ultimate wheel help :-)

Hi Evan,

A regular UW would be easier to ride in my experiance. Also, I think
that smaller wheels are harder to ride than larger ones.

I was riding my 26x3 muni wheel as an ultimate wheel yesterday because
my regular UW is loaned out. The muni wheel is harder to ride since the
pedals are further apart; allowing the wheel to wobble more.

good luck.... Joe

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If you don't have a regular UW, you might want to leave the frame on and
work on seat drag instead. Depending on what size and model Torker wheel
you are using, you might want to consider waiting until you can buy a
regular UW, because seat drag and ultimate wheeling are both very
stressful on the weak rims of some of the cheaper models. Seat drag is a
lot of fun, provided you don't fall on the wheel and bend the rim or
cause a spoke to pop out. (I have done both)

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any tips on what one to get?

no buget

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total uni said:

*any tips on what one to get?

no buget *

Just use your trials uni. I learned ultimate wheel in 5 minutes on my
Onza trials uni which has the most q-factor on the market. Practice seat
drag on your nimbus, and once you have that down ultimate wheel will be
easy.

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I learned on an old uni before i cuold seat drag(in fact,i learned to
seat drag long after the uw)and i still dont have a real uw.I never wore
leg armour🙄
,you can put "silicone" on the tire,or some kinda slippery stuff.

Like everything,just keep practicing,youl get it eventouly.

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A simple solution for the rubber tire binding on your legs -- cover the
sides of the tire with strips of slick duct tape.

Simply riding an UW is not so hard. A couple hour sessions is enough
for most folks. Getting it really mastered, where the wheel runs true
between your legs, is an altogether different achievement. It's really
strenuous on the legs over a long distance, but someone on this list
(Peck??) is supposedly able to ride an UW in parades, with no breaks,
which blows my mind. My quads are torched in a block.

JL

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some tips:

1. Sand the tread off the sides of the tires.
2. put vertical tabs on the end of each pedal to prevent foot slippage
3. wear leg protection.
4. use a shoe or boot with a heel. keeping your feet on a UW is much
harder than a regular cycle

PS- im not sure if my dad ever rode in parades, but on pavement im sure
we could both ride at least a mile before taking a break.

the wheel sort of centers itself after a while. it's neat.

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kristopher_peck said:

some tips:

1. Sand the tread off the sides of the tires.
2. put vertical tabs on the end of each pedal to prevent foot slippage
3. wear leg protection.
4. use a shoe or boot with a heel. keeping your feet on a UW is much
harder than a regular cycle

the wheel sort of centers itself after a while. it's neat.

I've started working on my UW skills again, using the regular unicycle
wheel type of UW. I think I'm doing ok, but I still have a couple of
questions.

Is seat drag much easier than UW?
In the past seat drag practice have cost me broken seat posts when I
fell on top of the uni, so I'd rather learn UW first and then seat
drag. That is, unless it is much harder that way.

How does one put a vertical tab on the end of a pedal?
I could probably figure something out, but if there's a well tested way
to do it, I might as well do it the same way.

How long does it take before the wheel centers itself?
Right now I rarely go more than 1½ revolutions without the tire rubbing
against my leg.

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i heard somewhere that a plain uni wheel with the frame taken off was
pawned the "Incredible wheel..."

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Great advice from Kris Peck. I would add something the Pecks might not
think of, because they like to ride rough terrain:

Shorter cranks.

I'm not an expert on ultimate wheeling, but I'm pretty sure shorter
cranks will help you get the thing rolling better.

And when the going gets tough, remember George and Kristopher Peck do
it with long cranks on snow, ice, mud, rocks, etc.

And don't forget to use the search. Things like "how to ride an UW"
must have been covered many times before.

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The search feature is great. That's how i found Kristophers post. There
are a number of threads about ultimate wheels, but this was one of the
rare occations where I didn't find my answers there.

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