Bike Alert!
Big Jim (Brennan) was spotted in fine form on his new Satori with 29" wheels in the Seymour watershed today. When asked what happened to climbing, he allegedly retorted "oh i just picked this up for rainy days"
Dink holding half bike riders are strange. I don't get it. I don't know how they stay up on those damn things. I don't know why they touch dink the whole ride. But it is fun to watch those freaks.
Dink holding half bike riders are strange. I don't get it.
Isn't it obvious? I mean it seems pretty clear that ridiing a bike with one wheel is only half as hard as riding a bike with two wheels, so you gotta do something to make the ride interesting.
I think they probably cut the money shot from that video so it would get past the SuperToprope censors.
"Ridiing" is "riding" with two i's which means you haven't yet had one poked out by a stick.
Jim there are not gender specific unicycles.
As for Rhino balls, you learn to sit on the seat in such a way that it duzzn't squash yer sac. You'd have to ask my son - who has done quite a few kms in a day ( on a 29" wheel ) . My daughter declines to ride her unicycle because "it's slow and uncomfortable". Go figger. I'll say it again, I can't yet ride a unicycle free of needing a wall for support. It's crazy hard to ride one of those things.
And, as for the Ultimate Wheel ( UW ) pictured above, the things that get wrecked are the insides of your lower legs. I only know of one girl, a 15 year old, Claire, who can ride that thing. She can ride it in a circle and bunnyhop on it but she only rides it indoors.
The UW is ridiculously difficult to ride. A sorta 5.13d unicycle.....
So how hard is regular unicycle Tami, like 12b? It looks 12+ for me. I'd be a teetering tower of badly stacked jenga on one of those I think. Squashing your sack doesn't sound too appealing either.
I wonder if anyone has rode a pogo-stick down mountain bike trails. Hmm. It could be the new school cutting edge x-games televised sport-a-thon.
I think this kid is on to something. He does some almost sick tricks: jumping onto chairs, puddle jumps, spineramas. Don't miss the angry mom at the end.
I think there are lots of examples of 5.12 bike trails, like the ones Kris Holm is leaping around on in that video. Fortunately for us old and frailies, we can arrive at difficulty a different way. Personally I like to link together a few trails, complete with the uphill approach, and see how quickly I can pin it through the real-life video game, touching the ground as little as possible.
The climbing analogy might be along the lines of the Crimson Cringe in the Valley, every move is pretty easy but it's quite tough to string it all together and not hang on any gear. The right side of the split pillar is another shining example.
One of the most outstanding features of mtn. biking is the ease in which a fairly easy trail can be made tougher, or at least a lot more exciting; just crank up the speed and the thrill meter rises accordingly.
I have faith we'll see Special Kay on this site, he just needs to peruse the local bike store with credit card in hand. Or buy my Rocky Mtn. with the little wheels. Special deal for the funniest guy on the gondola thread, although Anders was a close second.
What can I say? I accused Hamish of being a wuss for riding a bicycle with springs and stuff. Well, it's true he's a wuss for doing that, but now I'm just another pot calling a kettle black.
Forgive me father, for I have sinned, too.
I spent the weekend in Squamish, and after doing some climbs, I accepted an invitation to borrow a bicycle with springs and sh#t, and go for a ride.
Linked a bunch of trails, just like Hamish. Despite being ancient, and not having ridden anything other than flat roads for 25 years, I was awesome.
Let us know!