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Whats your highest drop?
Jc_dunn 8 March 2005 01:31:07
	Self explanatory. C'mon how high is your biggest drop (attemted and landed) For me: Highest landed: 5 feet Highest attemted: 7 feet -- jc_dunn ------------------------------------------------------------------------ jc_dunn's Profile: http://www.unicyclist.com/profile/9446 View this thread: http://www.unicyclist.com/thread/38746
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Fexnix 8 March 2005 01:43:47 [ permanent link ]
	I have landed a bit under 2 meters. -- fexnix - Level 4 here i come! 'My fresh gallery' (http://gallery.unicyclist.com/Fexnix-album) 'knarkargдnget' (http://surl.se/elt) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ fexnix's Profile: http://www.unicyclist.com/profile/7381 View this thread: http://www.unicyclist.com/thread/38746
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Evan Byrne 8 March 2005 02:53:19 [ permanent link ]
	landed: 6' 5" -- Evan Byrne Murde Dosnt know what he's talking about, i have my soul, its right here next to me! ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Evan Byrne's Profile: http://www.unicyclist.com/profile/9367 View this thread: http://www.unicyclist.com/thread/38746
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Brockfisher05 8 March 2005 03:25:23 [ permanent link ]
	on trials uni 5 feet on muni 6.5 feet -- brockfisher05 - Team YAMS Leader Dont fight a YAM because it will only take two hits. 1st the yam HITTING you 2nd you HITTING the floor ADD ME AT: konabike88@hotmail.com ------------------------------------------------------------------------ brockfisher05's Profile: http://www.unicyclist.com/profile/8363 View this thread: http://www.unicyclist.com/thread/38746
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Catboy 8 March 2005 03:25:50 [ permanent link ]
	Landed: 12 feet Attempted: 12 feet Chickened out: 15 feet -- Catboy - I enjoy the taste of dirt!!! 'I have the amazing power to talk to cats! =^.^=' (http://gallery.unicyclist.com/Catboy) "I'm too sexy for the world of the living." - TheObieOne3226 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Catboy's Profile: http://www.unicyclist.com/profile/2042 View this thread: http://www.unicyclist.com/thread/38746
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Tholub 8 March 2005 03:27:08 [ permanent link ]
	I can do at least 12". -- tholub - Kinetic Sculptor ------------------------------------------------------------------------ tholub's Profile: http://www.unicyclist.com/profile/804 View this thread: http://www.unicyclist.com/thread/38746
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Brockfisher05 8 March 2005 03:40:34 [ permanent link ]
	Catboy wrote:> Landed: 12 feet> Attempted: 12 feet> Chickened out: 15 feet [image: http://www.observedtrials.net/vb/images/smilie/wuteva.gif] -- brockfisher05 - Team YAMS Leader Dont fight a YAM because it will only take two hits. 1st the yam HITTING you 2nd you HITTING the floor ADD ME AT: konabike88@hotmail.com ------------------------------------------------------------------------ brockfisher05's Profile: http://www.unicyclist.com/profile/8363 View this thread: http://www.unicyclist.com/thread/38746
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Chosen 8 March 2005 03:50:45 [ permanent link ]
	as of now 4 ft. however i have dont want to go bigger until i have a uni that can take it; my friend did and it bent his cranks badly. i dont know how upgrade my tire and rime, because (according to a thread i started a few weeks ago) the monty rims dont come with spokes. strange. -- chosen - For The Cause formerly allthingsuni http://www.bboy.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=18635&password=&sort=1&cat=500&page=1 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ chosen's Profile: http://www.unicyclist.com/profile/9281 View this thread: http://www.unicyclist.com/thread/38746
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Jsm 8 March 2005 04:00:53 [ permanent link ]
	Highest attempted: about six inches. Highest landed: about six inches. I consider big drops to be a waste of time, and unnecessarily damaging to my unicycle. -- jsm - Dark and stormy stand-up wheel walk Help edit the Unicyclopedia! http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/The_Unicyclopedia ------------------------------------------------------------------------ jsm's Profile: http://www.unicyclist.com/profile/6911 View this thread: http://www.unicyclist.com/thread/38746
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Dk 8 March 2005 04:08:38 [ permanent link ]
	jsm wrote:> Highest attempted: about six inches.> Highest landed: about six inches.> I consider big drops to be a waste of time, and unnecessarily damaging> to my unicycle. ahhhh, freestyle geek! (just kidding) -- DK - Team YAMS Member -Hunter- Im a Yamsta. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ DK's Profile: http://www.unicyclist.com/profile/8054 View this thread: http://www.unicyclist.com/thread/38746
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UniBrier 8 March 2005 04:39:09 [ permanent link ]
	Highest attempted and landed with trials uni: Loading dock 3+ feet onto flat. Didn't measure, didn't like the landing. I'm sticking to picnic table drops now. They're much softer and consistent landings. Highest attempted drop off of a unicycle: 9 1/2 foot giraffe - 6 1/2 foot drop from pedal height to ground. This was an unsuccessful UPD and didn't walk for weeks.:o Big drops aren't a waste of time, I can watch them all day long. -- UniBrier - Its Time to Ride Steve DeKoekkoek Do your feet smell? Does you nose run?...You may be built upside down. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ UniBrier's Profile: http://www.unicyclist.com/profile/1404 View this thread: http://www.unicyclist.com/thread/38746
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Tomsey 8 March 2005 04:49:11 [ permanent link ]
	i can do about 9' to flat... ive tried a 12ft halfpipe... that didnt go too well... but ill try again some day. and excellent rollouts are cool... i suggest crankflipping big drops.... -- tomsey - hardcore unicyclist www.ozextremeunicycling.cjb.net ------------------------------------------------------------------------ tomsey's Profile: http://www.unicyclist.com/profile/7038 View this thread: http://www.unicyclist.com/thread/38746
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Johnfoss 8 March 2005 04:49:14 [ permanent link ]
	Evan Byrne wrote:> /\> \|> dont belive it. Are you saying you don't believe it, or are you recommending that we don't believe it? :confused: What may be missing here is a description of the landing surface. Flat, sloped (hopefully), concrete, pine needles, dumpster full of garbage, 6' deep pile of leaves, etc. The landing surface makes a big difference in what can be a "survivable" landing. So what do you say, Catboy? I've seen Ryan Atkins do at least 10' to flat sand, but I don't think he rode away. Me: - I chickened out at 20', and again at 15. - In 1982 I dropped about 4' from a stage, in front of an audience, with a follow-spot blinding me. I bent my crank, but somehow managed to stay on the uni. I avoided large drops after that due to the unicycles' not being able to handle it. - I have UPD'd from a 10' giraffe to flat cement. I don't recommend this. -- johnfoss - The wilder Wilder John Foss, the Uni-Cyclone "jfoss" at "unicycling.com" -- www.unicycling.com "Read the rules!" -- 'IUF Rulebook' (http://www.unicycling.org/iuf/rulebook/) -- 'USA Rulebook' (http://www.unicycling.org/usa/competition/) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ johnfoss's Profile: http://www.unicyclist.com/profile/832 View this thread: http://www.unicyclist.com/thread/38746
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John_childs 8 March 2005 04:56:43 [ permanent link ]
	johnfoss wrote:> What may be missing here is a description of the landing surface.> Flat, sloped (hopefully), concrete, pine needles, dumpster full of> garbage, 6' deep pile of leaves, etc. The landing surface makes a big> difference in what can be a "survivable" landing. There is always the option of doing a big big drop into a lake or river. Then the challenge becomes trying to ride it out at least three revolutions to demonstrate that it was a successful landing and in control. -- john_childs - Guinness Mojo john_childs (att) hotmail (dott) com Gallery: '' (http://www.unicyclist.com/gallery/john_childs) \"otherwise we'd just sit around a table and try to agree on what the fastest time for a 1 hour time trial should be.\" -- john_childs demonstrating a deep understanding of time ------------------------------------------------------------------------ john_childs's Profile: http://www.unicyclist.com/profile/449 View this thread: http://www.unicyclist.com/thread/38746
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Catboy 8 March 2005 05:01:19 [ permanent link ]
	johnfoss wrote:> So what do you say, Catboy?> I've seen Ryan Atkins do at least 10' to flat sand, but I don't think> he rode away. It was pretty soft dirt with a small slope of a landing zone, off of a sloped shed, I had a good half rev of roll out, and tons of landing space. Took me two tries of screwing up to figure out it was no different than a 7 or 8 foot drop as far as landing goes. I used to be really into just finding things, clibing up them and dropping off. And now, that's probably the thing I'm best at, as far as trials goes. I did a 7 or 8 foot rolling launch/drop a while agon on a nearby motox/quad trail, and it sucked when I(as usual) got a faceful of dirt. As for now, Ive almost stopped dropping(as mentioned before, and have been concentrating more on hops and gaps, because what good is a drop if you can't pedalgrab up to it. I too saw Ryan do that drop at CMW off the rock climbing wall, it seemed he din't rollout alot, which was why he bent the cranks/and hub he was using(Swallis? with Kookas). But then again, when you can do trials like he can, who needs to drop? -- Catboy - I enjoy the taste of dirt!!! 'I have the amazing power to talk to cats! =^.^=' (http://gallery.unicyclist.com/Catboy) "I'm too sexy for the world of the living." - TheObieOne3226 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Catboy's Profile: http://www.unicyclist.com/profile/2042 View this thread: http://www.unicyclist.com/thread/38746
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John_childs 8 March 2005 05:15:29 [ permanent link ]
	Catboy wrote:> I too saw Ryan do that drop at CMW off the rock climbing wall, it> seemed he din't rollout alot, which was why he bent the cranks/and hub> he was using(Swallis? with Kookas). But then again, when you can do> trials like he can, who needs to drop? Ryan was riding Harper's Steve Howard muni with a hub that Steve Howard made. The goal was to find out how much abuse the hub could take and what would happen when it fails (will it twist, will it crack, will it snap, will the cranks hold, etc.). The test by Ryan was successful in damaging the hub and that was the goal. The hub twisted but didn't break. Harper was unable to bend or break the hub himself. He'd been jumping off of things about 4 feet or so high and landing like a ton of bricks like he normally does. That wasn't enough to do it so he went looking for Ryan. You'll notice that he waited until that end of the last day before letting Ryan have a go at it. -- john_childs - Guinness Mojo john_childs (att) hotmail (dott) com Gallery: '' (http://www.unicyclist.com/gallery/john_childs) \"otherwise we'd just sit around a table and try to agree on what the fastest time for a 1 hour time trial should be.\" -- john_childs demonstrating a deep understanding of time ------------------------------------------------------------------------ john_childs's Profile: http://www.unicyclist.com/profile/449 View this thread: http://www.unicyclist.com/thread/38746
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Catboy 8 March 2005 05:50:01 [ permanent link ]
	john_childs wrote:> Ryan was riding Harper's Steve Howard muni...> ...that end of the last day before letting Ryan have a go at it. I didn't realise that, but I probably should have been suspicious when the guys taking pics of it were more than happy to see it twisted like it was. -- Catboy - I enjoy the taste of dirt!!! 'I have the amazing power to talk to cats! =^.^=' (http://gallery.unicyclist.com/Catboy) "I'm too sexy for the world of the living." - TheObieOne3226 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Catboy's Profile: http://www.unicyclist.com/profile/2042 View this thread: http://www.unicyclist.com/thread/38746
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James_Potter 8 March 2005 06:23:46 [ permanent link ]
	About five to six feet. I'm not really into big drops, they don't take much skill, and they can hurt preeetty bad if you screw up. -- James_Potter - betcha can't stick it! ------------------------------------------------------------------------ James_Potter's Profile: http://www.unicyclist.com/profile/3807 View this thread: http://www.unicyclist.com/thread/38746
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Brockfisher05 8 March 2005 06:27:28 [ permanent link ]
	doesnt Kris hold the record for 15 feet -- brockfisher05 - Team YAMS Leader Dont fight a YAM because it will only take two hits. 1st the yam HITTING you 2nd you HITTING the floor ADD ME AT: konabike88@hotmail.com ------------------------------------------------------------------------ brockfisher05's Profile: http://www.unicyclist.com/profile/8363 View this thread: http://www.unicyclist.com/thread/38746
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Munimanpete 8 March 2005 06:51:40 [ permanent link ]
	I can land about 6' consistantly - easily. Haven't tried bigger, don't really want to screw up my uni any more than it is. I try to avoid bigger then 5' now too. -- munimanpete - the unicycling kiwi WWW.MUNIMAN.2YA.COM www.unicycle.2ya.com ------------------------------------------------------------------------ munimanpete's Profile: http://www.unicyclist.com/profile/6311 View this thread: http://www.unicyclist.com/thread/38746
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Steveyo 8 March 2005 08:32:43 [ permanent link ]
	I took my new KH29 off a curb that must have been close to 7 inches to a flat landing and rode out of it! woohoo! -- steveyo - hammer down steveyo "If your feet are cold, cover your head." - eskimo proverb "The place you buy special pants for big-balled men also sells very small hats." - me ------------------------------------------------------------------------ steveyo's Profile: http://www.unicyclist.com/profile/7228 View this thread: http://www.unicyclist.com/thread/38746
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Halfbike 8 March 2005 08:36:18 [ permanent link ]
	Probably only 2.5 feet because I worry I'll bust my uni. -- halfbike ------------------------------------------------------------------------ halfbike's Profile: http://www.unicyclist.com/profile/9428 View this thread: http://www.unicyclist.com/thread/38746
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Weissnp 8 March 2005 09:42:24 [ permanent link ]
	My biggest is about 5'. I have attempted a 6' one but completly screwed up and racked myself really bad. I haven't tried much since then. -- weissnp - Look mom no hands! ------------------------------------------------------------------------ weissnp's Profile: http://www.unicyclist.com/profile/9347 View this thread: http://www.unicyclist.com/thread/38746
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Jsm 8 March 2005 12:05:25 [ permanent link ]
	Time is hardly an issue. > A drop of 15' takes just over a second.> Washington state has exceptionally low gravity. A drop of six inches takes about five minutes here. -- jsm - Dark and stormy stand-up wheel walk Help edit the Unicyclopedia! http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/The_Unicyclopedia ------------------------------------------------------------------------ jsm's Profile: http://www.unicyclist.com/profile/6911 View this thread: http://www.unicyclist.com/thread/38746
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Klaas Bil 8 March 2005 12:54:46 [ permanent link ]
	jsm wrote:> Washington state has exceptionally low gravity. A drop of six inches> takes about five minutes here. Get down to earth! Klaas Bil -- Klaas Bil - Sir Prince of Newsgroupia ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Klaas Bil's Profile: http://www.unicyclist.com/profile/3442 View this thread: http://www.unicyclist.com/thread/38746
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Redwelly 8 March 2005 19:17:40 [ permanent link ]
	That's interesting - I'm much more sissy when on a bike. I've not really practiced much dropping; I've only landed from about 4 feet and attempted from up to 6 feet, but on a mountain bike I'd never try more than a foot or two. The sensation of going face-forward into the ground, with handle bars and frame cross-bar in potential-to-get-tangled-up locations, puts me off somehow. I was never an extreme mountain biker before I started muni, so I've only got into the mindset of 'ooh, that looks like a fun thing to leap from' with unicycles in mind. One wheel seems to be a much more natural way of doing silly dangerous stuff. I can't be the only one to be much more scared of dropping on two wheels? - Sam -- redwelly - Panhead ------------------------------------------------------------------------ redwelly's Profile: http://www.unicyclist.com/profile/4518 View this thread: http://www.unicyclist.com/thread/38746
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James_Potter 8 March 2005 19:29:18 [ permanent link ]
	redwelly wrote:> That's interesting - I'm much more sissy when on a bike. I've not> really practiced much dropping; I've only landed from about 4 feet and> attempted from up to 6 feet, but on a mountain bike I'd never try more> than a foot or two. The sensation of going face-forward into the> ground, with handle bars and frame cross-bar in> potential-to-get-tangled-up locations, puts me off somehow. I thought you landed on the back wheel when doing a drop on the bike.... then the front wheel comes down next. So why would you go face forward into the ground? -- James_Potter - betcha can't stick it! ------------------------------------------------------------------------ James_Potter's Profile: http://www.unicyclist.com/profile/3807 View this thread: http://www.unicyclist.com/thread/38746
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Redwelly 8 March 2005 20:19:55 [ permanent link ]
	Yeah, sorry - you're right. As I said, I'm not a good mountain biker - I wouldn't think to pull a big wheelie off a drop, as I was invisaging more the kind of drop you'd just ride straight off, on a fast trail. I guess you do pull the front wheel up when you take off, so it is the back wheel that hits first (unless you really mess it up). Maybe the fear of the face-first mentality applies less to landing drops and more just to simply steep slopes, where the front wheel decending in front of you makes you lean down into the slope rather than back away from it like on a uni. Bikes are more complicated and covered in hard metal pointy bits than is healthy anyhoo. - Sam -- redwelly - Panhead ------------------------------------------------------------------------ redwelly's Profile: http://www.unicyclist.com/profile/4518 View this thread: http://www.unicyclist.com/thread/38746
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Sigurd 8 March 2005 20:53:09 [ permanent link ]
	The biggest attempted and landed is 39". I measured with the "uni-scale" and then measured my uni when I got home, so I don't know how accurat that really was. I can almost usually get 30" consistently, so that is what I'm working on now. I want to go up to 4 feet, maybe 5, but I have to work on my landings first. -- Sigurd - Aspiring street/trials unicyclist. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Sigurd's Profile: http://www.unicyclist.com/profile/6801 View this thread: http://www.unicyclist.com/thread/38746
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Siafirede 8 March 2005 22:51:29 [ permanent link ]
	I attempted a 4.5 foot ledge and really messed up my ankle. That was over 5 weeks ago and my ankle is still a little bit swollen and isnt back to normal. Im probably not going to do drops over 2 feet ever again, it just isnt worth it. -- siafirede - Flex Your Head ------------------------------------------------------------------------ siafirede's Profile: http://www.unicyclist.com/profile/6057 View this thread: http://www.unicyclist.com/thread/38746
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Fred A Arnoldson Esq 9 March 2005 01:19:10 [ permanent link ]
	landed twice of 50 tries a 6' -- Fred A Arnoldson Esq - Fatty http://gallery.unicyclist.com/khmuf ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Fred A Arnoldson Esq's Profile: http://www.unicyclist.com/profile/6937 View this thread: http://www.unicyclist.com/thread/38746
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Forrestunifreak 9 March 2005 04:58:41 [ permanent link ]
	redwelly wrote:> That's interesting - I'm much more sissy when on a bike. I've not> really practiced much dropping; I've only landed from about 4 feet and> attempted from up to 6 feet, but on a mountain bike I'd never try more> than a foot or two. The sensation of going face-forward into the> ground, with handle bars and frame cross-bar in> potential-to-get-tangled-up locations, puts me off somehow.> I was never an extreme mountain biker before I started muni, so I've> only got into the mindset of 'ooh, that looks like a fun thing to> leap from' with unicycles in mind. One wheel seems to be a much more> natural way of doing silly dangerous stuff. I can't be the only one> to be much more scared of dropping on two wheels?> - Sam I am to.I'v only dropped abot 2 1/2 feet on a bike,and i screwed up the front gear-things(good thing it wasnt MY bike!).Bikes are much scaryier to bail off of. the highest drop i've don on a uni is somwere around 4 feet.as usaual,i didnt want to do anything to my uni.It probally take it,i just want to be sure.If i had a strong trials uni id probally try a 5 footer. -- forrestunifreak - whats up the heck with yams? "Its all fun and games untill sombody gets hurt.then its freaking hilarious." ~real tv guy ------------------------------------------------------------------------ forrestunifreak's Profile: http://www.unicyclist.com/profile/6828 View this thread: http://www.unicyclist.com/thread/38746
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Unicyclepa 9 March 2005 05:35:41 [ permanent link ]
	like 5 10 didint land -- unicyclepa ------------------------------------------------------------------------ unicyclepa's Profile: http://www.unicyclist.com/profile/9246 View this thread: http://www.unicyclist.com/thread/38746
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THE dave 9 March 2005 07:39:16 [ permanent link ]
	bout 6 feet on a skinny ladder that swayed back and forth... bent the crank on my nimbus 26 and ate some dirt, rolled a while... hit a stump, a tree, and some pinecones. it was fun, but standing back up was hard, and after i bent the crank, i didnt really want to try it again... -- THE dave - Insane Toast dave I broke my nimbus... MUni 4 Life ------------------------------------------------------------------------ THE dave's Profile: http://www.unicyclist.com/profile/9259 View this thread: http://www.unicyclist.com/thread/38746
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Pete66 10 March 2005 16:47:49 [ permanent link ]
	Yeah I think drops are cool. Unfortunately I always seem to do my ankles in when I try more than about 5 ft... I need to get more flexible. My think my biggest is from the extension at a skatebowl... so something like 7-8ft, it was pretty easy (afterwards). -- pete66 - Level 4 Unicyclist ------------------------------------------------------------------------ pete66's Profile: http://www.unicyclist.com/profile/4812 View this thread: http://www.unicyclist.com/thread/38746
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Carl.Roth 10 March 2005 17:11:51 [ permanent link ]
	2.5 feet. My goal is 3 feet as we have a 3 foot platform at home. Carl Don't forget to check out the "Ottawa Unicycle Invasion" (OUI'05) taking place 28-29 May 2005 in Ottawa, Canada. There will be a Trials comp, MUni Race, High jump and Long jump comps and Brian MacKenzie will be filming for his next video. http://carlroth.net/oui05/ . -- carl.roth - Unicycling & Juggling Engineer ------------------------------------------------------------------------ carl.roth's Profile: http://www.unicyclist.com/profile/5790 View this thread: http://www.unicyclist.com/thread/38746
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Tomsey 10 March 2005 17:22:13 [ permanent link ]
	jsm wrote:> > Really big drops are just plain dumb. You're risking serious injury, awww poor little freestyler afraid to hurt himself... no offence dude... let extreme riders do their thing... and we will let you do your stand up coast down a hill... and i am actually able to do both now... so its a matter now of how dumb do you really think it is... and what grounds do you have to claim that they are dumb... you said you did a 6" drop.... anyone is free to pick me up and tell me if im wrong.. but 6" aint big. i reckon i could stand up glide down a 6" drop.... all this is beginning to sound like is that you are just trying to make excuses and justify the fact that you cant do em... i love drops and the wheel turns plenty... thats how you ride up to and away from a drop. duh -- tomsey - hardcore unicyclist www.ozextremeunicycling.cjb.net ------------------------------------------------------------------------ tomsey's Profile: http://www.unicyclist.com/profile/7038 View this thread: http://www.unicyclist.com/thread/38746
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Jsm 10 March 2005 21:48:07 [ permanent link ]
	When I say big drops are dumb, I say it because I think it's dumb to go hurting yourself seriously for no reason. If the rest of you want to do them, that's fine; I will continue to enjoy watching the videos of that kind of riding you post. What's wrong with being afraid to hurt yourself? Pain is not fun, and it can limit your ability to unicycle. -- jsm - Dark and stormy stand-up wheel walk Help edit the Unicyclopedia! http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/The_Unicyclopedia ------------------------------------------------------------------------ jsm's Profile: http://www.unicyclist.com/profile/6911 View this thread: http://www.unicyclist.com/thread/38746
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Jsm 11 March 2005 05:50:07 [ permanent link ]
	I actually don't consider gliding and coasting to be proper "unicycling" either. By my definition, you are only "unicycling" if you are actively turning the wheel. It's kind of a silly distinction, I guess.:rolleyes: -- jsm - Dark and stormy stand-up wheel walk Help edit the Unicyclopedia! http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/The_Unicyclopedia ------------------------------------------------------------------------ jsm's Profile: http://www.unicyclist.com/profile/6911 View this thread: http://www.unicyclist.com/thread/38746
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Shadowuni 11 March 2005 09:24:31 [ permanent link ]
	i was pretty sure unicycling was whatever i decided to do on a uni.... drops are just another part of riding. some people like 'em, some don't. don't knock those who do, they're just doin their thing. stand up glide downhill is awesome, so are some drops (depending on what i do them to/from) i want to see stand-up glide down a 6" drop, i would be impressed. then id feel bad cuz last time i practiced stand up ww i bent my seatpost by landing on it. dammit. everything should be made of Strongerthansteelium. -- shadowuni - Crispety, crunchety, peanut-buttery "No one is taller than the last man standing" "It looked good until the floor came into the mix" - Robin "Bullets! My only weakness! How did you know?" - Cop "Imagine what you'll know tomorrow" - Agent K, M.I.B. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ shadowuni's Profile: http://www.unicyclist.com/profile/4806 View this thread: http://www.unicyclist.com/thread/38746
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James_Potter 11 March 2005 09:41:31 [ permanent link ]
	maestro8 wrote:> I'm sorry, maybe I was asleep when the inauguration took place, but> who made you the great judge of all things uni? Is this what you're> putting into your "Unicyclopedia" or whatever? Great... psssst.... he said by -his own- definition.... meaning you need not agree with him. -- James_Potter - betcha can't stick it! ------------------------------------------------------------------------ James_Potter's Profile: http://www.unicyclist.com/profile/3807 View this thread: http://www.unicyclist.com/thread/38746
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Jsm 11 March 2005 10:56:00 [ permanent link ]
	I wasn't being completely serious. I should have remembered to include a smilie. Hopefully that will help make ammends. The definition is not completely without reason, however. Both hopping and coasting use a totally different set of balance reflexes from regular riding. When you do seat drag or stand-up wheel walk, for instance, you maintain balance in the same way as when riding: by controlling the speed of the wheel for forward/backward balance, and steering to the right or left for side to side balance. When you hop, however, you stay balanced by hopping around just slightly in different directions. It's a totally different way of balancing, not like "actual" unicycling at all. The same thing applies to still-stands and coasting: you maintain balance by leaning in different directions so that you stay in your balance envelope, much as you maintain balance when balancing a cue stick on your hand or a juggling club on your nose. Coasting/still-stand reflexes are used to some extent in most riding skills, but are different enough to be put in a seperate catergory. Gliding is hard to catergorize, since it's half coasting and half riding reflexes. Cool extreme techniques like grinding probably involve a fourth set of balance reflexes, although I don't know for sure since I have no experience in this area. In any case, my intention is not to denegrate trials-type riding. It is really cool to watch, and definitely a great form of unicycling. I hope it will continue to grow. Freestyle unicycling, however, emphasizes skills which involve the same type of balance as regular riding, so it's closer to "true" unicycling. Anything you do on with unicycle, except stuff like hopping standing on the seat with the seat on the ground or balancing the unicycle on your chin, is unicycling in the "broader" sense. Unicycling in the "narrow" sense is riding the unicycle maintaining balance in basically the same way as when sitting on the seat and pedalling forward with both feet on the pedals. I made this definition up myself, and I'm not trying to force it on anyone else. After all, how could I? It is, however, an interesting way of looking at the different ways of maintaining balance on a unicycle. By the way, the unicyclopedia isn't mine. It was set up by Ulf Karlsson, but it doesn't really belong to anyone execpt the unicyclist community as a whole. I just happen to have written a fair amount to it. I really do want push unicycling (in the "broader" sense) to new dimensions, so long as I don't have to contribute too much breakage of bones or severe crotch pain. In fact, I'm always trying to invent new freestyle skills. -- jsm - Dark and stormy stand-up wheel walk Help edit the Unicyclopedia! http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/The_Unicyclopedia ------------------------------------------------------------------------ jsm's Profile: http://www.unicyclist.com/profile/6911 View this thread: http://www.unicyclist.com/thread/38746
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Tomsey 12 March 2005 16:50:38 [ permanent link ]
	thats true klaas. well i just dont understand why some people need to anaylse everything. it kills the fun of everything. for example how crappy are magic tricks that you know how to do... -- tomsey - hardcore unicyclist www.ozextremeunicycling.cjb.net ------------------------------------------------------------------------ tomsey's Profile: http://www.unicyclist.com/profile/7038 View this thread: http://www.unicyclist.com/thread/38746
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BungleBanks 14 March 2005 01:38:50 [ permanent link ]
	i rode my muni off a drop from the side of a flower bed in town that was about 2 and a half feet and that felt big enuf i cant think of where your gona NEED do do huge drops tho! bungle -- BungleBanks - Wooden Chipmunk! So many people ask me "if i can ride that thing?" and i say "no i just push it round for fun!" ------------------------------------------------------------------------ BungleBanks's Profile: http://www.unicyclist.com/profile/5830 View this thread: http://www.unicyclist.com/thread/38746
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Dk 14 March 2005 04:19:45 [ permanent link ]
	Drops are lame to watch unless they flow. Doing an 8' to flat and not rolling out is lam lame lame. doing a rolling hop off a ladder bridge or whatever that is 4' high is way cooler than a 8.' -- DK - Team YAMS Member -Hunter- Im a Yamsta. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ DK's Profile: http://www.unicyclist.com/profile/8054 View this thread: http://www.unicyclist.com/thread/38746
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Pete66 14 March 2005 07:50:44 [ permanent link ]
	tomsey wrote:> the conclusion i made to all of this... soccer players are lowly> scum... Oi, I play a bit of soccer. I'd never even contemplate purposefully kicking the ball at someones nuts tho. A more truthful and meaningful conclusion would be that soccer balls hurt many more nuts than unicycles do. I've discovered that In any given week, if I play indoor soccer once (45 minute game) and I also do 40+ hours of unicycling, I will always hurt my nuts more frequently during soccer. Amazing. Just goes to show how misplaced the whole "that's gotta hurt" perception of passers by who don't know about unicycling can be. -- pete66 - Level 4 Unicyclist ------------------------------------------------------------------------ pete66's Profile: http://www.unicyclist.com/profile/4812 View this thread: http://www.unicyclist.com/thread/38746
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Tomsey 14 March 2005 11:39:12 [ permanent link ]
	was i braggin? sorry man... it gets like that some times. -- tomsey - hardcore unicyclist www.ozextremeunicycling.cjb.net ------------------------------------------------------------------------ tomsey's Profile: http://www.unicyclist.com/profile/7038 View this thread: http://www.unicyclist.com/thread/38746
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