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Tom Nakashima
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"Tom Nakashima" <[email protected]> wrote in message news:...
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> "Werehatrack" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> news:[email protected]...
>> On Wed, 25 Apr 2007 19:31:01 -0600, [email protected] may have
>> said:
>>
>>>An email just asked me in passing whether trackstands were common or
>>>even possible (short of circus acrobats) on penny-farthings.
>>>
>>>Can anyone help me conceal my appalling ignorance?
>>
>> Given that a pennyfarthing is little more than a unicycle with a
>> wheelie bar, and that I've seen unicyclists do what amounts to a
>> trackstand, I see no reason why a sufficiently dedicated rider with
>> adequate skills should not be able to accomplish the feat.
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> I ride a unicycle and I can do a trackstand on my road bike.
> The uni has to be moving, sort of rocking back and forth. I do this by
> putting pressure on the pedals in the horizontal position with both feet,
> and keeping balance by leaning ever so slightly in either direction.
Oh, one more thing about uni's.
Think if it as balancing a broomstick on your finger, you sort of rock it
back and forth.
-tom
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> "Werehatrack" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> news:[email protected]...
>> On Wed, 25 Apr 2007 19:31:01 -0600, [email protected] may have
>> said:
>>
>>>An email just asked me in passing whether trackstands were common or
>>>even possible (short of circus acrobats) on penny-farthings.
>>>
>>>Can anyone help me conceal my appalling ignorance?
>>
>> Given that a pennyfarthing is little more than a unicycle with a
>> wheelie bar, and that I've seen unicyclists do what amounts to a
>> trackstand, I see no reason why a sufficiently dedicated rider with
>> adequate skills should not be able to accomplish the feat.
>
> I ride a unicycle and I can do a trackstand on my road bike.
> The uni has to be moving, sort of rocking back and forth. I do this by
> putting pressure on the pedals in the horizontal position with both feet,
> and keeping balance by leaning ever so slightly in either direction.
Oh, one more thing about uni's.
Think if it as balancing a broomstick on your finger, you sort of rock it
back and forth.
-tom
