A standard unicycle has one wheel, is directly driven by
crankarms on the axle, and has no extra support devices.
This definition allows for seat dragging because although there are two
points of contact with the ground, in no way is the seat helping out with the
riders balance: i.e, it is not an additional support. This defenition is for
standard competition so tricks that DO involve two balance points like setting
the seat on the ground then balancing with one foot on the fork, the other on
the pedal, (sorry, I can't really think of a more concise way to define it.)
Back to my point; tricks like that aren't included in the standard skill list
anyway so the only time they would be performed would be in freestyle, and in
freestyle you can use any type of unicycle you want and tricks that are done on
more than one balance point have their own area for judging so although not
considered unicycle tricks, they do have their place.
I guess what i wanted to say was that the current definition of a standard
unicycle seems to work just fine. Although i can't find the other definition
for what a freestyle unicycle trick is, i know that it too allows for almost
anything, including multi wheel unicycles and bikes that are being ridden on
one wheel. (It has something to do with only one point of balance at a time)
Oh well, that's my babble for today...Karl
o Karl Frankowski, unicyclist without a club, o
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