Re: Innovative community outdoor space unicycle suggestions/ideas
Sarah.Miller 29 March 2005 23:08:26
If you can sell them the idea of an out door trampoline go for it. There is one in exeter at "flowerpot fields chill zone" and its top fun on a uni, you can hop REALLY high . Its embedded in the ground so you CAn just ride on to it or rather hop over onto it as riding on tends to bounce you off!
Also be cool to have something about the height of a 5 bar gate that one can perch on with the back of the saddle resting on it for chilling out and watching the world go by. May need to be a slopeing rail to accomadate different height riders?
How about round bars at about chest hight for beginners to hang onto or any one to swing upside from. Sarah
On Tue, 29 Mar 2005 07:46:33 -0600, "onewheeldave" wrote:
One of the things we'll be discussing with the designer of the site is>ensuring that there will be lower angled approach ramps to the mounds,>but I'm just wondering if it's feasable to construct earth mounds with a>shallower angle, or, is it just the nature of earth mounds that they end>up around 45 degrees?
There is a /maximum/ stable slope to earth mounds, which may be in the 45 degree range depending on grain size distribution, grain angularity, moisture etc. But there is no /minimum/ slope. So a not-steep* ramp should be possible. Not sure if this is your question because it seems quite obvious.
*is there an adjective for "not-steep"? Shallow?
Klaas Bil - Newsgroup Addict -- people who unicycle are shyly exhibitionistic - GILD
Sarah- cheers for the chest-high round bar idea; I should have thought of it myself cos currently I'm running a small uni project for kids, and they've made a lot of use of the round metal rails outside the offices.
Concerning the recessed trampoline idea, do you have any links to pictures of one, or to links to the manufacturer. It's not something I'd push for purely for a small-ish unicycle project, but it does sound like something that would fit into the ethos of a creative play area.
-- onewheeldave - Semi Skilled Unicyclist
"He's also been known to indulge in a spot of flame juggling - but it's the Muni that really fires him up."
The press release from the council about its opening is here. http://tinyurl.com/57g9z the skate mini ramp is actully pretty big, the whole area is well put together and includes a couple of seating areas including a hamock or two and a small shelter along side a large skate park. exeter city council take their skate parks quite seriously and there are a few dotted around the suburbs giving teen skaters and hangers on somewhere to play and hang out.
This below ids lifted from the ECC website Details of skate/BMX facilities in the City of Exeter
Exhibition Fields A large street course with Skate-Lite surfacing designated for skating and BMXing. Two sets of ramps provide an opportunity to practice your tricks and grinding.
Flowerpot Chill Zone This £84,000 skate park was designed by the City's teenagers, making it a 'park for the people'. The skate park, with Skate-Lite surfacing, has a variety of ramps, steps and grinds.
A vert wall offers plenty of adventure for those who want it! The park has three quarter pipes and a number of boxes for grinding. The skate park is full of variety that makes it ideal for skateboarders, in-line skaters and freestyle BMX riders.
Don;t know who the manuafture is tho, some one at the Ecc park dept might be able to help, phone no is on the web site Sarah
