Carrying muni on mtb

Sorry. Being serious. the only way i have ever managed to carry a Uni
whilst using a bike was to sort of lay it across the handle bars with
the wheel/spokes in one hand and the seat/seatpost in the other. It is
rather Awkward.

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😄 'You could do this as i do it on occasion but instead of wine it can
be your MUni.'
(http://dhawhee.blogs.com/photos/uncategorized/trailer.jpg) 😄

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ivan said:

Its a wild ride, grabs me by the shoe-lace, and doesn't let go till I do
a face-plant.

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Hazmat said:

😄 'You could do this as i do it on occasion but instead of wine it can
be your MUni.'
(http://dhawhee.blogs.com/photos/uncategorized/trailer.jpg) 😄

Why choose? The trailer looks big enough for both wine and muni.

I already have a trailer (Bob Yak) but it is no good on narrow single
tracks with mud and roots. I would prefer to attach the muni to the
bike. Just laying it across the handle bars does not seem to be a good
option.

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goldenchicken III said:

Why choose? The trailer looks big enough for both wine and muni.

I already have a trailer (Bob Yak) but it is no good on narrow single
tracks with mud and roots. I would prefer to attach the muni to the
bike. Just laying it across the handle bars does not seem to be a good
option.

*1) *oh yeah, it also depends on the type of tyres used on the trailer
as well.
*2) *I know there is a thread on this but i can't seem to find it.
😕
*3) *I wouldn't do that either as it is also a dangerous place to have
it.

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ivan said:

Its a wild ride, grabs me by the shoe-lace, and doesn't let go till I do
a face-plant.

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When I used to ride with my 20" a lot to play hockey I made up a special
seat post for my bike that had a post the same diameter as the uni seat
post sticking out the back. I took off the saddle, clamped the uni to
the bike seatpost on the extra post and held it in place with the uni
seat clamp. I either put the saddle in my bag or bungeed to the top
tube. You might want a chunky seatpost if your muni is heavy. If you
aren't handy with a welder you could probably get the same effect by
strapping a bit of tube to your bike top tube protruding out the back.
That probably isn't very clear and I can't find any pictures.

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nickjb said:

When I used to ride with my 20" a lot to play hockey I made up a special
seat post for my bike that had a post the same diameter as the uni seat
post sticking out the back. I took off the saddle, clamped the uni to
the bike seatpost on the extra post and held it in place with the uni
seat clamp. I either put the saddle in my bag or bungeed to the top
tube. You might want a chunky seatpost if your muni is heavy. If you
aren't handy with a welder you could probably get the same effect by
strapping a bit of tube to your bike top tube protruding out the back.
That probably isn't very clear and I can't find any pictures.

No no, it is quite clear to me! My worry is that the weight of the muni
(a KH24) plus the leverage could easily brake the seat post. Especially
when riding on uneven ground.

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i often ride a bike with a KH 24 strapped to my rucksack, it's very
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Ever seen the Ben Turley movie, "Under No Influence?" Google it in
google vid if you havent it's good. Anyways one of the unicyclist
straps his uni to his backpack like Kington suggested, I think this
would be the best solution.

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Are the woods so big that you can't ride your Muni around them?
😕

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can anyone give me a link to a good back pack that will hold a 20" uni
because im looking into getting one. thanks.

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jamessd said:

Are the woods so big that you can't ride your Muni around them?
😕

Yes. I want to connect the best parts from different trails and doing
so with the muni would take a long time. Besides, I would have to ride
gravel roads and that is just plain boring on a 24".

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I strap my uni to a backpack.

The Dakine Helipack is a snowboarding rucksack with loads of straps,
which is ideal for carrying a uni. I believe Kington99 uses one, I use
one, one of my local uni buddies uses one. There's also a larger
version called the Helipack pro.

This is quite a good solution, but it does make things a bit heavy on
my shoulders so I don't particularly like doing it except when really
necessary.

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use a crapey fram pack and remove the bag from it get some bungees and
cord

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geared hub anyone?

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I like Nick's idea - very neat. I'm sure it could be made strong enough
(with a bit of bracing) to carry a muni even on rough trails. Having a
unicycle strapped to your back sounds like an invitation for nasty
injuries if you should fall off the bike.

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I discovered, quite by accident, that if you butt the top of the seat up
to your bike seatpost, then lay the wheel of the unicycle down over
your handlebars, it works quite well. And has an added fun factor of
having a huge "steering wheel" to steer your bike. Depending on how
your bike is set up (One bike I have is great, the other hardly works
at all) you can ride almost the same with the unicycle there as you can
without it.

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Are there any good trailers for off road? My roblem has been that good
trails are miles away with no good parking, or several miles from the
road, but very boring rides... A bike is fast enough to make cycling
the whole way practical, and fast enough to make 4 or 5 miles of dirt
road practical... Perhaps a converted kids trailer? Bonus marks if it
can still be used for kids after 😉

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Probably the best thing you can have for carrying whatever you want on a
bike off-road is an xtracycle conversion kit, the problem with them is
that it sort of becomes a permanent addition to your bike.

I Xtracyclized my bike and use it for getting groceries and whenever I
need to haul stuff but don't want to drive.

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until you fall...
my grandfater actually made a bike trailer that has one wheel (made for
hunting pigs/deer) out of thinwall conduit... connected to the bike
using a frame over the back wheel and a simple hinge and one bolt...

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don't worry about those little clown tricks called flips and wrap
arounds. We don't dance with our unis, we jump them[over trucks]

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