There's a new addition to the family as of today! Habeeb's new freestyle unicycle arrived today from unicycle.com. He choose a 20" Nimbus II, chrome frame and blue rim, ISIS hub. One reason we choose a 20" uni was because it would fit Jman better if he really wanted to learn to ride. At the very least, he enjoyed helping me put it together! That was enough excitement for one afternoon though. He wasn't interested in trying to ride it when Sly and I took it outside. I don't have pix, but Jman did go out and try to get on it with my help later after it got dark. I'd love it if Jman learned to ride!
Sly gave it a whirl, and was quite pleased with himself. It's a MUCH easier ride that the 24" MUni. He mounted holding on to the gate there, and was comfortable enough to let go momentarily at least while he pedaled the few feet there. He doesn't have his heart set on learning to ride, so I don't know if he'll follow through, but he too will be more likely to learn on the 20" than on The Beast.
And I gave it a whirl after Sly and found it to be much different from my other uni's, including my 24" unis back home. It's more like those than the MUni, but it rides very differently, much more maneuverable. I totally understand why most flatland, trials, and street riding is done on a 19 or 20" wheel. I think I would have mastered more tricks when I was younger if I'd had the smaller wheel. We'll see what I'm able to pull off now that I'm older, wiser (ie--less daring), and have much less free time on my hands to practice thanks for 4 kiddoes and an at sea sweetheart! It'll be slow going at best, but fun for sure! I'm already developing my plan for what to work on first. I have some really basic skills I'm going to have to master before I can move on to anything remotely impressive (as if riding a unicycle in the first place isn't impressive enough! haha!).
And I gave it a whirl after Sly and found it to be much different from my other uni's, including my 24" unis back home. It's more like those than the MUni, but it rides very differently, much more maneuverable. I totally understand why most flatland, trials, and street riding is done on a 19 or 20" wheel. I think I would have mastered more tricks when I was younger if I'd had the smaller wheel. We'll see what I'm able to pull off now that I'm older, wiser (ie--less daring), and have much less free time on my hands to practice thanks for 4 kiddoes and an at sea sweetheart! It'll be slow going at best, but fun for sure! I'm already developing my plan for what to work on first. I have some really basic skills I'm going to have to master before I can move on to anything remotely impressive (as if riding a unicycle in the first place isn't impressive enough! haha!).
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