb on a trials bike just as fast. It
    depends on the learning curve and skill of the rider.

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  15. zfreak220 said:

    totally different. Bike trials is way harder than unicycle trials. It's
    easier for a bike trials rider to ride a uni than a unicyclist to ride
    bike trials.

    Or you could fuse the 2 together to come up with something like this.
    So people would scratch their heads trying to figure whether it's a
    Bike or Unicycle. 😉

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  16. Danni said:

    Depends for what. Jumping, gaps, hights, etc, bikes are much more
    superior. Many many decent bike-trialsers can jump a meter while only a
    few expert unicyclists can do the same.

    Unicycling is easier to learn how to hop, but a lot harder to attain
    good hight.
    Fiddly, cramped lines are easier on a unicycle as the wheel is directly
    underneath us.

    "Bike trials is way harder than unicycle trials"
    That [censored] me off. Are you really so good at both uni and bike trials
    to say this?

    The trials bikers I've let on my unicycle could jump up a curb within
    thirty minutes. I sidehopped a curb on a trials bike just as fast. It
    depends on the learning curve and skill of the rider.

    I agree with Danni, it does depend on the riders learning curve. I also
    think that trials on a unicycle compared to a trials bicycle is a hard
    one to compare for several reasons:
    Firstly almost everybody can ride a bike from a young age, therfore
    hopping about on one isn't much more. Whereas it takes a lot of effort
    and practice to learn to unicycle.Yes, any trials bike rider could
    stand on a unicycle and hop it, but could they ride around on with the
    control a unicycler could on a bike? I think it is much harder to learn
    the earlier aspects of unicycling thus making it harder to ride trials
    on. Also, with a trials bike you have the momentum aspect of being able
    to roll and quickly put the pedals in the right place without having to
    hop around and stop almost all other movement.
    I would hate for people to think that what we are doing is easy, 'cause
    it relly isn't!

    EVERYBODY that does unicycle trials deserves props for having gone
    through the dificult learning stages and also for doing something
    different.

    More people would unicycle and love it if they just gave it a try and
    didn't just give up because they 'couldn't do it first time'.

    Quoted message said:

    Originally posted by *M.M. Slaughter*
    Universal languages and scientific taxonomy in the seventeenth century
    (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1982)

    As the original author of this thread I don't see why we shouldn't
    extend the conversation to trials. It is a natural progression within
    the discussion. A lot of trials riders have tried, or do, BMX and
    vice-versa.

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  17. I'm a simple guy, I like the trials uni and see the similarities in
    trials bikes, so if I ever get the spare cash, I'll get one. As far as
    which one is harder, who cares? What difference does it make really. I
    would think that having already made a commitment to fine tuning
    balancing and knowing what it's like to put in the hours just to idle,
    that would give an advantage to a uni rider over joe blow off the
    street when it comes to riding bike trials. So what, if somethings are
    harder on one than the other or the reverse. Isn't a big part of the
    fun just hanging out trying new stuff, falling, and getting back on?

    I asked this simple question originally just cause I wondered if the
    other people here were as intrigued by the 2 wheelers as I am. If you
    want to get your hackles up arguing about which one is harder, knock
    yourselves out. I guess it's human nature.

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  18. Nimbusnut said:

    I'm a simple guy, I like the trials uni and see the similarities in
    trials bikes, so if I ever get the spare cash, I'll get one. As far as
    which one is harder, who cares? What difference does it make really. I
    would think that having already made a commitment to fine tuning
    balancing and knowing what it's like to put in the hours just to idle,
    that would give an advantage to a uni rider over joe blow off the
    street when it comes to riding bike trials. So what, if somethings are
    harder on one than the other or the reverse. Isn't a big part of the
    fun just hanging out trying new stuff, falling, and getting back on?

    I asked this simple question originally just cause I wondered if the
    other people here were as intrigued by the 2 wheelers as I am. If you
    want to get your hackles up arguing about which one is harder, knock
    yourselves out. I guess it's human nature.

    I agree with you completely Nimbusnut, I was just trying to entertain
    the thoughts of those in this thread. I love riding my BMX and my uni,
    I also used to love riding trials when I did it a few years ago. If I
    had the money I would have a bike and unicycle for each discipline.
    When it comes down to it they are all using the same wheel(s) and all
    allow for great fun to be had.
    It's an interesting point you make about 'just hanging out' because I
    would hate to be on my own doing any of these sports. It is so much
    about the social side for me, which is why I enjoy using forums like
    Unicyclist.com to chat to peple about the sport in which I
    participate.

    Everyone should just enjoy themselves. Go ride and have FUN!

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  19. Thank you. I don't know about you, but I really have to cut down on
    youtube.. I want to do bike trials, motorcycle trials, get a vurtego
    pogo stick, buy more unis, sky dive,.... I'll never be the best at
    anything, but whatever, it all looks like fun.

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  20. Nimbusnut said:

    Thank you. I don't know about you, but I really have to cut down on
    youtube.. I want to do bike trials, motorcycle trials, get a vurtego
    pogo stick, buy more unis, sky dive,.... I'll never be the best at
    anything, but whatever, it all looks like fun.

    Agreed! Added to that might have to be a cut down on eBay!

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