Any unicyclists here? I need a little help

Ya practicing to join up with Barnum or something?:D The AMAZIN INCREDIBLE
KITING UNICYCLING DAVINCH! hahaha. Good luck with that. I've tried it several times and it's rather frustrating, so I took up juggling instead :D ( I kid you not with that statement too).
~Joe

No circus for me yet Code.

It's just one of those things I would like to learn. It is really tough. I've made it down the driveway and that's about it.

When I tried it, I made it all of 3-4 feet before falling off. Not sure if that helps build your confidence or not:tumble: Agreed, it's difficult. Can you imagine riding that on a piece of wire like the high rope guys do? Would be pretty slick to get a mountain bike tire put on the thing and take it back on some paths with some of the other bikers (can imagine the looks you'd get, but they would all be pretty amazed I'm sure). You'll have to get vid of ya doing it.
~Joe

I've never had any luck with either a pogo stick or unicycle and I consider myself fairly coordinated.

Every now and then I give juggling a go with mixed success but mostly lots of dropped balls.

On low wind days I fly my sport kites or an RC plane - I like the Aerobird Challenger for a RTF kit though a buddy of mine let me learn to fly on a sim on my PC which saved me from trashing too many real planes.

Hey Da Vinch-

Find yourself a parking lot with a wall or chainlink fence that gives you a couple hundred feet where you can hang on or lean on. You'll be riding after an hour or two. Then practice practice practice!

Bob

Thanks Gilligan! I'll give that a try. Do you have one?

B-roc... funny you brought up the rc airplane thing. I tried that quite a few times, went through numerous planes trying to learn and finally just gave up. You want to talk about an expensive hobby. I think learning to unicycle would be a bit easier then trying to learn flying rc planes, but that's me.
~Joe

B-Roc - you mentioned Pogo sticks.

Check out the Flybar:

http://www.flybar.com/pages/flybar1200.html

I remember watching David Brittan flying a power kite while on a unicycle. Not that he was powered, but the crowd didn't know the difference.

Steve

5 feet on a flybar - my lord.

-Code, the flight simulator was really helpful in learning to fly rc planes. I damaged my first plane on my first flight and destroyed it on my second. Then my friend let me borrow his simultor so I could learn to fly on my pc and that was super helpful. He also had a controller that he let me fly with him that he could toggle control of the plane between the two of us so I could fly it but if I got in trouble he took over thus saving the plane and building my confidence. Its been a lot of fun and this spring will be the 3rd year with the same plane so as long as I don't trash it by accident, it is a lot of fun on low wind days but it certainly can be an expensive sport to learn on your own as it does take a while to figure out how to control the plane at all attitudes and positions.

DaVinch-

Yeah, I have a couple of them... after a lot of "commuting" I found that the 20" wheel was geared a little low so I bought a 24". You can really cover the ground on that one, and it's better at absorbing the bumps, going off curbs, etc.

I never did get the hang of going backwards!

Bob

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Originally posted by B-Roc 5 feet on a flybar - my lord. -Code, the flight simulator was really helpful in learning to fly rc planes. I damaged my first plane on my first flight and destroyed it on my second. Then my friend let me borrow his simultor so I could learn to fly on my pc and that was super helpful. He also had a controller that he let me fly with him that he could toggle control of the plane between the two of us so I could fly it but if I got in trouble he took over thus saving the plane and building my confidence. Its been a lot of fun and this spring will be the 3rd year with the same plane so as long as I don't trash it by accident, it is a lot of fun on low wind days but it certainly can be an expensive sport to learn on your own as it does take a while to figure out how to control the plane at all attitudes and positions.

Yeah, like everything in life, if you have someone with exp there to help things go way smoother, I was an instructor at the local RC feild, taught dozens of people to fly, mostly with the buddy box transmitter setup, only one totalled one students plane in 2+ yrs of instructing, mechanical failure.

I still have the scratch built P-51 mustang that I did most of my flying with. I think it's under a pile of kites somewhere.

I don't have a unicycle, but we're packin' our powerisers just in case. Jumping really high and running fast on stilts is a blast. Takes the same safety equipment. We're only able to make the pre-event, but just look for the copper murano and ask and you're welcome to give em a try! See y'all there.

Sounds cool - have any pics of powerising?