Re: An idea

Jez Weston (jpw24@cus.cam.ac.uk)
Tue, 16 Jul 1996 16:41:00 +0100 (BST)

On Mon, 15 Jul 1996, Philip Hinkle wrote:

> jumping and freestyle street courses. I was able to watch the X-Games and I
> started to wonder, "Are those suicidal ramps possible on a unicycle? Has
> anyone been able to ride them?" I am sure some enterprising young person or
> really crazy adult has tried. I also was wondering if anyone has mounted

I'm not sure which of the above categories I fit into, but I've tried
briefly to ride my uni on the same ramp that I skate. My impression was:

Waa! Scary.

The acceleration involved in going from the flat of the ramp to the steep
bits is harsh and needs to be finely judged or you deck out. I decked
several times and decided that if it was doable, then it was doable by
someone other than me.

Jez