Looking for a new challenge

pbennett@lssec.bt.co.uk
Fri, 18 Nov 94 15:49:21 GMT

I've been thinking on and off about buying a two-wheeled uni.
I think I was first sparked off by a message Andy Cotter posted
to this list which I saved way back on 22 Jul 93 (my goodness, has
this list *really* been going that long ;-)

> I have always wondered this question of 'ruining' my balance on one
> uni because I get used to another. When I started to learn a two-
> wheeler (wheel on top of a wheel so you pedal backwards to go forward),
> I thought that I would mess up my balance when I returned to a 'normal'
> unicycle.

Sounded like fun, but he went on to say

> Well I never mastered a two-wheeler

Now I don't know cause I've never met the guy, but I get the feeling
Andy's not such a bad unicyclist. So, just how easy are two-wheelers
to learn? (Yes I've *almost* made up my mind to get one, only I want
to hear anyway.)

Another thought: would it be possible to build (or buy) and "extendible"
multi-wheeler, that starts of as a normal uni, but can be extended by
bolting extra wheels on underneath? That way if I never got the hang
of the two-wheeler, I could extend it to a three-wheeling mean giraffe.
I guess the main problem with this would be the make robust joints so
that the extended frame was *nearly* as strong as a solid pole.

So, who builds these things? DM? Siegmon? Sem? Where's my best bet?
Does anyone have one? Has anyone ridden one? Does it really hot-up your
backwards pedalling as Andy suggested? Advice?

pab.

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